One company has entered the mobile video market with short videos of such things as as “breaking news, entertainment stories, fashion catwalk parades, movie trailers & sports videos”. Roomobile.com appears to be free, with revenue generated by ads before and after the video. “Users simply connect their mobile device to the Internet, go to http://www.roomobile.com and select videos from 7 different content categories including News, Business, Fashion, Music, Movies, etc.” Whether it can generate enough money via ads to remain in business is anyone’s guess, I suppose it depends on how much they’re paying for content. Considering they seem to be offering what telcos offer their customers anyway Roomobile may have a tough time breaking into the market. Still, more offerings are better for the consumer…
Subscriber content
?
Subscriber content comes from Gigaom Research, bridging the gap between breaking news and long-tail research. Visit any of our reports to learn more and subscribe.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Comments have been disabled for this post