HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Mobile entertainment revenues are expected to grow to more than $59 billion by 2009, driven by a rapid expansion in mobile content and sharp increases in 2.5- and third-generation handset adoption, according to a report from Juniper Research. Adult content will generate...
Twentieth Century Fox Television (TCFTV) unveiled a new division to create and distribute content exclusively for wireless devices. Fox Mobile Entertainment will expand on the network's efforts to bring content from its TV shows to wireless devices. The network already has distributed 100 one-minute...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. launched a technology designed to simulate three-dimensional gaming on non-3-D handsets.The mobile entertainment and Internet search company unveiled the Virtual 3-D Simulator, which uses 3-D models for the playing environment stored as 2-D artwork. InfoSpace said it will begin releasing action...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Mobile entertainment revenues are expected to grow to more than $59 billion by 2009, driven by a rapid expansion in mobile content and sharp increases in 2.5- and third-generation handset adoption, according to a report from Juniper Research.Adult content will generate revenues...
Venture capital continued to flood mobile gaming Tuesday as publisher Sorrent Inc. announced it raised $20 million in its latest round of funding.Granite Global Ventures led the Series D round, with current investors BA Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Globespan Capital Partners and Sienna...
LONDON-Emblaze Mobile, a handset design and manufacturing company, said it will be the exclusive provider of handsets for U.K. mobile virtual network operator ROK Mobile.Emblaze said it will work with ROK, part of mobile entertainment company ROK Entertainment Group, to define the handsets, which...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Mobile entertainment publisher Mforma shook up its front office, naming former AOL Interactive Services head Jonathan Sacks as its new president and chief operating officer.Sacks' resume includes stints as president of the Hub, a joint venture between AOL and New Line Cinema; and...
Adobe Systems Inc. said it will acquire Macromedia in an all-stock transaction valued at around $3.4 billion. Macromedia sells a scaled-down version of its Flash player for mobile phones, technology that can display simple graphics and animations. As for Adobe, the company and other...
LAS VEGAS-Lottery operator Win Win Gaming Inc. is entering the wireless arena, announcing its intent to acquire mobile entertainment publisher Pixiem Inc. Terms of the proposed deal were not disclosed.Win Win, which operates international lottery games, said it has signed a non-binding letter of...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Wireless revenues from sports-related applications will more than double this year, reaching $1.3 billion worldwide, according to a new report from Juniper Research.European users will continue to set the pace among wireless sports fans this year, generating 69 percent of worldwide revenues...
Around the world, people are quietly using high-tech to stay in touch with a higher power. While cutting-edge applications like mobile TV make headlines, simpler, religious-based offerings are gaining ground. Jewish users are sending text messages with prayers or requests to Israeli rabbis who...
LONDON-The backlash against proposed rates to license digital rights management technology continued this week, with a powerful group of wireless carriers threatening to abandon the open-standard system. The GSM Association blasted royalties for the technology proposed earlier this year by the MPEG Licensing Authority...
The backlash against proposed rates to license digital rights management technology continued this week, with a powerful group of wireless carriers threatening to abandon the open-standard system.The GSM Association blasted royalties for the technology proposed earlier this year by the MPEG Licensing Authority for...
An association of mobile carriers and content firms joined the fight last week against a group of technology companies it said is looking to overcharge for anti-piracy software. The Mobile Entertainment Forum blasted a proposal by MPEG LA, the licensing authority of the Moving...
SAUDI ARABIANokia Corp. has signed an agreement with Aljawal, the GSM operator of Saudi Telecom Co., to supply the Nokia multimedia messaging service solution. Deliveries have already begun, and the service is expected to be launched nationwide during first half 2005, making it the...
HONG KONG-Games and entertainment company Mobile Media Co. said it has formed an agreement with Kyocera Communications Asia Pacific Pte Ltd., which provides platforms for information services, wireless hosting content and consulting services.The agreement calls for Mobile Media to offer its mobile entertainment services...
A trade association of mobile operators and content providers took up the fight against a group of technology companies it said is looking to overcharge for anti-piracy software. In a prepared statement, the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) blasted a proposal by MPEG LA to...
LONDON-MonsterMob Group plc, which sells mobile entertainment content and services, said it has agreed to acquire all the share capital of Upper Mobile Ltd. UML owns Information Gateway Inc., a mobile content and entertainment company in the Philippines, and Creative Minds Pte., a content...
Amp'd Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that targets the youth market, has signed a letter of intent with Verizon Wireless to develop a fully integrated MVNO for youth and young adults using Verizon's broadband EV-DO network. The service is expected to launch during...
SEOUL, South Korea-Wireless data behemoth WiderThan expanded its mobile music offerings Wednesday, launching a global service to deliver ringtones, ring-back tones, music videos and streaming tunes.The sister company of Korean carrier SK Telecom unveiled WiderMusic, an open standards platform being offered to operators worldwide....
As evidenced by the vast popularity of gadgets like Apple's iPod, the demand for portable digital music is as obvious as it is universal. But how-and how well-the wireless industry will ultimately tap the mobile-music market is far from clear. Music dominated the headlines...
CANNES, France-The GSM Association announced the winners of its 2005 GSM Association Awards during its gala at the 3GSM World Congress.Brazil won the GSM Association Chairman's Award for country leadership. Brazil counts more than 22 million GSM subscribers, and GSM is expected to become...
The mobile gaming field continued to shrink this week as California-based start-up Kayak Interactive announced it is joining forces with Swedish publisher Synergenix Interactive. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Kayak launched early last year as a mobile connected gaming services provider. The company...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments will use the 3GSM World Congress as a platform to showcase its "All in One Entertainment" platform, the company said Thursday.TI plans to tout its new OMAP2420 multimedia processor at the show, using developers to demonstrate the chip's abilities to support 3G...
