Reuters is reporting on a study by the Pew Research Center claiming that US Latinos were less likely to go online than the general society, and linking this to education.…

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Fox Latin American Channels (FLAC) has sealed deals to promote its mobile TV content and related offers available in Brazil, Variety reports. The unit has partnered with Claro, making its…

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Turner Broadcasting International has officially launched CNN Mobile, the company’s first free ad-supported mobile site it announced last month. The D2C service, which was developed in partnership with Ericsson, features…

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Warner Music Latin America is launching a series of video ringtones, reports Billboard.biz. It’s signed up Sierralta Entertainment Group to make the videos with Latin models synchronized with some Warner…

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EJL Wireless Research has issued a report saying that the mobile game market in Latin America was worth $65 million in 2006, and will reach an estimated $195 million by…

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Telefonica has reported its fourth quarter earnings, and all the headlines are screaming that profits fell by 12 percent (such as at Bloomberg). The fall in profits was attributed to…

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Sling Media will this year continue a global expansion programme and hopes follow its recent CBS agreement to try clip+sling with new content partnerships. The company, best known for its…

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Telefonica will expand its mobile TV services into Latin America this year, the company told 3GSM attendees. Under a hardware partnership with Alcatel-Lucent, the Spanish telco already operates a TV-over-IP…

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Telecoms Korea has a story titled “Spain To Adopt Korean Mobile TV Standard”, but it’s behind a subscription wall so I can’t get to the details of the story. The…

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Digicel Jamaica has launched a mobile TV service over its GPRS network, according to The Jamaica Observer. Digicel has partnered with Jamaican national station CVM TV and music channel Hype…

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Brazil’s mobile market is stuck although mobile penetration stands at just 53.2 percent (penetration in neighboring Argentina and Chile has surpassed 70 percent). This post reports the growth rate for…

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Universal Channel took its first step in a planned Latin America expansion today with the launch of its first Mexican offering. The NBCU Global Networks property has an agreement with…

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Alltel Wireless has launched Axcess TV en Español, a Spanish-language television service which “offers more than a dozen channels that are dedicated to Hispanic entertainment, news, sports and culture. Channels…

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Telefonica has said it will refrain from launching mobile TV services until uncertainties with the service are worked out. “If you listen to the engineers, technically it (mobile TV) is…

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Sprint has launched two Spanish-language chat services as part of its Latino Lounge. “The first of the two offerings is Chat del Mundo from Jumbuck Entertainment. Chat del Mundo is…

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Spanish mobile giant Movistar has signed a deal with Endemol to produce a made-for-mobile reality TV show, called Yo Melendi. “For 6 weeks and 24 hours a day it will…

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Rumors have been rife that Telecom Italia would sell it’s mobile operation (TIM mobile) for a while now...they’re picking up steam. AFP is reporting on an article in a Brazilian…

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--Venezuelan company NetPeople “seeks to expand its share of the Latin American mobile content market to 20% from its current 5% over the next four years, company president Orlando Carvallo…

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Verizon Wireless and Si TV, a network targeting Latinos, have signed a deal to put two new channels on the VCast service—Si TV Comedy and Si TV Latino. “In addition…

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New Zealand company Plus SMS has announced that it has bought Content Technology Mexico (CTM) for a combination of “$US1.2 million ($NZ1.8m) cash, and 10 million Plus SMS shares at…

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Cellular News is reporting that Movistar—a subsidiary of spanish giant Telefonica—is planning a mobile TV service in some of its markets in Latin America. “In order to use the service,…

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Cellular News: Verisign-owned Jamba/Jamster has signed a deal with Latin American ISP Terra to distribute mobile content throughout the region. “Users with any mobile operator will be able to download…

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RCR News: Titan Global Holdings has announced it plans to extend its prepaid calling card business into an MVNO targeting spanish speakers. The MVNO will be called Picante Movil and…

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Reuters is reporting that America Telecom, a holding company controlled by the world’s third richest man Carlos Slim, will merge with its only asset America Movil (one of the big…

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Telecom Asia: Telecom Italia has announced its Q3 results, which beat analyst expectations with growht of 3.5%. Some mobile highlights: --Italy: 31.5 million clients reached, of which 3.9 million UMTS.…

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