CES Innovation Honoree - PopCatcher one of top products in the world

PopCatcher has been nominated by the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for an Innovations Design and Engineering award for its technology product “The Ripper”. The Ripper is a radio with a world new technology that can play music from normal radio, without talk and commercials. The International CES Innovations Design and Engineering award is considered to be the highest ranking competition for consumer electronics. Getting the award means global publicity and recognition as a world class innovation. “To be nominated by the International CES committee as one of the most innovative in technology and design is the best you can get for any audio product and for us a proof of having a revolutionary mp3 technology.”, says Jakob Berg, the CEO of PopCatcher. ”The CES nomination is very well timed for us when we now are launching the first radio that can play music from radio, without talk and commercials, in northern Europe, and at the same time have more products with this radio technology coming to the market.” The International CES Innovations Design and Engineering committee host awards to honor both industry leaders and groundbreaking products and technologies in the consumer electronics field. It has since been a hallmark for the markets most advanced designs in almost 20 years. “Even for those who have been part of the advanced technology development, they can all be very proud of what they have achieved, now when this technology is said to be one of the best in the world.”, Jakob Berg continues. About Popcatcher PopCatcher is a Swedish audio research company founded in 2000 by Rickard and Jakob Berg. PopCatcher has during the last years been renowned for its ground breaking audio technology. The company has developed a solution for radio that enables a small, self-learning system to separate music from DJ talk and commercials, in all languages and all types of music. The PopCatcher technology allows the listener to record songs played on the radio and automatically saves them as separate MP3 tracks. First product with the technology embedded is now on the consumer market. More information available at http://www.popcatcher.com About the International CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards Since 1989, the prestigious Innovations Design and Engineering Awards have given consumer technology manufacturers and developers an opportunity to have their newest products judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers and members of the trade press. Products chosen as the most impressive in each category are selected as honorees and can be seen in the Innovations Design and Engineering Awards Showcase at the Sands Expo and Convention Center during International CES. More information available at http://www.cesweb.org