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CTIA Day Two Roundup: ABC News Radio; Real Extends Games Reach; CBS Mobile; aFLIX

By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 24 Oct 2007 02:22 AM PST

-- mSpot has added ABC News Radio to its mobile radio lineup, which is now more than 200 channels. ABC News Radio programming brings anytime, anywhere news headlines plus business and entertainment news to mobile phones.

-- Real has expanded the mobile reach of its casual games. It was already on the top-tier carriers, but has signed on with Vindigo (formerly Zingy) to get the smaller carriers, including Centennial Wireless, Cincinatti Bell, Leap Wireless and Boost.

-- CBS (NYSE: CBS) has added to its mobile offering on Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) MediaFLO network. New stuff includes three-minute made-for-mobile news breaks at the top of each hour (between 12:00-6:00 PM), consisting of approximately one-minute each of news, sports and entertainment updates; program offerings from Wallstrip, which produces and syndicates a daily, Web show focused on financial news and “Afternoon Rewind,” an after school block comprised of “Star Trek” (4:00-5:00 PM), “Brady Bunch” (5:00-5:30 PM) and rebroadcasts of the previous night’s “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” (5:30-6:30 PM).

-- FunMobility has launched a mobile video sharing service dubbed aFLIX, which will run alongside its picture sharing service aPIX. People can upload videos into categories such as Comedy, Kids Vids and so on and review, comment on, rate and share the videos on aFLIX. It will launch on numerous carriers this month in the $4.99 per month range.

-- Amdocs has released the results of a US survey which found that 41 percent of the 18-24 aged respondents and 38 percent in the 25-32 age range are prepared to spend $8-$10 a month to purchase mobile content. The young ‘uns are more likely to make a purchase on their mobile while the over-45s tend to prefer their PC. There are some interesting figures there, but the survey only covered 500 people so don’t put too much weight on them. (release)

-- AccuWeather is launching ads for its service, signing up AdMob to serve them.

Posted in: Entertainment, Mobile Video, Research & Metrics, Social Media, Conferences, CTIA

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