Archive for 'Mobile Media' Category
Puretracks Releases DRM-Free Music Store for BlackBerry
14 March 2008Toronto-based digital music provider Puretracks has developed a new DRM-free mobile music store and service for BlackBerry smartphones.
The Puretracks Mobile Edition music store for BlackBerry, built in conjunction with handset development partner Magnet Mobile Media, will work with all BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry 8800 series smartphones.
The mobile digital music service is developed […]
Kyte Launches New Player, Facebook Apps for Mobile Delivery, Live Streaming
14 March 2008Mobile content broadcaster Kyte this week released several updates to its social communications platform, some of which are significant to helping the company grow its mobile music offering during a time when album sales are declining.
The company has released a “Premium Player,” which features custom branding and viral functionality. Kyte has also launched new branded […]
Eisner’s Vuguru Releases New Series on V CAST
14 March 2008Verizon Wireless and Michael Eisner’s independent new media studio Vuguru said the other day that “The All-For-Nots” series will air on Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Video service this week. This is part of an ongoing triple-play strategy by Michael Eisner.
“The All-For-Nots,” Vuguru’s second original series, will debut on V CAST in the Music and Showcase […]
BBC Brings iPlayer to iPhone, iPod Touch
14 March 2008The BBC has launched a version of its iPlayer video-on-demand service for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.
The announcement marks the first time the service has been available on portable devices.
The BBC said that the iPhone and iPod touch are able to stream shows from the iPlayer Web site over Wi-Fi networks. The iPhone cannot […]
SK Telecom Moves Deeper into Asian Music Industry
7 March 2008- Buys Joint Control of Taihe Rye & Gets Super Girl Li Yuchun
- Makes It Harder for US Labels
- Impact on Apple Unclear
How important is music to the health and well being of mobile phone operators?
Well, South Korea’s largest mobile phone service SK Telecom this week purchased a 42.2% share of the Chinese music company […]
Can Mobile TV Save Local TV Stations?
7 March 2008Sometimes what technology taketh, it also returneth.
A forward looking Wall Street analyst thinks locally owned TV stations “will come to be viewed as one of the worst businesses during the next 5-10 years” and the realization of that will be sudden much as it has been with the yellow pages companies.
One possible technology savior for […]
UVuMobile, GlobalTakeoff Partner to Offer Indian Content
5 March 2008UVuMobile has entered a mobile video hosting agreement with ethnic entertainment content provider GlobalTakeoff (GTO).
Under the terms of the agreement, GTO will use the uVuMobile hosting platform to distribute digital media Indian content to a community of more than 2.5 million Indian American households in the US via the company’s mobile unicast delivery networks. Beginning […]
Report: Ringback Tones to Bring in Major Revenue by 2010
5 March 2008The number of worldwide wireless subscribers and customers will grow by a little more than a billion over the next four years, generating $800 billion in global wireless service revenue by 2011, says a report by IDC.
IDC expects mobile entertainment will account for 5.1% of this total revenue and 23% of all mobile data revenue. […]
Yahoo to Launch Go 3.0 in Europe, Unveils Mobile Content Management Service
5 March 2008 Yahoo said this week that its Go 3.0 service will soon be available for a number of European countries. Yahoo Go 3.0 is a mobile application that gives mobile phone users access to a number of interactive applications.
Within the next two months, European users in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK will be […]
Midomi Mobile Allows Users to Find Songs by Singing or Humming
5 March 2008Search and sound recognition software developer Melodis has launched midomi mobile, its music search application for mobile devices.
This service is a step up from other programs that allow users to find and identify a song by playing it in the receiver of a mobile device. Midomi mobile actually allows users to search for music by […]