Winamp and Fox Mobile sign mobile ringtone deal

Fox Mobile Distribution has announced a ringtone agreement through Winamp with AOL in Europe and Canada. Fox will now able to sell ringtones and other mobile content from within the new version of the media player, Winamp 5.55
Winamp, which claims to have 77 million users worldwide, will display links to mobile content whenever a user [...]

Ralph Simon Guru MEF Music Man on why the MEF is more vital than ever

Imagine meeting a person who has been fighting for your rights and setting the foundations for your own personal business model over the course of the last NINE YEARS, and you’ve only met them just today!

This was my meeting Ralph Simon, MEF Americas Chairman Emeritus and Founder.  The Mobile Entertainment Forum has been setting out [...]

Trent Reznor and Rob Sheridan Give A Preview of the New NIN App

From his home in Los Angeles, Trent Reznor is seen here, with NIN Art Director Rob Sheridan, explaining the new NIN Application that is awaiting approval for release on the Apple iPhone.

The GPS based functions allow fans to not only share content, but to see exactly where each other are, and where the content is [...]

Tunecore iPhone Music Discovery

Tunecore.com, an online digital distributor of music and film, has submitted their “Tunecore Discover Music” application to the iPhone store.

Tunecore is a service that is available to anyone who wishes to sell and distribute music and video, through such major online retailers as iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, and Napster.  There is a flat rate to upload [...]

QMCODES mobile code benefits for musicians

For independent musicians, the most inexpensive way of doing marketing and promotion is through print.  Show posters, flyers, hand bills, post cards, CD covers, and business cards are all relatively affordable ways of reaching out to fans.  Musicians on very low budgets can even print out their own marketing content from their home printers.  Even [...]

“Slot Off” slotMusic Music Cards

The innovation in the music industry, because of digital and mobile technology is incredible, and from a musician’s stand point, extremely inspiring.
It is sad, depressing, and almost even insulting when a company takes a dieing business model, repackages it under a different name, and tries to shove it back down our throats again.  We just [...]

MTV Networks Discusses What Works in Mobile Web at CTIA

As part of his keynote presentation, Executive Vice President of MTV Networks, Greg Clayman, gave insights into MTV’s strategies for reaching fans and consumers through mobile content and advertising this morning at the CTIA Wireless Convention in Las Vegas, NV. Today’s Billboard Mobile Entertainment sessions are focused on the convergence of the entertainment industry, [...]

Rob Thomas at Billboard on iPhone apps, Twitter and music

I am listening to Rob Thomas (MatchBox 20) live at Billboard and it is great to hear musicians so positive on mobile and music.

Rob is proud of its 9K twitter followers and is going to make an iPhone application that is like a “sexy pen” where you bend it upside down and the woman or [...]

Mobile Internet Forum 2009: Is there a place for mobile applications?

At the Mobile Internet Forum in Vienna this week, I attended a panel discussion called Users Don’t Download Apps! The topic is something that’s been on a lot of people’s minds of late – do native apps have a place when the mobile web browsing experience is coming closer and closer to the on-line web? [...]

Mobile Music shows it’s strength - consumers are happy with mobile advertising supported downloads

KPMG and the Mobile Entertainment Forum today released results from a mobile music survey performed in the US. They discovered that over 75% of US respondents were happy with their experience downloading and listening to songs on their mobile phone. Not only that, but almost a third were happy to receive mobile ads in return [...]

Virgin Mobile USA launches new Britney Spears campaign - but does endorsement work on mobile?

Virgin Mobile USA has launched it’s new “Take Advantage” campaign, informing customers of greater control over their mobile billing and costs. It’s also taking advantage of the Virgin sponsorship of Britney Spears new “Circus” tour, to integrate her into the campaign.
The theme for the campaign is that Virgin is encouraging customers to take advantage of [...]

Cebit 2009: Vodafone Germany limitless Music strategy

Vodafone Germany has launched a new Music Unlimited Strategy.
What is it?
Basically its a price transparent all you can eat music offer.
Haven’t we heard this before?  Yes – I think so but this is for music download between the PC and mobile and the press release says its uber-transparent.
The bad bit? Well if you can read [...]

Kyte unveils artist-specific mobile applications - we’ll see a lot more of this?

Digital content specialist Kyte has launched a turn-key solution for creating musician-specific iPhone apps. The apps will offer video and music content from the artist, as well as advertising, news alerts and merchandise. The service has launched with a five-artist deal from Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA), a division of Universal Music Group. We saw MC [...]

GoMo News mobile video 1-to-1 updates at Mobile World Congress

You might have noticed that we’ve done something new this year! For those who couldn’t make it to Mobile World Congress, we created our 1-to-1 video updates with mobile companies. We recorded talking-heads pieces with CEOs and spokespeople, giving us overviews, updating us on news and telling us what they think about the year ahead. [...]

mSpot & Sony sign deal on customizable mobile ringtones

Mobile music and entertainment company mSpot today announced a distribution agreement with Sony Music Entertainment. Sony’s music catalog will join mSpot’s own collection of 400,000+ songs available as ringtones. The deal makes mSpot’s customizable ringtone offering one of the largest in North America.
The mSpot Make-UR-Tones mobile app us available on AT&T, Sprint and Verizon.  It [...]

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