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Former Jamba Executive Launches Prizemo, A Mobile-To-TV Participation Company With $2 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Matt Kapko - Mon 25 Aug 2008 10:39 AM PST

Jakob Kuznicki, a former executive at Jamba, also called Jamster in some countries, said he has launched Prizemo, a company that is pitching TV shows involving mobile participation to networks…

Who’s Going To Buy Verisign’s Share of Jamba? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 06 Aug 2008 07:45 PM PST

Not necessarily a secret, but Verisign is divesting off its “non-core” businesses, and has done some of them, but is now hitting road bumps in selling off some of the…

Jamba Quitting Mobile Games Development, Shutting Ojom Unit - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 29 May 2008 09:46 AM PST

Rafat was almost right on the button. In a meeting today, Jamba decided to stop developing its own mobile games, so is shutting its Ojom development unit. Berlin-based Ojom is…

What’s Happening At Jamba? Strategic Options? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 28 May 2008 09:41 PM PST

What will happen tomorrow at Jamba? The mobile content company which is majority owned by News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and rest owned by Verisign, has a big meeting tomorrow, according…

Updated: Jamba COO Lee Fenton Leaves, Replaced By Kaj Hagros - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 22 May 2008 08:06 AM PST

Update: Jamster COO Lee Fenton will be succeeded by Kaj Hagros, an Airwide Solutions VP, at the start of July. Jamster (via emailed release) said Englishman Fenton “has decided to…

10-K Watch: Verisign’s Call/Put Options on its JV With News Corp on Jamba; Sells Services Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 04 Mar 2008 09:28 AM PST

Verisign, which sold off a 51 percent stake in Jamba/Jamster to News Corp in early 2007, has released some more details on developments since, in its 10-K, filed last week…

@ MWC: EMI To Sell DRM-Free Mobile Music Through Jamba - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 02:59 PM PST

EMI has licensed Jamba to provide what the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and Verisign-owned mobile entertainment outfit says is the label’s first DRM-free repertoire in Europe to cross both mobile…

@ MWC Interview: Mauro Montanaro, CEO, Jamba: Moving In To Developing Markets - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 09:27 AM PST

Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) former southeast Asia sales VP Mauro Montanaro is just eight days in to his role as Jamba’s CEO, having switched from hardware maker to content player. But…

Industry Moves: Jamba Appoints Nokia Veteran Mauro Montanaro CEO - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 29 Jan 2008 03:06 AM PST

Nearly four months after the departure of former head Lucy Hood, mobile entertainment firm Jamba has appointed Nokia (NYSE: NOK) veteran Mauro Montanaro as its new CEO. Forty-three year old…