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Ericsson / News / Services

HyC and Telecinco launch Formula One Live via Mobile TV

July 15, 2008

Spanish fans of Formula One can watch this season’s races live on their handsets thanks to HyC – part of the Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) group – in partnership with Boomerang TV and Spanish broadcast network Telecinco. The mobile TV service was launched in May.

Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson’s HyC supplies an end-to-end, scalable service including encoding, editing and transmission, which enables Boomerang TV and Telecinco to stream the Formula One races to mobile subscribers via live or scheduled repeat broadcast. HyC also provides related systems integration services.

Live streaming to the consumer is a key aspect of the agreement. Viewers can enjoy personalized coverage and choose between live streaming and downloading selected moments of the races which are recorded, archived, managed and published automatically in real time as part of the service.

Streamed via the first off-portal in Spain, the service will run through the Formula One season, which ends in early November.

Source: Ericsson Press Release

News / Nokia / Services

Nokia welcomes Warner Music to Comes With Music

July 1, 2008

Nokia today announced that Warner Music Group will make its diverse catalog of new stars and legendary artists available through Nokia Music Stores around the world as well as through Comes With Music, a revolutionary way for people to discover and enjoy music offered uniquely by Nokia.

“Warner Music Group has been a pioneer in developing new digital music business models and we are very pleased to have them supporting both the Nokia Music Store and Comes With Music,” said Tero Ojanperä, executive vice president and head of the Nokia Entertainment and Communities business. “Comes With Music enables people to access great content, provides artists to wider exposure with new and existing fans, and creates new revenue for all stakeholders.”
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Games / News / Services

Hands-On Mobile Releases Iron Man for Mobile Phones

May 1, 2008

Hands-On Mobile, in collaboration with Marvel Entertainment, released Iron Man for mobiles today, a new game based on Marvel’s famous (and fictional) Iron Man character. Besides the game, exclusive Iron Man mobile content is available, as of now, from select operators around the globe. In the coming weeks, more carriers will add the Iron Man game and content to their offers.

Iron Man for mobiles features an action that revolves around the plot of the upcoming Iron Man movie. Players will have to control the Iron Man himself, during 4 levels full of action. Helped by weapons like “repulsor rays” and the “unibeam”, the Iron Man must visit many dangerous places, while firing at the enemies and trying not to get killed. Gather power-ups (to make your weapons more effective) and destroy all the foes that stand in your way.

Besides “Iron Man”, Hands-On Mobile will also release “The Incredible Hulk” for mobiles, a game based on the Marvel Studios film with the same title. Both the film and the game will be released in June.

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News / Services

Virgin Mobile Announces Liberty SIM Plan

March 20, 2008

Virgin Mobile UK has announced a new pre-paid SIM-only calling plan, called “The Liberty SIM”. Now subscribers can enjoy cheaper wireless rates, from which the price of the phone is excluded. The company offers 300 wireless minutes and 300 SMS messages or 150 wireless minutes and 1000 SMS messages for the same price of 15GBP. And the 30-day cancellation policy provides almost pre-paid flexibility.

In addition, Liberty SIM subscribers in the UK willing to upgrade to a new handset are welcome to use the Liberty SIM upgrade allowance.

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News / Services / Software

Verizon Launches Car and Driver SlideShow Application

March 12, 2008

Verizon today launched a new application called Car and Driver SlideShow. Developed by Viva Vision, the application is an interactive SlideShow one that will bring users the latest automotive images from Car and Driver, the famous American automotive magazine.

Car and Driver SlideShow will allow mobile users to view a large number of images with the best automobiles, speed vehicles, and concept cars that appear in the Car and Driver magazine. The application packs the received content in seven SlideShow categories, each of them containing 10 images. The platform created by Viva Vision for Car and Driver SlideShow gives users a full control of the slide-shows, thus they can rewind, pause or fast-forward whenever they want.

“Our SlideShow products expand the entertainment and content options for Verizon Wireless customers,” said Nick Montes, president of Viva Vision.

The new Car and Driver SlideShow application is available for Verizon’s subscribers for a $4.49 monthly fee and compatible with almost 50 phones, including LG’s Venus and Chocolate, MOTORIZR Z6tv, MOTORAZR maxx Ve, Samsung Alias and so on. Users can get it from the Picture & Video shopping area of Verizon’s Get It Now virtual store.

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