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According to a new report from eMarketer, the U.S. mobile content revenues will reach $1.54 billion this year, driven by the growing consumer appetite for mobile games, music and video. The research company estimates further growth of the market due to increasing number of smartphone users and tablet devices available on the market. On that note, eMarketer forecasts revenues will reach $3.53 billion in 2014 — including both pay-per-view and advertising-supported content.
Unsurprisingly, gaming is leading the way with revenues accounting for $849 million from around 64 million mobile gamers in the country. Mobile TV and video services, on the other hand, are set to reach revenues of $719 million this year, and $1.3 billion by 2014.
At the moment, the main factor driving revenues to publishers is paid or subscription-based content, though ad-supported revenues are expected to grow at more than double the rate of paid mobile content through 2014.
As usual (with our research posts), you can get more information from eMarketer’s website.
[Via: CellularNews]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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