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Bundling And Marketing Ringbacks Increases Sales - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 14 Apr 2008 03:40 AM PST

Are ringbacks just not marketed properly? According to a slew of analysts ringbacks are poised to pick up the slack in the declining ringtone market, but they’ve got to be…

First Nokia Becomes A Content Company, Now Qualcomm? - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 11 Apr 2008 11:46 AM PST

Now that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has made the plunge and has reorganized its business to focus on mobile content through its Ovi portal, it appears others are working up the…

Most Adults Don’t Want Mobile Music - Research - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 10 Apr 2008 07:44 AM PST

When is this mobile music business really going to take off? Not any time soon, a new Jupiter research report reckons. Just five percent of US mobile subscribers sideload tunes…

Sony Ericsson Preloads Def Jam Artists Onto W910i - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 08 Apr 2008 03:02 AM PST

Another handset manufacturer makes a content play. This time Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) has partnered with hip hop and R ‘n B label Def Jam Records to preload…

Samsung Strikes Deal With Warner Music: Madonna’s “Hard Candy” To Be Preloaded On F400 - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 07 Apr 2008 02:39 AM PST

Samsung’s foray into mobile content continues: the handset maker has struck a deal with Warner Music that will see Madonna’s upcoming album “Hard Candy” and the video for her single…

CTIA Wire: Day Two: Zed-9 Squared; XM-QuickPlay; Verizon-TMZ; RealNetworks’ Ringback - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 02 Apr 2008 02:25 PM PST

-- 9 Squared and Zed Worldwide combine operations: 9 Squared unveiled plans to formally combine operations with mobile entertainment company Zed Worldwide, with Zed continuing to offer the products originally…

@ CTIA: Mobile Bits: AOL Games; Vringo Calls Facebook; Verizon’s Five Phones; MySpace Mobile Alerts - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 31 Mar 2008 08:38 AM PST

—AOL (NYSE: TWX) Offers WAP Games: AOL plans to announce today that it is offering free WAP-based mobile games to wireless subscribers, so they don’t have to download anything to…

David Stewart Vows To Drop ‘Neutron Bomb’ On Current Entertainment Distribution Model - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 31 Mar 2008 05:04 AM PST

A week after British musician Billy Bragg let rip on Bebo and other social networks for exploiting musicians and their songs for their own monetary gain, David Stewart, one half…

Razz Raises $1.87 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 31 Mar 2008 02:54 AM PST

Audio entertainment content service provider for both mobile and web users Razz has called down $1.87 million of a $2.5 million second round (Series B) of funding, according to PEHub.…

Sony BMG Provides 3UK With Music Videos For Ad-Funded Service - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 31 Mar 2008 02:25 AM PST

UK mobile network 3 has signed a deal with Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG to provide the operator’s subscribers with ad-funded music videos. The Guardian reports that a year following 3’s…

Earnings: Atrinsic Revs Increase By 126 Percent In 2007 Based On Subscriber Growth - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 27 Mar 2008 04:30 PM PST

Atrinsic, the company formerly known as New Motion (OTCBB: NWMO) which publishes digital music, casual games, sweepstakes, etc., reported higher Q4 and year-end results today based on strong subscriber growth.…

AT&T Tries New Approach To Waning Ringtone Market; BMI Says Ringtone Market Still Falling - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 27 Mar 2008 09:21 AM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) is announcing a few new music services today, but the one that stands out is a new offering for ringtones, which the carrier likely hopes will counter…

Nokia’s Hopes On Music Service: High; Will Have Deals By Launch - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 26 Mar 2008 04:04 PM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is engaging in some PR outreach to labels via this FT story: it says its Comes With Music service, which is supposed to launch later this year,…

Earnings: Buongiorno Reports 2007 Results; Will Invest Millions In Mobile Social Networking - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 25 Mar 2008 02:25 PM PST

Buongiorno, an Italian mobile entertainment company, which dabbles in everything from mobile games, videos and wallpapers to services, such as TV voting, quizzes and mobile TV, reported its 2007 earnings…

Savia Capital Innovacion Invests In Mobile Content Technology Firm mmChannel - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 25 Mar 2008 04:33 AM PST

Telefonica-backed Spanish VC Savia Capital Innovacion has taken a minority stake in Madrid-based mobile technology firm mmChannel for an undisclosed amount. The four-year old company provides mobile and online media…

Thumbplay Content Store Added To Clear Channel Local Station Sites - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 24 Mar 2008 01:50 PM PST

Thumbplay has signed a distribution deal with Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU), which plans to use the mobile content company’s services to roll out custom retail pages across more than 650…

China Mobile Content Services Booming; Content Sales And Digital Ad Revs To Hit $710 Million By 2013 - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Sun 23 Mar 2008 01:57 PM PST

China Mobile’s has been on a growth streak for some time. IDG News reports the country’s largest operator--and indeed the world’s--China Mobile grew by 68.1 million new subscribers last year--about…

Mobile Content Bits: Orange Ad-Funded Music; Icewhole Films; Opera Mini On Helio - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 20 Mar 2008 04:43 AM PST

-- Orange UK Launches Ad-Funded Music Trial: Mobile operator Orange is launching a three-month long ad-sponsored content trial on its mobile internet platform Orange World. The trial will be offered…

Industry Moves: Island Def Jam Music Group Hires Mark Lehmann As Web And Mobile Marketing VP - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 19 Mar 2008 08:41 AM PST

Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) has tapped former Flycell web marketing VP Mark Lehmann for its newly created role of VP of web and mobile marketing, according to Billboard.biz.…

Apple Working On A “Radical New Business Model”: Flat-Rate iTunes: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 19 Mar 2008 05:32 AM PST

This sounds similar to what Nokia, Omnifone and some others are working on in Europe: giving away music for free to users, and the handset/service providers pay the premium, only…

Industry Moves: Nokia Appoints Elizabeth Schimel Head of Mobile Music - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 19 Mar 2008 04:43 AM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has hired former Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) SVP Elizabeth Schimel as head of global music, Billboard.biz reports. Schimel, who oversaw content development at Comcast, will lead its mobile…

iPhone Owners’ Content Consumption “Off The Charts”: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 18 Mar 2008 05:28 AM PST

Another study lauding the iPhone’s ability to drive consumers to try out mobile content. Mobile measurement firm M:Metrics released a report today that found that the iPhone is the most…

Vodafone Gets Exclusive Advance Access To Madonna’s New Album Hard Candy - 2 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 18 Mar 2008 02:16 AM PST

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) has struck a deal with record label Warner Music to give the operator’s customers early access to music and mobile content from Madonna’s new album, “Hard Candy,”…

Mobile Music Firm Groove Mobile Sells NMS For $14.5 Million - 4 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 17 Mar 2008 01:19 PM PST

This wasn’t what I was expecting, but Groove Mobile, the mobile music player, has finally been bought: LiveWire Mobile, a subsidiary of NMS Communications has bought the Bedford, MA based…

Napster Signs Up O2 In UK For Mobile Music - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 13 Mar 2008 08:50 PM PST

Napster (NSDQ: NAPS), very slowly building up its mobile operator clients, has signed on UK and European operator O2, to launch a music service on the operator’s platform. Five million…