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Revenue for mobile gaming in the Asia/Pacific reached US$1.56 billion in 2005, with Japan and South accounting for around half of the region’s total for the year, according to In-Stat. Future growth drivers, however, will be the large, growing mobile markets of China and India. “While there is great growth potential with expected increases in… Continue reading Mobile Gaming in Asia Pacific Worth $1.56 Billion In 2005

Orange has extended its mobile distribution contract with BBC World, the corporation’s commercial rolling TV news channel available outside the UK, to eight new countries.BBC World will now be the only English language news channel to be streamed live to mobiles in Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands, Romania, Portugal, Jordan, Egypt and the Dominican Republic.Orange mobile… Continue reading Orange Extends Mobile TV Contract With BBC World

ITV1 dominated the weekend’s telly with I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, X Factor and Coronation Street continuing to rate highly with viewers.Friday’s I’m A Celebrity.. took a peak of more than seven million adult viewers, an average of 6.6 million or a 31% viewing share. Over on BBC One, Have I Got… Continue reading Jungle Fever Gives ITV1 A Boost

The race is on to sign up consumers to “bundled entertainment and communications services”, with brands such as BT, Sky, MSN and Carphone Warehouse encroaching on each other’s traditional territories whilst vying for customers to stay loyal, according to Continental Research’s Autumn 2006 Convergence Report. James Myring, associate director at Continental Research, said: “Many commentators… Continue reading Communications Companies Vie For Bundled Services

Xfm London has agreed a deal that will see the GCap Media station creating weekly bespoke branded editorial content supporting the free Sport Magazine.The three-month deal, which starts today, sees Xfm broadcasting a 60-second weekly sports update each Friday morning. The content will preview the forthcoming weekend’s sporting activities and be tagged and commercially owned… Continue reading Xfm And Sport Magazine Agree Three-Month Deal

Almost four billion text messages were sent during October in the UK, up 100 million more than in September, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA). During October, 3.8 billion text messages were sent, which was up almost 27% on the total for October 2005. Each month sees more and more… Continue reading Almost Four Billion Texts Sent In October

ITV1 dominated peak time again last night, as I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here‘s double bill brought an average adult viewing share of nearly 27% across the key 8pm to 11pm band.Last night was the first live eviction for the show, with Toby Anstis having the unfortunate honour of being the first celebrity… Continue reading ITV1 Dominates Peak Time Through IACGMOOH

Celebrity Love Island is no longer, after ITV1 director of television, Simon Shaps, confirmed the programme would be axed after the poor ratings of the last series.The z-list celeb fest finished its second series at the end of August, with the last episode drawing in by far its best audience figures of the series at… Continue reading Celebrity Love Island Is No Longer

The race is on to sign up consumers to “bundled entertainment and communications services”, with brands such as BT, Sky, MSN and Carphone Warehouse encroaching on each other’s traditional territories whilst vying for customers to stay loyal, according to Continental Research’s Autumn 2006 Convergence Report.James Myring, associate director at Continental Research, said: “Many commentators are… Continue reading Communications Companies Vie For Bundled Services

Almost four billion text messages were sent in the UK during October, up 100 million more than in September, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).During October, 3.8 billion text messages were sent, which was up almost 27% on the total for October 2005. Each month sees more and more text… Continue reading Almost Four Billion Texts Sent In October