Interview: Jean-David Begin, BlackBerry Partner Fund: Cautiously Moving Toward 20 Investments
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@ CTIA: CBS Mobile Launches iPhone Citizen Journalism App
By Tricia Duryee
*CBS* Mobile has taken its EyeMobile citizen journalism efforts from the Web to mobile by releasing an application for the iPhone, we have l… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Wang’s YouTube Premiere; VBS Surf Series
– Wayne Wang film to premiere on YouTube in October: The Princess of Nebraska Wayne Wang’s new film from Magnolia Pictures will have its wo… Read more »
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Google Acquires Korean Blogging Software Company TNC
By David Kaplan
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has bought Korea-based blogging software provider TNC, co-founder and co-CEO Chang Kim said in a blog post on Web20Asia… Read more »
Mobile Social Network Wubud Secures First Round From Paul Birch
So what’s Bebo co-founder Paul Birch doing these days, after having closed that little $850 million acquisition? Apparently, he’s getting in… Read more »
Zed Teams With Lionsgate To Co-Develop Content For Major Studio
By Matt Kapko
Zed is definitely not dead. The mobile content company announced a deal with movie studio Lionsgate to co-develop a suite of mobile entertai… Read more »
CTIA Wire RealNetworks Edition: SMS-To-MMS Conversions; Video Call; Ringtones; New Game
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) made a slew of announcements at CTIA, adding more multimedia capabilities to its platform:
– China Unicom-emotic… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: WMI-Deezer; Tesco Video Clips; Webjam; Jewish Chronicle; ITN Source
By Dianne See Morrison
– Deezer and WMI In Content Deal: French online jukebox Deezer has struck a deal with Warner Music International (WMI), which will provide… Read more »
@ CTIA: Social Networking While On The Go
By Tricia Duryee
Keeping up to date on all of your social networks while on the PC is hard enough, but when you’re using your phone, people must flip between… Read more »
CTIA Wire: Comcast-Thumbplay; mywaves-Sony Ericsson; PointRoll-USA Today; Navteq-WaveMarket; Truveo
– *Comcast* adds entertainment library to Thumbplay site: With Thumbplay Open, a digital content management system, now in beta, Thumbplay… Read more »
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@ CTIA: Keynote: RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie Talks About The Convergence Of Four Screens
By Matt Kapko
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion’s co-CEO Jim Balsillie announced a series of new partnerships with content providers in a morning keynot… Read more »
@ CTIA: Ontela Says Pic Uploader Increases Data Plan Adoption; Signs Up 14 Rural Carriers
By Tricia Duryee
Seattle-based Ontela, which makes it easy to get pictures off of the cellphone, plans to announce today that it has signed up The Associated… Read more »
@ CTIA: MTV Launches First Mobile Ad-Supported VOD Service With Carriers
By Matt Kapko
MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) is launching its first ad-supported, mobile video-on-demand service with carriers. With the U.S. Air Force signed o… Read more »
@ CTIA: Mobile TV Still A Poor Experience Overall
By Matt Kapko
A group of executives from MediaFLO USA, MobiTV, MTV, Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Fox sat in on an afternoon panel that addressed the various bus… Read more »
@ CTIA: Verizon Wireless Roundup: V CAST Video Service Expands With 13 New Content Providers
By Matt Kapko
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) added a whole mess of new video content to its V CAST Video service today from at least 13 content providers. The carrier… Read more »
@ CTIA: Sony Pictures Integrates Dynamic Ad Service On Minisode Network
By Matt Kapko
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures Television is revamping its mobile advertising capabilities with a new service that will enable the entertainment… Read more »
Industry Moves: BSkyB Hires Marketing Director; IAB Elects Council Chairman; Hi-Media Adds Advisor
By Dianne See Morrison
– *BSkyB*: *BSkyB* has tapped ex-Burger King executive Andy Brent as its group brand marketing director, medianguardian.co.uk reports. He j… Read more »
Twitter Rules Out Premium Rate Service In UK
By Dianne See Morrison
When Twitter decided to shut down its UK operations last month blaming the crippling per user cost, the obvious question was raised: why no… Read more »
@ CTIA Wire: SinglePoint Ads; Nokia Mail; RIM Flips Out
By Tricia Duryee
– SinglePoint Signs Ad Networks: SinglePoint, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company which helps TV shows and other media companies conduct text m… Read more »
@ CTIA: Zed Scores NBA Mobile Content
By Matt Kapko
