Washington, DC — (press release excerpt) — PenguinRadio, Inc. has just announced that they have commissioned JB Design of Petworth, United Kingdom, the design team behind the highly successful empeg car player, to develop the PenguinRadio for mass production.

PenguinRadio concept drawing
The PenguinRadio is a Linux-based Internet audio appliance designed to deliver online audio content — no PC needed. Working in close liaison with The Product Development Center (PDC) of Worthing, England, JB Design will streamline PenguinRadio's internally created prototypes to meet mass market production needs.

“The concept of Internet radio is already receiving much media attention. The ability for any one company to seize this initiative and become known as the 'hub' and 'household name' for this traffic represents a huge opportunity for PenguinRadio,” said John Bull, Managing Partner of JB Design.

“JB Design is a leading and highly-creative product design company that has a remarkable track record with the empeg car MP3 player,” PenguinRadio President Andrew Leyden said. “We're pleased to be working with them as they have put a lot of energy into thinking about the next generation of Internet audio devices.”

“We have great respect for the work Hugo Fiennes and the Empeg team have done for Internet audio and are pleased we can work with those associated with that great product” said Andrew Leyden, founder, President and CEO of PenguinRadio. “JB Design and the PDC offer us great experience with Internet audio and an opportunity to develop a product that can meet the needs of both the US and European markets.”

 
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