--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 told BNamericas”. Easier said than done, of course. NetPeople is seeking big-name brands to ally with (such as it has with Disney and Sony Pictures) for publicity campaigns, music, images and so on.
--Samsung has teamed with Twentieth Century Fox to offer mobile content based on the fantasy film Eragon. “Samsung mobile phone users in Europe will be able to exclusively receive free mobile contents such as film trailers, screensavers and wallpapers before the premiere of the movie Eragon as they download from the website."
--DY Mobile has signed a licensing deal with Universal Music Canada to sell realtones to customers on Canada’s 4 largest wireless networks. DY promotes the content in newspaper ads.
--Soundbuzz is expanding on its music offering, signing a deal with Coruscant Tec to offer images to its customers. “Through this partnership Soundbuzz partners will have access to Coruscant’s entire databank of images including Man’s World magazine’s swimsuit collection, photos from Rave magazine and MF Hussain’s paintings.”
--Jamster is offering WeeMee Avatars. The avatars can be used as wallpapers, screensavers and visual caller ID images, but there is no news as to how much they’ll cost.