ESPN content will be available in a new way to select Sprint customers, using Sprint ID service. As a result, sports fans will be able to connect to their favorite teams and sports directly from the device’s homescreen. Speaking of “select customers,” the ESPN ID pack is available on few phones offered by Sprint —…
Buy the Samsung Galaxy Tab in the UK and get 200 GBP worth of content for free!
Good news if you’re a UK citizen looking to grab yourself the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The Korean giant is giving away a voucher for 200 GBP worth of free downloads with the purchase of the tablet. Included in the deal are 15 movies, 5 ebooks from WHSmith’s best-seller range, 7 Gameloft games and up to…
Sony Reader hitting iOS, Android in December
This one’s for existing Sony Reader device users. If you also happen to own an iOS or Android powered smartphone or tablet, you’ll be glad to know that Sony Reader will release the native application for the two platforms in December. In other words, you will be able to transfer all of the books you’ve…
Doom live wallpaper available for Android
Here’s one for the once die hard Doom fans. The game that brought first person shooter genre to the mainstream now has a live wallpaper app for Android, allowing you to bring all those memories with you, no matter where you happen to be/go. The free to download wallpaper is not only cool and entertaining,…
Myxer: We’ll exceed 40 million users this month and 2 billion downloads by the end of the year
Myxer — which operates the seventh largest U.S. mobile website, reaching an estimated 15% of the U.S. mobile web — announced it will have served more than 40 million users by month end. The company has strategic partnerships in place with key entertainment publishers and boasts one of the largest mobile content catalogs with more…
blinkx to deliver video content for Evri’s iPhone and Android apps
Video search engine blinkx is teaming up with Evri, the real-time content discovery engine, in a deal that would see Evri’s multimedia apps such as EvriThing Tech, EvriThing Gossip and EvriThing Baseball being “enhanced” with videos from blinkx’s Mobile Video Index. In other words, with this partnership, Evri taps into a blinkx’s vast library of…
Juniper Research: North American content & apps revenues to approach $10 billion by 2015
According to a new Juniper Research’s study, revenues from mobile content and applications in North America will reach $10 billion by 2015 – up from $4.0 billion in 2009. The North American Mobile Market report finds that despite the decline in mobile music, there will be significant growth in content and applications, such as mobile…
British online publishers looking to take advantage of mobile apps and tablets
According to a report from the Association of Online Publishers (AOP), UK-based online publishers see mobile devices and tablets as pivotal in creating opportunities to develop into world class media businesses. Here are the findings from a recent AOP survey: Half of the AOP members are currently delivering content by mobile app, with 1 in…
Hungama Mobile, Wireless Expertise team-up to bring Bollywood mobile content to Europe
Hungama Mobile, India’s mobile and digital entertainment company, is teaming up with Wireless Expertise to bring Bollywood and Indian entertainment content to Europe. Hungama Mobile owns exclusive worldwide rights for digital distribution for music, videos and films representing over 300 leading music labels and film production studios, which is about 75% of the Indian Entertainment…
eMarketer: U.S. mobile content revenues to top $1.54 billion this year, $3.53 billion in 2014
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…