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Germany’s Mobile Content Industry Introduces Code Of Practice For Customer Protection
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Germany’s mobile communications industry has introduced a code of practice for mobile content services. This is intended to promote consumer… Read more »
LaNetro Zed Acquires Spanish Rival Alvento
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BBC’s Annual Report: Spend on BBC.co.uk About $135 Million
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Virgin Readies UK’s First Mobile TV Broadcasts
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Virgin Mobile UK will launch a mobile broadcast TV service “in Autumn” this year, repackaging BT’s Movio product for which it will reportedl… Read more »
European Digital Media M&A: The Driving Factors
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Microsoft, France’s Bouygues Collaborate on Music Services
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Sky Launches Mobile Recording Service
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UK satellite TV company BSkyB has launched a service allowing customers of its Sky+ digital video recorder to set their machines remotely us… Read more »
Mobile Local Search Index Shows Biggest Brands On UK Mobile
By James Quintana Pearce
Local search company M-spatial has released an index of popular searches on mobile phones, assumedly based on the usage of its service.
Her… Read more »
UK Roundup: Universal-Wippit; MSN UK Restructures; Sky Mobile Recording
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Some UK-specific news:
– Universal teams with Wippit for movie download service: Universal Pictures UK has teamed up with film/music downlo… Read more »
Wanna Know How To Win The Mobile TV War?
By James Quintana Pearce
Of course, everyone wants to know how to win the mobile TV war, but the answers not going to be known until the war is actually won. Still,… Read more »
EasyMobile.nl Flops
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Cut-price European MVNO EasyMobile has pulled out of the Netherlands claiming “the operation had fallen well short of achieving sales target… Read more »
O2 Rolls Out “Look At Me” Service
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From P2P To iTunes: Universal To Launch Cut Rate CD in UK
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B2B M&As: UBM Buys CBM For $152 Million; ISI Buys RussiaDeal; Reed’s New Products Division Sold
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Updated: Slate of B2B acquisitions announced today, two big and one small:
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3′s Video Edges Ahead Of BBC Internet For England Game
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Argogroup has claimed that the video streaming of 3UK for the penalty shoot out that removed England from the FIFA World Cup was slightly be… Read more »
German Mobile Industry Introduces Code Of Conduct
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The German mobile content industry has introduced an industry code of conduct similar to the one launched in the UK and those in other count… Read more »
UK News Roundup: BBC Radio; Cartoon Broadband; Emap Launch; BSkyB Broadband
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– BBC to offer personalized radio: The BBC wants to allow audiences to create personal radio stations from its content…a new service call… Read more »
LaNetro Zed To Go Public; Rumors of Takeover Come to Naught
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Lanetro Zed, one of the big mobile content providers in Europe and Latin America, has begun the process of going public, selling 30 million… Read more »
Disney, Austin Powers, La Lega Licensing Deals
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A couple of licensing deals… Austin Powers International Man of Mystery will be appearing on the Rok Player for Read more »
Orange’s Frontrunner For AOL UK’s Access Business: Report
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The act and mouse game continues on AOL UK’s bidding: now the Sunday Telegraph says Orange, the mobile operator owned by France Telecom, has… Read more »
Europeans Only Want Messaging — JupiterResearch
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JupiterResearch has released survey findings showing that “the majority of European consumers – some 68 per cent – are not interested in pay… Read more »
UK’s Natmags Forms Digital Division
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France Approves iTunes Law
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French lawmakers have given final approval to the “iTunes law” that could force Apple to make iPod and iTunes store compatible with rivals’… Read more »
Audio Interview: Endemol Plans For Tailor-Made, User-Created Content
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Icstis Goes After Content Providers, Not Intermediaries
By James Quintana Pearce
UK regulator Icstis has given itself the power to “take direct action against companies that provide mobile phone content”…previously it c… Read more »
France Approves iTunes Rights Law
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Endemol Plans For Tailor-Made, User-Created Content
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BBC Worldwide Firms Up Ad-Supported Site; No Banners, Only Text
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Online TV Regulation Rules in EU To Exclude Video Blogs
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Thanks for these small mercies: EU rules on regulating online audiovisual content will exclude non-TV like programs such as video blogs, EU… Read more »
French Flash Mobile Gaming Firm Gets Funding
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Mobitween, a French mobile gaming company specializing in Flash-based games, has received its first round of financing from a group of priva… Read more »
Mobile TV Will Be A Risky Business For Operators
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Mobile TV will be a risky business for operators, according to analysts from Analysys. Although they think there is a lot of demand for the… Read more »
3UK Appeals For Mobile Video Ideas
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3UK is seeking compelling content for its mobile TV and has offered a cash prize (sort of). “It is looking for a concept or format that will… Read more »
27% Of UK 3G Users Download Music Tracks
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Telephia is reporting that 27% of UK 3G mobile users listen Read more »
Nokia Plans New Mobile TV Trial In Sweden
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Nokia has announced plans for another commercial mobile TV trial in Sweden, this one with radio and TV operator Teracom. Last week Nokia ann… Read more »
T.Italia Bids for AOL’s French, German Units; Also Permira
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Listen To Radio, Buy Song From Mobile Phones
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UK’s UBC Media Group has launched a technology that allows people listening to digital radio on their mobile phones to buy the song they ar… Read more »
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