Content & Mobile Marketing

HAMBURG, Germany-Digital rights management company CoreMedia AG unveiled technology allowing two of the world’s most common DRM platforms to interoperate. The company announced an offering that supports both Microsoft Corp.’s …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-DDD Group plc, which provides three-dimensional software and content, said it signed a development agreement, as well as a two-year software licensing agreement with a large mobile handset …

LOS ANGELES-Moviegoers with Bluetooth-enabled handsets can download movie trailers, ringtones and wallpapers at three Loews Theatres this summer. Twentieth Century Fox is providing kiosks at theaters in Los Angeles, New …

BELLEVUE, Wash-Laura Marriott has been named the new executive director of the Mobile Marketing Association, its board of directors said. The MMA aims to stimulate the growth of mobile marketing, …

SHANGHAI, China-Chinese mobile-phone distributor China Digital Wireless Inc. said it will become the exclusive distributor of select Nokia Corp. mobile phones for the Shanghai region. The one-year agreement is flexible …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. will target young Cricket Clicks subscribers with urban-themed content from BlingTones, the operator announced Tuesday. Cricket users can access ringtones and images from Lil’ Jon …

ATLANTA-SmartVideo Technologies Inc. said it will provide EPIC Sports Channel programming as part of its basic mobile television package beginning next month. Anyone with a smart phone or personal digital …

NEW YORK-Crisp Wireless Inc. and Bango together introduced an end-to-end mobile content software solution. The direct-to-consumer solution includes Crisp’s mobile-content provisioning services and Bango’s content discovery, identification and billing services. …

RESTON, Va.-Qmobile Inc. snared $5 million in a Series B round of financing, the content provider and mobile marketing company said Monday. The Grosvenor Funds led the round, with previous …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. has tapped Mobile Streams to provide content to its Cricket Clicks customers, the operator said Monday. Mobile Streams, a 6-year-old content provider, will launch its …

The wireless enterprise market-long a scene of sedate players and leisurely sales cycles-has cracked open with finger pointing, name calling, innuendo and otherwise rabid competition. “It really is a great …

As wireless consumers begin to wholeheartedly embrace data applications, be they ringtones, wallpapers, video apps or games, industry needs to step up its plans to implement parental controls to ensure …

LONDON-Mobile content will explode into a $9 billion industry in the next 12 months, according to a recent study by LogicaCMG. The survey of 6,000 users in four global markets …

DENVER-Brickhouse Mobile will team with Falcon Studios to develop and distribute gay adult content, the companies announced yesterday. Falcon, which has made gay adult films for more than 30 years, …

Oslo, Norway -Mobile content company The Mobile Media Co. said it acquired Rubberduck Media Lab Ltd., a move that strengthens Mobile Media’s presence in the TV-to-mobile arena, the company said. …

LONDON-Erotic mobile content will explode into a $2.3 billion market by 2010 if carriers, content providers and regulators can figure out how to manage it, according to a study from …

DURHAM, N.C.-Mobile content and solutions provider Motricity said it closed a $30 million venture-funding round. The round was led by Advanced Equities Inc., and existing investors Technology Crossover Ventures, New …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Mforma Group Inc. unveiled the latest offerings under its agreement with Marvel International comics, launching a suite of content based on the feature film “Fantastic Four.” Carriers will pony …

TORONTO-Mobile entertainment publisher Dwango Wireless Inc. has licensed porting software from Tira Wireless, the companies announced Tuesday. Financial details were not disclosed. Dwango, which develops and distributes games, ringtones, video …

SAN DIEGO-Verizon Wireless is offering a mobile blogging application to its subscribers. The carrier launched Rabble, a mobile blogging application from Intercasting Corp. designed to allow users to create and …

With 1.5 billion mobile-phone users worldwide, even a niche wireless market can be massive. At least, that’s what C. Neil Farnsworth is hoping. The managing partner of content rights broker …

As the mobile-phone market continues to surpass all forecasts, there are multiple ways those phones end up in the hands of consumers. At the beginning of last year, industry observers …

The big mouse is finally loose in the wireless house as the Walt Disney Co. announced plans to launch a family-oriented mobile virtual network operator wireless service using Sprint Corp.’s …

Verizon Wireless is offering a mobile blogging application to its subscribers under an agreement announced Thursday. The carrier launched Rabble, a mobile blogging application from Intercasting Corp. designed to allow …

COLOGNE, Germany—Forum Nokia PRO continued to expand this week, welcoming German content provider MEF Mobile Entertainment Factory GmbH to its ranks, the global developer community said Wednesday. Forum Nokia PRO, …