The NBA is taking its existing library of content mobile through a new deal with Zed. Beginning with more basic NBA content involving teams… Read more »
@ CTIA: MobiTV Launching Business-Centric Mobi4BIZ On Blackberry Bold
By Matt Kapko
MobiTV is taking a calculated gamble on business-related content through a new service that will launch on RIM’s Blackberry Bold next month.… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: CBSSports-SEC; Seth MacFarlane; Spike Lee; Logo; Adobe-DirecTV-NFL; HBOlab
– CBSSports.com to stream SEC games live: Following ESPN’s $2.25 billion deal for some Southeastern Conference (SEC) rights, including live… Read more »
@ Live: Rafat Ali Interviews MySpace Mobile’s John Faith
By Tricia Duryee
Our own Rafat Ali, publisher and editor of ContentNext Media, took the main stage this morning at Mobile Entertainment Live to interview Joh… Read more »
@ CTIA: Glu Mobile Game; AT&T Adds Communities; Opera Joins Symbian
By Tricia Duryee
– Opera Joins Symbian Group: Browser developer Opera is now part of Symbian Foundation, a Nokia-led consortium that was set up in June to t… Read more »
Quattro Wireless Provides Location-based Ads For The Where App on the iPhone
By Tricia Duryee
Boston-based Quattro Wireless plans to announce today that it is providing location-based advertising for uLocate’s WHERE application on the… Read more »
@ CTIA: GoTV Networks Fuels Its Ad-Supported Model With Mobile Advertising Deals
By Matt Kapko
GoTV Networks, a mobile and broadband video firm, has inked mobile advertising deals with Millenial Media, Digital Sidebar and Ad Infuse. Go… Read more »
Ashton Kutcher Goes ‘Blah’ With Latest Venture — A Gossip Site
Apparently, there aren’t enough gossip sites — Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, partners at Katalyst Media, today debuted the animated sh… Read more »
Social Address Book Xumii Secures $5.5M Funding
Xumii, a social address book for mobile phones, has closed a round of $5.5 million from CM Capital and Southern Cross Venture Partners and p… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Transpera Video; Sonic Boom Ringtones; mSpot Ports To 500; SunCom To T-Mobile
By Tricia Duryee
On Its Way To Constructing A Wider Ad Net, Crowdgather Buys Hobbyist Forum Zealot.com
By David Kaplan
Crowdgather, an ad net focused in community sites, has bought Zealot.com, a forum site for hobbyists. Terms weren’t disclosed. In particular… Read more »
Vodafone Puts Premium SMS Gateway Inside Facebook
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is making a play for the social graph, unveiling a Facebook App that acts as a web-to-SMS gateway. Called Vodafone Co… Read more »
TheWB.com Teams With MySpace On ‘Sorority Forever’ Launch
By David Kaplan
As TheWB.com tries to reintroduce itself as an online video portal, the Warner Bros. Television Group has struck a deal with MySpace to prom… Read more »
BBC iPlayer Comes To Nokia Through N96
By Rafat Ali
The BBC’s online video catchup service iPlayer, till now bandwidth-heavy enough to only be available on iPhone and iPod Touch through their… Read more »
Social Net Ad Targeter Lookery Secures $2.25M Funding
By David Kaplan
Lookery, a company which analyzes demographic data on social net users and markets it to ad networks, has raised $2.25 million, Venturebeat… Read more »
Joost Does The Right Thing: Killing Desktop Version; Focusing On In-Browser
By Rafat Ali
Joost, the once-hyped online video startup which was a non-starter with a desktop-only client, is now killing it, Om reports. It will go bro… Read more »
Connect2Media Buys Israeli-based RayFusion
By Tricia Duryee
London-based Connect2Media, a publisher of mobile content, which just merged with the European operations of Hands-On, said it has acquired… Read more »
Interview: MocoSpace CEO Justin Siegel: “We’ll Generate Millions Of Dollars In Ad Revenue This Year”
By Tricia Duryee
In 2013, more than 140 million subscribers will be part of a mobile social network, and that they will generate $410 million from subscripti… Read more »
Mobile Voice Startup iSkoot Buys IM Client Social.im
By Rafat Ali
Mobile voice and chat startup iSkoot has made a small acquisition: it has bought social IM aggregator client Social.im, according to Techcru… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Flash-Java SDK; PlayPhone’s TV Channel; Business App Market; HipCricket; Qik
By Tricia Duryee
– *Sony* *Ericsson* releases SDK for Flash-Java technology: Four months ago, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) Developer World announc… Read more »
Whrrl Partners WIth HBO’s Entourage So People Can Track The Characters In Real Life
By Tricia Duryee
One problem when starting a new social-networking-like service is getting users to sign-up. A promotion always helps, and that’s what Pelago… Read more »
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