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Feb 7, 2012 4:52 AM
Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) rival Populis is continuing to build up its non-English blog network and publishing business through acquisition, this time expanding out of Europe in to Latin America.
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Weblogs, Countries, Europe, Italy, Ireland, Latin America
Jan 26, 2012 3:12 PM
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) stock jumped over 20 percent, with a number of equity analysts bumping up the movie rental company’s price target following its better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings report.
Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Money, Companies, Netflix, Countries, Latin America
Jan 26, 2012 6:14 AM
Nokia’s Q4 earnings, released on Thursday, make for some challenging reading for even the most hopeful of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) watchers. The handset maker confirmed analyst estimates that it has sold over a million Lumia Windows Phone handsets - but that didn’t stop a horrible 31 percent slide in its…
Posted In: Money, Earnings, Technologies / Formats, 3G, 4G, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, Countries, Europe, UK, Latin America, Asia, China, lumia
Jan 25, 2012 9:50 AM
Considering the staggering results reported by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) last night, this should come as little surprise: the company’s iPhone is back on top as the bestselling smartphone in the U.S. Android has managed to hold on to its position in the UK but there, too, Apple massively increased its…
Posted In: Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, WPP, Countries, Europe, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Latin America
Jan 25, 2012 8:50 AM
One day before Nokia is due to announce its next set of quarterly results, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has made three announcements: a milestone reached with Series 40 feature phone purchases, and a buyer for its manufacturing plant in Romania, and a re-casting of its quarterly results for the three quarters…
Posted In: Mobile, Money, Earnings, Companies, Apple, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Countries, Europe, UK, Latin America
Jan 24, 2012 8:29 AM
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), as it winds up as a troubled joint venture to become fully part of Sony, is spinning out some talent in the process: it’s understood that Anderson Teixeira, formerly an executive that had run different regional operations for the JV, is now Apple’s first…
Posted In: Industry Moves, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, LinkedIn, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Countries, Asia, China, Latin America, Europe
Jan 23, 2012 8:06 PM
Some numbers out today that underscore the challenge telecoms operators have had in attracting customers to their pay-TV platforms, including the newer services like IPTV, against competition from incumbent TV providers and the growing allure of over-the-top services, from Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) to YouTube.
Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, Satellite, Research & Metrics, Research, Social Media, Video, Companies, Comcast, France Telecom, Google, YouTube, Netflix, Sony, Verizon, Countries, Europe, Russia, France, Latin America, telefonica, telefonica digital
Jan 18, 2012 2:18 PM
—HookLogic: Jeff Griffin joins in the new position of president of retail. Most recently, he co-founded Interpublic Group’s Shopper Science. Prior to that, Griffin was SVP of Premier Retail Networks (PRN). —SwoopThat.com: Book publishing vet Dan Farley is joining the San Diego-based college textbook price comparison startup as EVP, business…
Posted In: Advertising, Industry Moves, Industry Moves Roundup, Marketing, Companies, Yahoo, Countries, Latin America
Jan 10, 2012 7:04 AM
It is a busy week for digital media news in the Far East, ahead of the Chinese New Year on January 23. Notably, more new e-book services are coming, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is sued for assisting e-book piracy and the door is open to foreign investment in digital music…
Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Music, Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, e-readers, Countries, Asia, China, Latin America
Jan 9, 2012 11:18 AM
Hispanics, according to Nielsen, have the second-highest penetration of smartphone usage among U.S. ethnic groups, and today brings news of a news app specifically targeting that demographic: Univision is launching its first news app, “Noticias Univision,” based on the broadcaster’s TV brand and website of the same name. It is…
Posted In: Advertising, Local, Apps, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Mobile, Social Media, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, Google, Android, News Corp., BSkyB, Twitter, Countries, Latin America, randy falco, univision
Dec 15, 2011 9:00 AM
Apple’s and Android’s stronghold on the U.S. smartphone market has been the case for many quarters already, and figures out today from Nielsen show how that has translated into a domination of the business of mobile content as well: phones based on Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)…
Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Games, Music, Legal, Privacy, Regulatory, Ofcom, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Search, Companies, Apple, iTunes, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, Spotify, Countries, Europe, UK, Latin America, nielsen
Dec 13, 2011 5:40 AM
Nearly 12 years after it first launched, iTunes Store has gone live in Brazil and 15 other Latin American countries, as the region’s consumer digital content market takes off.
Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Music, Companies, Apple, iTunes, Countries, Latin America
Dec 12, 2011 7:37 AM
The news aggregating behemoth Huffington Post is continuing its march into new markets: the next stop is Spain, where the site will partner with respected national daily El Pais to produce a local edition.
Posted In: Advertising, Local, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, AOL, Countries, Europe, UK, Spain, Latin America, arianna huffington, huffington post, huffington post media group
Dec 9, 2011 6:41 AM
Latin America’s online entertainment prospects are booming because an economic recovery has put connected devices and disposable income in people’s homes and pockets, according to the co-founder and CEO of one of the region’s biggest companies.
Posted In: Countries, Latin America, brazil
Dec 7, 2011 5:04 PM
Two more advances for Facebook in its ongoing quest to make its service ever more sticky and useful for its 800 million-plus base of subscribers: the company has officially started to roll out its Timeline feature, and it looks like Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has moved one step closer to getting…
Posted In: Apps, Legal, Privacy, Social Media, Video, Companies, Facebook, Netflix, Countries, Canada, Latin America, facebook timeline
Nov 24, 2011 7:40 AM
As the Black Friday shopping opportunities continue to pile up, the mentions of mobile payment services get ever more frequent, too: in just the last two days, no less than four major mobile players have been linked with new initiatives around NFC technology, the wave-and-pay system that its supporters hope…
Posted In: Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, iTunes, Google, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, O2, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Countries, Latin America, Europe, Germany, Ireland, Spain, UK, mobile payments, nfc, windows phone 7
Nov 16, 2011 3:00 AM
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is picking up some more momentum for its UK and Ireland launch, scheduled for early next year. The streaming video company has now added film studio Miramax to its list of content partners, joining Lionsgate and MGM in providing films for the service. But unlike the other…
Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Movies, Social Media, Video, Companies, Disney, Facebook, Hulu, Netflix, News Corp., STAR, Countries, Europe, UK, Ireland, Latin America
Nov 11, 2011 7:06 AM
Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) has put its digital eggs into one basket—centralizing all its global digital operations into one new unit—and with today’s results it’s easy to see why: the company today released some dismal results for some of its legacy businesses—namely in its home market of Spain—which have resulted in…
Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, Mobile, Money, Earnings, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Apple, iPhone, O2, Vodafone, Countries, Europe, UK, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Latin America, telefonica, telefonica digital
Nov 8, 2011 7:41 AM
What will be the most-used medium for consuming mobile content in the future: the web or apps? It’s a question that gets hotly debated, and a pair of funding deals underscores the fact that people are continuing to back both horses. Urban Airship, which adds functionality to apps, has picked…
Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Google, Android, RIM, BlackBerry, Verizon, Countries, Asia, Canada, Latin America, Europe, strangeloop, urban airship
Nov 2, 2011 9:19 AM
Figures out from Canalys tracking smartphone shipments worldwide in Q3 have once again demonstrated that the flood of Android handsets on the market is making Google’s mobile OS the smartphone platform leader for the moment, with a 57 percent share of the market. In the U.S., where the rising Android…
Posted In: Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Technologies / Formats, 4G, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, HTC, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, T-Mobile, Verizon, Countries, Europe, Latin America, Asia, China, canalys
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