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Google and Vdopia support Apple’s anti-Flash policy

Apple never really does things the easy way. And when Apple decided it didn’t want to play ball with Adobe over Flash, it simply refused to support the format. Today we see two different companies trying to tackle that problem in two very different ways. Digital giant Google has launched a translation program to step around the problem, and mobile video advertising agency Vdopia has created its very own file format. Continue reading

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Mobile marketing and advertising top news: barcodes, video and messaging

Welcome to the Friday round-up of the best mobile advertising and marketing stories from GoMo News! The MMA has announced a new branch in Portugal; research claims that the UK is warming to barcodes; and much, much more… Continue reading

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Mobile video company Vuclip pulls in $8M funding

After capturing a worldwide audience of mobile consumers who love to share and consume videos on-the-go, Vuclip has raised $8 million in Series C funding to fuel growth worldwide and augment its regional teams. Venture firms New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Jafco Ventures led the Series C round. Continue reading

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Mobile marketing and advertising top news: Ofcom, CTIA and Angry Birds

Welcome to the Friday round-up of the best in mobile advertising and marketing stories, from GoMo News! CTIA is using mobile marketing to reach attendees; there are angry Angry Birds players thanks to unexpected advertising; and more… Continue reading

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Vringo buys m-Wise to make video ringtones more appealing to operators

If you want to get really basic about it, the offering of Vringo can be boiled down to two words: video ringtones. It allows your phone to play particular videos when someone rings you: but this is based around a pretty robust mobile content platform. Now Vringo has announced it intends to buy m-Wise, a mobile content company founded way back in 2000. Continue reading

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QuickPlay Media Introduces Pocket Cinema Service

QuickPlay Media, Inc., the leading provider of solutions for the distribution of premium video to portable wireless devices, today unveiled Pocket Cinema™ by QuickPlay Media – a service that offers consumers the ability to download, rent and watch popular movies on their video-enabled mobile device. Initially, the service is available exclusively for BlackBerry® TorchTM 9800 smartphone customers in the UK. Over time, QuickPlay plans to extend the service to additional mobile platforms and geographical markets. Customers who purchase a BlackBerry Torch from UK retailer Phones4U in March 2011 will receive a voucher for a free movie download from the service. Continue reading

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Mobile advertising and marketing hot news: spam, video and voice

Welcome to Friday’s round-up of the hottest mobile marketing and advertising stories, from GoMo News! iVdopia sees a great response to video ads on mobile WAP sites; 47% of mobile ad click throughs are accidental; and you think you’ve got spam problems? Continue reading

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Mobile advertising and marketing hot news: low standards and high stakes

Welcome to the mobile marketing and advertising round-up of the hottest stories, from GoMo News! Operators around the world are having to pull their socks up when it comes to advertising standards; more companies expand into mobile territory; and much, much more… Continue reading

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Mogreet and CBS Atlanta send video weather alerts to your phone

Mogreet, the world’s premier video-based marketing company, today announced the launch of an innovative mobile video program for WGCL-TV, CBS Atlanta, a Meredith Corporation Station, which delivers video news and weather alerts directly to consumers’ mobile devices. Continue reading

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Mobile advertising and marketing hot news: social, video and MMS

Welcome to GoMo News, where we have the daily round-up of the hottest mobile marketing and advertising stories! Read on for mobile video ads, interactive MMS and more… Continue reading

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Mobile video advertising: GoldSpot Media lands huge KT contract

GoldSpot Media is heavily involved with mobile video advertising – without actually being an advertiser itself. It’s a technology provider, and promises to allow any operator, content provider or broadcaster to use rich media and video ad campaigns. Today, it announces a lucrative contract with KT-mhows, the mobile advertising branch of the country’s largest operator, Korea Telecom (KT). Continue reading

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Vringo nails massive video ringtone contract with EMI

The main offering from Vringo is mobile video ringtones – instead of just hearing a regular ringtone when someone calls you, it plays a video on your phone screen. It has been amassing a pretty impressive catalog of content providers for it’s “vringtones” and today it reveals that EMI, one of the biggest music studios in the world, will be providing content. Continue reading

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Digital rights will be mobile TVs biggest challenge

The mobile TV and movie market has picked up more speed this year than ever before, thanks mostly to quickening network speeds and improving handset quality. We spoke to Tina Kaichis, Director at mobile video/TV company Quickplay, to find out where the company is now, and what it sees as the future of mobile TV. Continue reading

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Mobile advertising and marketing hot news: iAds, mobile video

Welcome to Friday’s round-up of the hottest mobile marketing and advertising stories from GoMo News! Mobile video advertiser Rhythm NewMedia has landed $10m in a funding run; interest in iAds is benefitting the entire industry; and more… Continue reading

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Mobile video: Vringo gets 100,000 subscribers in Malaysia

Vringo, Inc., a provider of video ringtones and personalization solutions for mobile devices, today announced that it has exceeded 100,000 subscribers in Malaysia together with its partner and the country’s leading integrated communications provider, Maxis. Continue reading

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