WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile USA and Universal Music Group announced an exclusive mobile music deal that calls for the two companies to offer ringtones and voice greetings from rock group Sum 41.Virgin Mobile, in conjunction with UMG and The Island Def Jam Music Group, will...
Verizon Wireless began offering ringbacks in some California markets, marking the first time a major U.S. carrier has offered the service. Ringbacks are clips of music callers hear instead of a traditional ring before the person being called answers the phone. Verizon subscribers must...
LOS ANGELES-Mobile music provider Xingtone Inc. announced the launch of the newest version of its software program. Xingtone 4.0 allows mobile users to create ringtones by uploading songs from their own music libraries. The updated version includes cross-fading (blending two pieces of audio) and...
LONDON-The scramble to find allies continued in the mobile gaming arena with two new partnerships and an acquisition. Tiger Telematics, the U.S.-based producer of the Gizmondo mobile gaming console that launched in Europe recently, announced it will acquire British developer Warthog for $8 million...
The scramble to find allies continued in the mobile gaming arena with two new partnerships and an acquisition. Tiger Telematics, the U.S.-based producer of the Gizmondo mobile gaming console that launched in Europe last week, announced it will acquire British developer Warthog for $8...
What a week! CTIA's I.T. show in San Francisco was weird, good and educational. A show that started out as a way to reach CTOs and CIOs of top businesses to explain the benefits of using wireless technology outside the office has evolved into...
SAN FRANCISCO-Billboard magazine and Consect, a mobile market analysis firm, announced the Billboard Hot Ringtones chart, an aggregated chart of U.S. polyphonic ringtone sales, which will premiere in the Nov. 6 issue of Billboard in the debut of the magazine's new Digital Entertainment special...
SAN FRANCISCO-Billboard magazine and Consect, a mobile market analysis firm, announced the Billboard Hot Ringtones chart, an aggregated chart of U.S. polyphonic ring-tone sales, which will premiere in the Nov. 6 issue of Billboard in the debut of the magazine's new Digital Entertainment special...
You could call Bill Diggins lots of things-music mogul, artists' advocate, maybe even visionary.
Just don't call him a ringtone salesman.
According to the founder of 2-year-old music marketer Diggit Entertainment Group, a truly successful mobile content sales campaign must go far beyond simple retailing.
"We're not...
No matter what you call them-ringtones, true tones, master tones, hi-fi ringers-mobile music downloads are producing huge revenues. After a few years of market trials and quiet experimentation, ringtones took the wireless industry by storm last year with 50 Cent's "In Da Club." The...
TOKYO-More than 10 top Japanese record companies are suspected of illegally blocking other firms from offering ringtone services to wireless users.Japan's anti-monopoly agency raided several of the companies Thursday, including Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music, EMI-Toshiba Ltd. and Victor Entertainment Inc. They are suspected...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Content developers must carefully target teens for mass-market appeal without forgetting the needs of enterprise, according to a new report from ABI Research.Applications such as downloading ringtones will continue to increase in popularity among younger users, ABI reports in "Wireless Handset Applications:...
ORLANDO, Fla.-ClearSky Mobile Media, Inc. has brought the race for the Oval Office to wireless handsets.The mobile entertainment company has launched politically themed content, including ringtones that feature the voices of President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry. The offerings are available through...
DURHAM, N.C.-PowerByHand, which provides mobile content and solutions, announced the best-selling applications from three of its mobile online properties.Utilities were the most popular category for Palm users at PalmGear.com, with twice as many downloads as other categories, said the company. Games, business and finance,...
Forget glow-in-the-dark faceplates, see-through battery packs and flashing antennas.When it comes to marketing to younger wireless users, it's all about the music. Instead of monophonic, eight-note ringtones, today's phones can double as a mini-jukebox, with the ability to download and store hundreds, sometimes thousands,...
Eastman Kodak Co. reported agreements with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Nokia Corp. to provide mobile imaging services and initiatives designed to help customers get more out of their camera-enabled handsets. The agreements center around Kodak's Mobile Service that will allow Cingular subscribers to store...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a deal to supply EDGE equipment for Global Telecom in the Philippines. Global Telecom will deploy the services in Metro Manila. The actual date of the rollout was not disclosed.The carrier had completed trials earlier this year.Nokia...
LondonFollowing its launch of an MVNO service in the United Kingdom promoted through a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, British Telecommunications Inc. launched a new service, BTringtones.com, on its public Internet kiosks. The new service offers ring tones, as well as multimedia messaging service backgrounds, logos,...
REDMOND, Wash.-The summer movie season continues to tie into wireless, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. scoring an exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures for its upcoming "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" motion picture.AT&T Wireless developed a range of games, ring tones, screensavers...
The summer movie season continues to tie into wireless, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. scoring an exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures for its upcoming "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" motion picture.AT&T Wireless developed a range of games, ring tones, screensavers and...
WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. said it has added more than 350,000 net subscribers since it launched its mobile virtual network operator service on Sprint PCS' network in July and is currently reporting more than 2,000 net customer activations per day.The company reported 245,000...
NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc. reported a deal with mobile entertainment provider Zingy to supply polyphonic ringtones for Nextel customers using Motorola Inc.'s i95cl and i90c handsets.Zingy will offer hundreds of 16-cord Midi ringtone song titles, which the company said provide richer, fuller sounding compositions...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. unveiled four new handsets for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s GSM and TDMA networks as well as T-Mobile USA Inc.'s GSM-only network. The pair of Cingular handsets includes the Motorola C331, which was co-designed by both companies and will be offered in...
LOS ANGELES-Moviso, Motorola, VoiceStream and GetMoreMojo.com have aligned to wirelessly promote the soon-to-be-released Austin Powers flick "GoldMember."The joint solution allows Austin Powers fans to personalize their mobile phones by downloading ringtones that play songs from the movie at www.getmoremojo.com.In addition, VoiceStream subscribers who purchase...
