Here’s a few snippets of mobile content news that came out this week that may have passed you by…
Bango Provides On-Bill Payment In USA: Bango is working with mobile operators in North America to offer on-bill payment by the middle of the year. “This move to target the US mobile content market reflects a new phase in the US as operators follow the trend in Europe to break down so-called ‘walled gardens’ around their content.”
CelebTalk Launched: Sprint has launched video channel CelebTalk from Versaly Entertainment. “CelebTalk offers the latest interviews from the hottest Hollywood celebrities and directors, music artists and sports stars. From what is said on the red carpet to private one-on-one interviews, CelebTalk offers exclusive content not available elsewhere. CelebTalk will be available on channel 17 for $4.99 per month.”
Weather Channel For Mobiles: “The Weather Channel Interactive announced today the successful launch of the first commercial version of its “made-for-mobile” video forecasts, a range of localized and personalized weather forecasts and information that can be received and viewed via a mobile video phone.” My, we’ve been having a lot of weather lately, haven’t we…
Touchlink Mobile has launched Crystal of Life, which is sort of like aging Harry Potter 80 years and telling him he can only become young again by passing his magic test… mobiles are providing an entry point for new games developers…
FAST Launches Mobile Search Tool: FAST mSearch can be customized to let carriers integrate ‘their own content with relevant results from content providers and the Mobile Web’…”The company also holds out the promise of other revenue streams such as personalised local search, targeted mobile commerce and advertising services, and multimedia search all of which offer to raise the all-important average revenue per unit (ARPU) much sought after by telcos.”
Rabble Enhances Mobile Blogging: “The application bolsters web-based blogging by adding location awareness, proximity and camera phone integration to create a mobile-specific tool to help create user-generated content and community. With Rabble, mobile content is tagged with location information and other descriptive data that helps users find each other based on the media they create and where they create it.”
CosmoGIRL! Makes Horoscopes Mobile: CosmoGirl has launched a daily SMS horoscope service for $1.99 per month…I think it’s the branding that will sell this…
Comments have been disabled for this post