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Monstermob enters Russia with Mobicon acquisition

LANCASTER, U.K.-Monstermob Group plc said it plans to spend $27 million to acquire Mobicon, a Russian wireless content provider. U.K.-based Monstermob, which sells mobile game, images and ringtones, is looking to move into the Russian market after expanding both to the East and West...

2006 and the third screen’s gravitational pull

The wireless sector will enter 2006 with great expectations, everybody watching third-generation systems shift into higher gear with all that jazzy, digital content whose anytime, anywhere availability is transforming other industries even as cellular carriers of old reinvent themselves. Indeed, the mobility given voice...

DoCoMo invests $185M in Fuji TV

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. continued its move to m-commerce and traditional media with a $185 million investment in Fuji Television Network Inc. The operator announced an agreement to buy 2.6 percent of Fuji TV, a 46-year-old, publicly held broadcaster that is not affiliated with Fuji...

Groove gets download contract from New Zealand Telecom

ANDOVER, Mass.-Groove Mobile music service is partnering with Telecom New Zealand to power the carrier's nationwide music service, the Telecom Music Store. Subscribers will be able to download songs from the mobile store via the Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. 9000 handset, which comes with...

DRM: Too many (private) solutions to minor problem?

In these early days of wireless entertainment, it appears content providers have effectively deployed a variety of Digital Rights Management solutions to protect their wares. But many believe all those "solutions" are actually a problem.Behind-the-scenes haggling over royalties continue between MPEG LA, which holds...

Cingular launches MobiRadio service

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. this week plans to launch a mobile radio service with more than three dozen channels of commercial-free streaming music.MobiTV Inc. is powering the service, dubbed MobiRadio. The service is available only on the Nokia 6620 but soon will be supported by...

Look for aggressive holiday sales as Cingular, Verizon fight for No. 1

While most will busy themselves with decorations and gifts this holiday season, U.S. carriers and handset makers likely will be caught up in fierce battles over pricing, services and-ultimately-customers. As Halloween makes room for Thanksgiving, wireless executives need to gird themselves for perhaps the...

Sprint full-track downloads novel, but spendy at $2.50 a song

Sprint Nextel Corp. became the first U.S. operator to offer full-track music downloads, launching a dual-delivery service last week using phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sanyo Electric Co. The carrier introduced a mobile music store that allows users to purchase and download...

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Psion TeklogixPsion Teklogix appointed Ron Caines vice president of marketing to lead and manage the company's global product strategy and develop its corporate marketing initiatives. Caines previously was vice president of imaging at Psion Teklogix, following the company's acquisition of Symagery Microsystems Inc., and...

European carriers boost full-track downloads

SEATTLE-The mobile music space continues to heat up across the Atlantic as two European carriers roll out new services. 02 Germany unveiled a wireless and Internet storefront that allows users to browse, search and download full-track songs directly to their handsets and PCs.The offering...

European carriers boost full-track downloads

SEATTLE-The mobile music space continued to heat up across the Atlantic this week as two European carriers rolled out new services.02 Germany unveiled a wireless and Internet storefront that allows users to browse, search and download full-track songs directly to their handsets and PCs....

Eminem lawsuit underscores problems with licenses for content

Eminem's publishing companies filed suit last week to stop the sale of ringtones they say are pirated from the hip-hop star's hit tunes. Michigan-based publishers Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated filed documents in U.S. District Court in Detroit against five third-party content providers...

Women slightly more likely to download ringtones, says study

SAN FRANCISCO-Men and women alike use ringtones, but there are big differences between the sexes when it comes to other mobile services.A new study from M:Metrics finds females are significantly less likely to use mobile data services compared with men, but they are about...

Hip-hop artists top Sprint Nextel’s music downloads

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and The Game have accounted for more than 2.5 million music downloads through Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Music Tones service, the carrier announced Wednesday.50 Cent set a record by reaching Platinum/Gold status, selling 1 million real tones from one...

Wireless users to pay premium for music

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-Wireless users will pay substantially more to download full songs to their handsets than to their PCs, according to a study by The NPD Group. The research firm's first look into mobile music found 20 percent of all consumers are interested in...

Sprint hums along with fourth music offering

Sprint Nextel Corp. this week plans to announce its fourth music service, a wireless version of RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody Radio. The offering includes five channels of streaming audio including alternative, pop, urban and country music, as well as podcasts from a California National Public...

Groove Mobile to offer white-label music suite

ANDOVER, Mass.-Groove Mobile said it will launch a comprehensive, white-label mobile music suite for carriers looking to offer full-track downloads and other services.The mobile music service provider outlined the Complete Music Gateway, which will deliver personalized streaming radio, subscription-based services, peer-to-peer functionality and personalized...

Carriers must tackle pricing to make money at music

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Operators looking to cash in on mobile music services must first establish a viable business model, according to a report from Pyramid Research. While the buzz surrounding wireless music grows deafening, carriers will have to fight hard to strike workable deals with publishers...

Sprint launches Sirius music service

Sprint Nextel Corp. added a third music service to its offerings, launching 20 channels of streaming audio from Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. The No. 2 pay-radio service is powering Sirius Music, which includes 19 channels of pop, rock, hip-hop, country, jazz and electronica. The...

Sprint to offer full-track downloads

Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to launch a full-track music download service by the holidays, an executive from the newly merged carrier said last week. The operator looks to be the first U.S. carrier to deploy full-track offerings, which have gained steady traction among wireless...

Melodeo offers free podcast download service

SEATTLE-Mobile music software developer Melodeo Inc. Friday unveiled a service that downloads podcasts directly to mobile phones.The company announced Mobilcast, free software that will allow users to download selections from thousands of podcasts onto their handsets. Each music and talk program will range in...

Alltel offers song-identification service

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. is partnering with Shazam Entertainment Ltd. and Rocket Mobile Inc. on a mobile music identification offering.The carrier launched SongIDentity, which delivers information, including artist, title and album, when a user plays a song into a handset. The application is available...

Verizon Wireless, Sprint expand music offerings

Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS expanded their mobile music offerings this week with two announcements. Verizon Wireless will team with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast clips from the Latin music concert tour Juntos en Concierto. The carrier will deliver video from three concert...

Entertainment revenue to increase to $73B

NEW YORK-Wireless and broadband Internet will account for a large portion of total spending growth in the global entertainment and media industry, according to PricewaterhouseCooper's "Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2005-2009" report. Total revenues from new spending streams such as wireless will increase from...