Mobile Content Bits: Orange iPhone TV; MusicStation On PC; Zed-Universal
Latest European mobile news from our sister site mocoNews.net...
—Orange iPhone TV: In France, the telco is rolling out an iPhone app that will allow subscribers to get more than 60 television channels live, including the country’s national channels, TNT channels and thematic channels, in what could become an interesting gauge of consumer appetite for mobile TV. Now that all three French carriers will soon be offering the phone, content services that are offered on it will be more important that ever to distinguish them. More detail at mocoNews.net...
—MusicStation on PC: Music subscription download provider Omnifone has launched a desktop edition of its unlimited music service MusicStation that is interoperable with PCs and mobile devices. The company said the new service will allow operators to provide an unlimited service on both PCs and mobile and will provide an alternative to music piracy. Omnifone, which already powers the subscription music services for Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Telenor, signed on its first customer for the new desktop service, Hong Kong carrier Hutchison Telecom (release).
—Zed-Universal tie-up: Spanish mobile content company Zed has signed an agreement with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms to develop and distribute mobile content based on popular snippets and quotes from Universal Pictures’ films. The deal will create new revenue sources for the studio through the creation of voice tones, ringback tones, and wallpapers.
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