After holding digital exec roles at the BBC, MTV UK and Bebo in London, Angel Gambino‘s new move to Buenos Aires, becoming business development VP for Latin American social network Sonico, may seem surprising. So I asked her about the move…

Former Bebo and MTV exec Angel Gambino is joining Latin American social network Sonico as its VP for business development at the company’s Buenos Aires HQ. She’s tasked with signing partnerships to reach users on different platforms, to bring in revenue through “content and applications”.

A week after unveiling its much-anticipated handset, the Droid, Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is getting international attention for the Android 2.0 device. IDG News reports that the phone which has generated a number of favorable reviews, will be sold in Germany, Argentina and Italy as the “Milestone.” In Germany, two carriers—Vodafone…

Naspers, the South African media giant, is continuing on its online acquisition spree across Europe and now Latin America: it has acquired 91 percent stake in Brazilian online e-commerce group Buscape.com, for $342 million. Buscape provides comparison shopping solutions to more than 100 portals and websites in Latin America, including…

Motricity will focus more on emerging markets, such as Asia and South America after the Bellevue, Wash.-based company’s head of European sales and business development Frederic Dumeny left the company earlier this year. Dumeny, who was reached by phone in Paris, said he left because he felt like he was…

So how will MySpace manage all of its international operations after slicing non-U.S. staff by some 65 percent? Short answer: it won’t. The social network is outsourcing its sites in Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Poland, Mexico, and Turkey to News Corp (NYSE: NWS). sibling Fox International Channels (FIC). MySpace CEO…

—SpinVox-Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) Latin American deal: British speech-to-text firm, SpinVox, has signed a deal with European telecoms group Telefonica, which will allow its Latin American customers to receive their voicemails as text. In October, Telefonica rolled out the service to its customers of its Movistar carrier in Chile. SpinVox will…

—In India, STAR Mobile has inked a deal to embed its mobile application PLUS on Sony Ericsson handsets, reports Mobile Entertainment. Handsets which will be shipped starting October 1st will have PLUS embedded in them. PLUS uses GPRS to allow users access to content like Ganesha Speaks by Bejan Daruwala…

Telefonica is offering €3 billion ($4.1 billion) for Portugal Telecom’s 50 percent stake in their Brazilian mobile JV Vivo. The bid could have a strong element of content consolidation behind it, reports Variety. Taking full control of the mobile operator would give Telefonica an opportunity to “streamline operations” between Vivo…

A rosy outlook all around for the entertainment & media (EM) industry – and a windfall for platform providers who accommodate the shift to convergence, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2007-2011, released today. Overall, the global EM industry will increase at a 6.4 percent CAGR to $2…

When Telefonica bought into Telecom Italia last month it reportedly triggered talk that Telefonica could be angling for consolidation in the Brazilian mobile market, which has now been downplayed by the operator. “Medium term, cooperation is the right route forward ... I don’t see the likelihood of a merger in…

Telefonica has released its first quarter earnings for the three months ending March 31st. Telefonica Group saw revenues increase 15.1 percent year-on-year to 13.747 billion euros (US$18.607 billion) for the quarter. This was mostly due to growth in Telefonica Espana and Telefonica Latinoamerica. Net profit increased by 7.7 percent year-on-year…

Vodafone will acquire Spanish internet service provider Ya.com from Deutsche Telekon for 400 million euros (US$543.56 million), according to reports. Ya.com was created by Fon founder and internet entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky in 1999 before being sold to the T-Mobile parent for 550 million euros (US$747 million) in 2000. Deutsche Telekom…

Telefonica has joined with a group of Italian investors (Assicurazioni Generali, Intesa Sanpaolo, Mediobanca and the Benetton family) to pay 4.1 billion euros (US$5.6 billion) for an 18 percent stake in Telecom Italia (or specifically Olimpia, the investment vehicle that controls the board of Milan-based Telecom Italia), reports Bloomberg. Of…

AT&T and America Movil have made a joint bid to each buy a one third share in Olimpia, a holding company with the only asset of an 18 percent stake in Telecom Italia (AT&T has an 8 percent stake of America Movil). The negotiations are with Pirelli, which owns an…

Turner Broadcasting International has officially launched CNN Mobile, the company’s first free ad-supported mobile site it announced last month. The D2C service, which was developed in partnership with Ericsson, features SMS text alerts, a blog with contributions by correspondents, a made-for-mobile hourly video update and a searchable 14-day news archive…

Sling Media will this year continue a global expansion programme and hopes follow its recent CBS agreement to try clip+sling with new content partnerships. The company, best known for its Sling Box, which lets consumers view home television programming on a PC or mobile handset, won placement for its mobile…

Telecoms Korea has a story titled “Spain To Adopt Korean Mobile TV Standard”, but it’s behind a subscription wall so I can’t get to the details of the story. The Korea Times has a less sensational version about a meeting between Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun and Spanish Prime Minister Jose…

Rumors have been rife that Telecom Italia would sell it’s mobile operation (TIM mobile) for a while now…they’re picking up steam. AFP is reporting on an article in a Brazilian daily, O Globo, that the company has made a deal with Latin American giant America Movil to sell TIM Mobile…