Panasonic Acquires Audio Streaming Platform Provider Aupeo GmbH / Media Content Delivery Platform Provides Automotive Industry with Personalized Mobile Service

Wiesbaden (ots) - Panasonic Corporation of North America and its
division company Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America
today announced the acquisition of Aupeo GmbH, a leading content and
audio streaming service and technology platform provider, based in
Berlin, Germany. Aupeo has global reach providing consumers with a
unique content experience, and its acquisition will further enhance
the leading-edge technology and customer relationship tools Panasonic
is able to offer its automotive customers.

"Providing connected services and mobile content delivery that
both appeal to consumers and enable product differentiation is
critical to the automotive industry," said Tom Gebhardt, President of
Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America. "There is a
considerable need for a connected and personalized media content
platform that enables consumers to access content on any device while
also enabling businesses to have a richer relationship with their
customers. Conventional consumer-focused music and content services
do not address all the needs of car manufacturers. Aupeo's
technologies and content delivery platform provide a solution that is
complementary to Panasonic's automotive, business-to-business and
business-to-consumer product lines."

"Aupeo was founded with a clear vision to deliver online and
seamless content services to internet-connected devices", said Holger
G. Weiss, CEO of Aupeo. "At that point, we saw the car as our most
important focus. It is exciting to become a part of the Panasonic
family as our industry continues to grow rapidly and mature. Aupeo
and Panasonic remain deeply committed to providing current and
potential customers in all industries with leading global music and
audio streaming services and technologies."

Aupeo was established in Berlin in 2008 by Armin G. Schmidt.
Today, Aupeo is licensed to operate streaming services in more than
40 countries, offering consumers a rich personalized music
experience. Aupeo also offers consumers more than 6,000 channels of
terrestrial radio, podcast streaming and other services and will
continue to rapidly deploy new products to meet the demands of end-
users as well as Panasonic's customers in the automotive and other
industries. For more information on Aupeo, visit
http://corporate.aupeo.com

About Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America

Based in Peachtree City, GA, and with Detroit-area operations
located in Farmington Hills, MI, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company
of America is a division company of Secaucus, NJ-based Panasonic
Corporation of North America, the principal North American subsidiary
of Panasonic Corporation of Osaka, Japan, one of the world's leading
developers and producers of innovative digital and other electronic
products for consumer, business and industrial use. Panasonic
Automotive Systems Company of America, together with Panasonic
Corporation's Automotive and Industrial Systems Company, coordinate
global automotive industry systems and component operations. For
more information on Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America
please visit www.panasonic.com/automotive

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Dan Unger (Media Relations)
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dan.unger@us.panasonic.com