Screen legend Robert Redford yesterday urged the mobile and entertainment industries to forge closer links for the benefit of both markets and to help stimulate the production of short films for the medium.
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Mobile operators are unable to maintain mobile TV subscriber levels due to poor content, according to new research from Nielsen Mobile unveiled at yesterday’s Mobile Backstage event.

Voracious usage of mobile entertainment in the prime 18 to 34 year-old bracket across the globe would seem to be the target market for mobile TV subscription.

While this user group is indeed signing up to experience mobile TV and video services, operators are apparently finding it hard to keep hold of them.

Facebook is on a mission to make its site universally accessible, both on mobile devices and through people’s native languages.

On the mobile front, last week Facebook introduced a new platform called Facebook for Mobile Operators, which aims to provide a simple, online, self-service tool so that any operator can add Facebook’s mobile services to their network using the kind of Terms of Service model common on the Internet.

Omnifone is launching what it describes as the world’s first, prelicensed, unlimited download mobile music phone.

Rob Lewis, CEO of Omnifone, told the Show Daily in an exclusive briefing: “The MusicStation Max is manufactured by LG Electronics,” and while he would not say which operator would be the first to offer the phone, it is well known that Vodafone UK has close links with LG and has offered Omnifone’s MusicStation subscription service, which costs £1.99 a month.

One sided business models in the mobile TV space are putting content providers between a rock and a hard place, a high-profile executive at BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has told the Show Daily.

“There are a lot of problems in the technology and business of mobile TV,” stated Peter Mercier, Head of the Digital Media Division at BBC Worldwide, who is speaking at the ‘Mobile Infotainment – Mobile TV and Video: Making It Happen’ session in Thursday’s Congress.... read on

PRESS RELEASE - Nokia is taking the The Recording Academy® and the 50th Annual GRAMMY® Awards 'global and mobile' by offering GRAMMY Award winning music and video programming to Nokia customers around the world.

"The GRAMMY Awards are synonymous with the best in entertainment," said Tero Ojanpera, Executive Vice President and head of the Nokia Entertainment and Communities business. "For the 50th Anniversary of the Awards, we are excited to offer the best of the Awards in exclusive video programming via the Nokia Video Centre, Medeo and other entertainment channels to millions of Nokia device owners around the world."... read on

PRESS RELEASE - Sony Ericsson today unveiled the next stage in the evolution of PlayNow™ arena, its popular over-the-air (OTA) download service.

At the MIDEM conference in Cannes, Sony Ericsson announced deals with 10 major record labels, adding over 5 million new tracks to its extensive catalogue. Sony Ericsson also unveiled the design and URL for PlayNow™ arena and launched PlayNow™ Uncut, (formerly M-Buzz™) a music promotional space for new, unsigned and developing artists.... read on

Buongiorno today finalized the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of iTouch Ventures Limited.

With the acquisition of iTouch, Buongiorno has become the world’s No. 1 provider of mobile entertainment, with 38 offices conducting business in 53 countries, direct connections to more than 100 telecoms carriers throughout the world, and with access to over 2 billion mobile users. It also ranks among the top three mobile entertainment companies in 8 of its largest markets.... read on

Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. today announced the launch of a mobile phone portal to deliver content to mobile devices and act as a platform to promote theatrical and DVD releases.

Visitors to the mobile movie sites will be able to browse and purchase movie-related content from their mobile phones, and opt-in to receive alerts about Paramount Pictures. Crisp Wireless, a provider of mobile content management solutions, was selected as the content management software partner.

Mobile phone users in the U.S. can text "Movies" to 33287 to receive Paramount Pictures-branded content that will promote select theatrical and DVD releases. Visitors to the mobile movie sites will be able to browse and purchase movie-related content from their mobile phones, including movie tickets, and opt-in to receive alerts about Paramount Pictures. Crisp Wireless already provides the Fandango Mobile portal for the popular movie ticket Web site.... read on

Merry Christmas everyone!



To anyone who cares: the MP3 player Annika is holding is from Kenwood.

Via: DutchCowboys

Mojungle, a mobile media company which enables users to send camera phone photos and videos to the web has put itself up for sale on eBay.

The bidding starts at 60.000 dollar but the current owners hope to get at least 250.000 dollar by the time the auction ends, December 14. So far no other bids have been made.

According to the owners the decision to sell Mojungle was a difficult one. They've encountered unanticipated and growing personal and business obligations not allowing them to make the full time commitment needed to build Mojungle into the strong brand they know it can be.

Actress Reese Witherspoon has ordered a complete ban of all camera phones on the set of her newest movie Rendition to stop the spreading of pictures taken from her and her co-star Jake Gyllenhaal.

"After separating and filing from divorce from husband Ryan Phillippe last month, Reese is adamant about not being linked to Jake in case it affects the divorce proceedings."

A source told Us Weekly that “Reese doesn’t want any rumours about her and Jake” and that the movie’s makers, New Line Cinema, have agreed to the ban - but the studio has refused to comment on the matter itself.

The Studio hads agreed to the ban but won't comment on the matter.