Microsoft Corp. will provide daily downloadable video content including news, sports and entertainment programming for Windows Mobile-based devices, the company announced Wednesday.MSN Video Downloads will deliver a subscription-based mobile TV service featuring content from channels including FOX Sports, MTV Networks, Napster Inc., Food Network...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Internet marketing company Smart Entertainment said it will team with noted producer Larry Klein on mobile marketing campaigns. The joint venture will spawn a new company that will use text messages based on musical artists and Hollywood celebrities. The effort will feature content...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Internet marketing company Smart Entertainment said it will team with noted producer Larry Klein on mobile marketing campaigns.The joint venture will spawn a new company that will use text messages based on musical artists and Hollywood celebrities. The effort will feature content provided...
The news that Microsoft Corp. will join Nokia Corp. to deliver a mobile-music platform may have been among the more startling developments at last week's 3GSM World Congress, but it was only the first of a half-dozen mobile music announcements both out of France...
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...
TOKYO-MTV Japan and Yamaha said they made available Japan's first music recognition service, MTV Music Finder, to KDDI Corp. subscribers across Japan.In partnership with Shazam Entertainment, a U.K.-based audio recognition company, MTV Japan will work with its local licensee, SystemK Corp., to deliver Shazam's...
If Van Toffler has his way, the "M" in MTV may soon stand for "mobile." Toffler, who ascended to the presidency of MTV Networks in October, has worked aggressively to move beyond simply selling ringtones and images of the latest hip-hop star. The company's...
In addition to strengthening its position as the nation's third-largest wireless operator, Sprint Corp.'s planned merger with Nextel Communications Inc. will bring together the industry's two most aggressive targeters of young subscribers. Sprint, through its Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. mobile virtual network operator partnership...
LAS VEGAS-The slow rollout of high-speed wireless data networks continues as CDMA-based carrier Verizon Wireless last week said it will expand its BroadbandAccess network to 12 additional markets on top of the 20 metropolitan areas already launched. Rival Sprint PCS reported that it plans...
Mobile media company Zingy will team with MTV to launch an album of original ringtones by hip-hop producer Timbaland, the companies said.The offerings will include polyphonic and master ringtone beats, voice ringtones, ringbacks, voice mail greetings and images. Content initially will be available only...
Mobile media company Zingy will team with MTV to launch an album of original ringtones by hip-hop producer Timbaland, the companies said Friday.The offerings will include polyphonic and master ringtone beats, voice ringtones, ringbacks, voicemail greetings and images. Content initially will be available only...
LONDON-Traditional GSM device manufacturers, including Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc., are leading the charge in music-focused cellular devices, or "Cellular Music Decks," according to new research from Strategy Analytics. "Music will be a `bridesmaid' value-add mostly found on converged devices and high-end camera phones...
LONDON-Traditional GSM device manufacturers, including Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc., are leading the charge in music-focused cellular devices, or "Cellular Music Decks," according to new research from Strategy Analytics."Music will be a 'bridesmaid' value-add mostly found on converged devices and high-end camera phones until...
A flurry of announcements Friday brought European mobile users one step closer to watching video broadcasts on their handsets. In three separate announcements: Handset manufacturers Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and NEC Corp. will cooperate to create a standard that will...
BASINGTOKE, England-T-Mobile International launched Motorola Inc.'s music-focused E398 handset to T-Mobile's customers across Europe.The phone includes a color screen, a VGA-quality digital camera with flash, an integrated MP3 player, MPEG-4 video playback and what Motorola describes as "3D stereo surround-sound vibration sensory technology." Capitalizing...
Prepaid wireless provider Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. added content from Comedy Central to its already extensive data content selection provided by a number of youth-oriented brands including MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon.The agreement with Comedy Central, which Virgin said is part of a broad ongoing...
The high-speed wireless data field is filling up with contestants as most of the country's larger operators have announced plans to deploy services that in some cases will open up the door to additional competition from companies that either have resale agreements for wireless...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced it recorded a total of 13.5 million text-message votes cast during the past season of reality TV show "American Idol." The carrier said the number is up from last season's total of 7.5 million text-message votes-a sign that...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced it recorded a total of 13.5 million text message votes cast during the past season of reality TV show "American Idol." The carrier said the number is up from last season's total of 7.5 million text message votes-a sign...
The wireless content business continues its rapid consolidation as two major U.S. players announced international acquisitions.The moves are the latest indication that wireless entertainment and application companies are no longer content to serve domestic markets.First, wireless entertainment heavyweight Mforma Group Inc. announced it purchased...
The wireless content business continues its rapid consolidation as two major U.S. players announced international acquisitions. The moves are the latest indication that wireless entertainment and application companies are no longer content to serve domestic markets.First, wireless entertainment heavyweight Mforma Group Inc. announced it...
After facing harsh criticism over the sluggish introduction of its camera phone line-up, the world's No. 2 phone-maker Motorola Inc. is hoping to regain the industry's cutting edge by placing itself at the intersection of music and wireless. Indeed, Motorola executives have hinted at...
As mobile-phone makers gear up for what likely will be their biggest year ever, Motorola Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and several other manufacturers kicked off the season with a glut of new, advanced handsets. Indeed, the pace is likely to quicken with...
New research shows global sales of camera phones hit 25 million in the first half of this year, surpassing digital camera sales and marking perhaps the most notable event in the mobile-phone industry in recent years.According to research firm Strategy Analytics, mobile-phone makers sold...
