Media/publishing
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944 magazine goes mobile in time for Super Bowl
January 17, 2008
Lifestyle publication 944 magazine will send mobile newsletters and event guides, promote artists and keep fans posted on the latest celebrity news using Waterfall Mobile’s Web-based Msgme platform.
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Hallmark Channel launches first mobile push
January 16, 2008
The Hallmark Channel has partnered with mobile entertainment community Limbo to launch its first mobile effort.
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News 12 Networks enters the mobile channel
January 16, 2008
Tristate cable service News 12 Networks has debuted "News 12 To Go," a mobile offering that delivers continually updated local traffic, weather and news to users over their mobile phones.
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Gemstar-TV Guide in licensing deal with MobiTV
January 15, 2008
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. has inked a patent license agreement to let mobile entertainment firm MobiTV use its intellectual property to create program guides for mobile content.
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Mobile site for riders is no bull
January 14, 2008
Professional Bull Riders Inc. is launching a mobile game and application franchise to deliver content to on-the-go fans.
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Artificial Life puts music fans on tour with Tokio Hotel
January 10, 2008
Fans of the band Tokio Hotel can now follow the group on their European tour via mobile phone.
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Giant Mobile wins ruling against Hustler owner
January 9, 2008
Larry Flynt Productions Inc. failed to win the court in a case of wrong termination involving a mobile company.
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Kyte raises $15M to grow social communications platform
December 21, 2007
Kyte, a provider of software to share pictures and video from mobile phone or Web, has raised $15 million from telecoms and venture capital firms to push its social communications platform.
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Portable Reading creates platform to market books on mobile
December 20, 2007
Portable Reading Corp., maker of the iPhone books application TextOnPhone, has created a social network platform for readers, authors and publishers.
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Playboy eyes European market for mobile content
December 17, 2007
Playboy has tapped Swiss wireless infrastructure specialist Minick to grow its interactive mobile business in Europe.
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NATPE Mobile++ to take the stage in Las Vegas
December 13, 2007
The growth of mobile entertainment and content is expected to be discussed at the next National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) show.
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Still early days for mobile video, says WebVideo show panelist
December 12, 2007
NEW YORK – Content for mobile phones has the potential to be an enormous market. And yet only one hour of the two-day WebVideo Summit was dedicated to mobile – but it was a start.
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Artificial Life launches 3G mobile poker game
November 21, 2007
Artificial Life Inc. has launched Chips Unlimited: Texas Hold-em game, the first in a mobile casino series to be released by the mobile game developer.
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MTV exec calls for mobile standards at Yankee Group show
November 14, 2007
BOSTON – Greg Clayman’s delivery at the Mobile Internet World was as fast as the montage of MTV clips he showed an audience that clearly had skipped their morning coffee.
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ClearChannel gets HipCricket with mobile effort
November 14, 2007
LOS ANGELES – ClearChannel Radio partnered with mobile specialist HipCricket to increase the radio broadcaster’s ROI measurability and to find new ways to reach listeners.
