LAS VEGAS—Action Engine Corp. reported a pair of high-profile multimedia partnerships. The first deal is with MSNBC.com and calls for the launch of a beta mobile new service featuring an advertising business model that allows the service to be provided free to users. The...
LAS VEGAS—Mforma Group Inc. is the latest mobile-game publisher to get a makeover, dropping its name in an effort to become more consumer-friendly. The San Francisco-based developer is rebranding as Hands-On Mobile and expanding its portfolio to offer a variety of lifestyle applications in...
Analysts continue to predict big things for mobile gaming. But for now, at least, would-be gamers are staying away in droves. Consumption of mobile games in the United States has stagnated during the last six months, according to figures released last week from M:Metrics....
Fox Mobile Entertainment is joining the ranks of wireless aggregators, unveiling a Web site that hawks music, games and images for mobile phones. But analysts say the News Corp. subsidiary may be lumbering onto a shrinking playground.Fox last week launched Mobizzo, an Internet storefront...
MUMBAI, India—Mauj Telecom, a mobile entertainment company based in India, said it raised $10 million in venture funding. The financing round included investments from WestBridge Capital Partners, Intel Capital and Sequoia Capital. Mauj’s services focus on mobile music, gaming, mobile-commerce and mobile messaging.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Fox Mobile Entertainment is joining the ranks of wireless aggregators, unveiling a Web site hawking music, games and images for mobile phones.The News Corp. subsidiary launched Mobizzo, an Internet storefront featuring content from Fox brands including "Family Guy," "Napoleon Dynamite" and the upcoming...
SAN FRANCISCO—Mitch Lasky, EA Mobile’s senior vice president, is scheduled to give the keynote address at the GDC Mobile 2006 game developers’ conference next month in San Jose, Calif.Lasky previously was chief executive officer of Jamdat Mobile Inc. before the company was acquired by...
DALLAS-Preferred Voice Inc. scored a carrier deal, announcing an agreement to deliver ringback tones for MetroPCS Communications Inc. The developer said it plans to provide its ringback delivery platform for MetroPCS, which offers wireless service in parts of Florida, California and Georgia. Preferred Voice...
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-Waat Media has named Ian Aaron president and chief executive officer. Waat provides late night mobile entertainment and has been involved with development of standards and validation systems for age verification in the mobile environment.Aaron has served on Waat's board for the...
Crown Castle International Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. are placing huge bets on mobile TV, spending a combined $1.3 billion to build networks dedicated almost entirely to one-way wireless video. Traditional TV networks and film studios are hastily establishing divisions to produce content for "the...
OSLO, Norway-The Mobile Media Co. said it has acquired Dutch game-maker Overloaded Pocket Media from Endemol N.V. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Overloaded develops and publishes wireless games for Java, Symbian, BREW and i-mode platforms, and distributes titles in 23 countries through 42...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Adamind Ltd. announced a three-year deal to provide mobile content production and delivery software to Universal Music Group subsidiary Universal Music Mobile U.S.The California-based developer, which also maintains a research and development facility in Israel, said the agreement calls for the integration of...
OSLO, Norway-The Mobile Media Co. said it has acquired Dutch game-maker Overloaded Pocket Media from Endemol N.V. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Overloaded develops and publishes wireless games for Java, Symbian, BREW and i-mode platforms, and distributes titles in 23 countries through 42...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-One month after announcing its restructuring, value-added service provider Mobiltek Corp. said it sold its subsidiary, Mobiltek Corp. California, to SinoConnect Ltd., a Hong Kong-based telecom system integration company. Mobiltek said it sold the subsidiary-along with the business' nine service contracts with Chinese...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-One month after announcing its restructuring, value-added service provider Mobiltek Corp. announced the sale of its subsidiary, Mobiltek Corp. California, to SinoConnect Ltd., a Hong Kong-based telecom system integration company. Mobiltek said it sold the subsidiary-along with the business' nine service contracts with...
LOS ANGELES-Amp'd Mobile Inc., which began offering wireless plans and phones last week through its Web site, announced a string of collaborations with television producers who will provide original mobile content for Amp'd customers. According to Amp'd, the concept development stage for the service...
LOS ANGELES-CBS is finally wading into wireless, inking a deal to bring TV shows to Verizon Wireless subscribers. Verizon Wireless' Vcast users can access clips from the station's hit "CSI" shows as well as "The Amazing Race," "The King of Queens," "Survivor" and "The...
LOS ANGELES-CBS is finally wading into wireless, inking a deal to bring TV shows to Verizon Wireless L.L.C. subscribers. Verizon's Vcast users can access clips from the station's hit "CSI" shows as well as "The Amazing Race," "The King of Queens," "Survivor" and "The...
FORT LEE, N.J.-SkyZone Entertainment Inc. fattened its wallet with a $13.5 million investment from sister company SK C&C, the mobile entertainment publisher announced. SkyZone offers mobile Web portals, games and ringtones, and holds licenses for franchises including Duke Nukem, Rocky and Stargate SG-1. SK...
The hottest trend in video games has nothing to do with 3-D graphics, big-brand tie-ins or real-time multiplayer. It's advertising. And it's coming to mobile gaming.In-game advertising is rapidly attracting the attention of brands looking to get face time with the Holy Grail of...
FORT LEE, N.J.-SkyZone Entertainment Inc. fattened its wallet with a $13.5 million investment from sister company SK C&C, the mobile entertainment publisher announced.SkyZone offers mobile Web portals, games and ringtones, and holds licenses for franchises including Duke Nukem, Rocky and Stargate SG-1. SK C&C...
LOS ANGELES-More than 20 percent of teen U.S. cell-phone users have downloaded at least 10 ringtones in the last month, and 12 percent have downloaded 15 or more music clips, according to a survey from Nielsen Entertainment.The firm's first mobile entertainment benchmark found that...
Dwango Wireless suffered its third straight multimillion-dollar quarterly deficit, reporting a net third-quarter loss of $5 million. The mobile entertainment publisher said it generated $968,000 in revenue during the period, up 9 percent from second-quarter figures. Dwango's net third-quarter loss of $5 million, or...
NEW YORK-Dwango Wireless suffered its third straight multimillion-dollar quarterly deficit, reporting a net third-quarter loss of $5 million. The mobile entertainment publisher said it generated $968,000 in revenue during the period, up 9 percent over second-quarter figures. Dwango's net third-quarter loss of $5 million,...
