conVISUAL licenses exclusive rights for the mobile content of the movie "Garfield 2"

Before the launch of the movie “Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties“ conVISUAL has acquired the exclusive rights for the commercialisation of mobile content, all around the Garfield character. With immediate effect, new Garfield 3D pictures, wallpapers, animations, and Java Games from the new film are available from conVISUAL. Licenser is uclick, content syndicator from the USA.Before, on 10 August, the movie “Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties“ is launched, conVISUAL, full service provider for interactive viewer services, makes the lazy tomcat purr on mobile phones.

conVISUAL offers a large range of mobile Garfield content. Highlight is the new adventure Java Game „ Garfield 2: Royal Adventure“. Cartoon and movie content , as wallpaper or 3D screensaver, can be downloaded onto mobile handsets. With each, users have the choice between more than 20 pictures. The exclusive rights concern Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Besides the new pictures from “Garfield 2“, conVISUAL continues providing the classics for download, too.

“The fat, bold tomcat belongs to the highlights of our content portfolio. The great demand for this classic comic character proves that we are meeting the requirements of the market. The exclusive partnership with uclick shows, once again, that the world’s most important licensers rely on us“, said Oliver Schmukalla, Head of Content Services of conVISUAL.

All aspects of license rights for Garfield are covered by conVISUAL. The company allows its customers, e.g. O2 and Jamba, the supply of mobile content as well as realization of extensive marketing campaigns.

On 19 June 1978, the first comic strip with tomcat Garfield, created by Jim Davis, was published in 41 American newspapers. Within short time, the comics became also popular in many countries outside the American continent. Up to date, new serials are regularly published in countless newspapers, worldwide. 28 years after publishing of the first Garfield comic, the famous tomcat enjoys the same popularity with millions of fans of all ages. Especially teenagers fancy having a picture of Garfield on their mobile handsets.

About conVISUAL:

conVISUAL is a leading Full Service Provider for interactive viewer services. conVISUAL opens the market of innovative and high-volume messaging services for network operators, media companies, portals and consumer goods companies. Founded in October 2000 conVISUAL offers SMS, MMS, Voice and Video Services as well as Mobile Content and Gateway Services. Therefore conVISUAL provides both, the technical realisation and the content issue. conVISUAL is based in Oberhausen, Germany, and established customer contacts reaching more than 300 million end users. Among others, conVISUAL operates mobile interactive TV services for ProSiebenSat.1 and MTV and is partner of the Mobile TV trial for the Norwegian broadcaster NRK.

Source: conVISUAL

Mobile Streams Acquires Mobilemode to Extend Asia Pacific Business

Mobile Streams Plc, (“Mobile Streams� or “the Company�) the global mobile media specialist, is pleased to announce it has reached agreement to acquire the mobile entertainment group Mobilemode Limited (“Mobilemode�). Founded in 1999, Mobilemode delivers mobile entertainment content and services to mobile phone operators and portals in the Asia Pacific region.The acquisition of Mobilemode will give Mobile Streams a comprehensive position in Asia Pacific, with a particularly strong focus on Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. In addition, the acquisition will offer Mobile Streams the immediate benefit of Mobilemode’s experienced management team, and their strong relationships with portals and mobile network operators.

Mobilemode’s key network operator customers are SingTel-Optus, Virgin Mobile and Hutchison 3G in Australia, SingTel and M1 in Singapore and Maxis and Astro in Malaysia. Mobilemode also has strong distribution relationships with eBay, Electronic Arts, Nokia and Discovery Networks, an affiliate of Liberty Media, Mobile Streams’ strategic investor.

Mobilemode’s management team has worked in Asia for many years and will be invaluable in supplementing Mobile Streams’ existing business in the region. The two founding members of Mobilemode, Jarno Salmivuori, CEO and Norma Salmivuori, Vice President Business Development, will assume management positions within Mobile Streams’ Asia Pacific business unit.

For the year to 31 March 2006, Mobilemode recorded turnover of €1.1m and profit before tax of approximately €48,000. Net assets acquired will be approximately €273,000. The transaction is expected to be earnings neutral in the year to 31 December 2006 and earnings enhancing from the first full year following completion.

The consideration for the acquisition will be satisfied through the payment of €1m in cash and the issue of 1,537,736 ordinary shares in the Company. A further deferred consideration may be payable in cash or shares (at the discretion of Mobile Streams) based on the achievement of 2007 profitability targets. The maximum possible value of the deferred consideration is €5.37m. The value of any shares issued to satisfy any deferred consideration will be based on the average share price of the Company over the 30 days prior to payment. Subject to the satisfaction of conditions precedent, the transaction is expected to complete in August 2006.

Commenting on today’s announcement, Simon Buckingham, CEO of Mobile Streams said: “This acquisition represents a key milestone in the development of Mobile Streams’ global footprint. Mobilemode will provide us with an excellent stepping stone into the advanced markets of Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore whilst at the same time providing a platform for growth in the emerging markets of Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines.�

Jarno Salmivuori, CEO of Mobilemode said: “Mobilemode has established strong relationships and operations in Asia which we look forward to developing and growing further through the combination with Mobile Streams.�

Source: Mobile Streams

go2 Launches Mobile Surveys with go2 SpeedPollâ„¢

Innovative Mobile Usage Poll Generated nearly 200,000 Responses in One Month

Irvine, Calif. – July 10, 2006 – go2® (www.go2.com), a leading provider of local search and movie guide information over mobile devices in the U.S., today announced the launch of a new mobile survey initiative, go2 SpeedPoll™, that it is incorporating into its local mobile content network. go2 SpeedPoll™ is an exciting and fun new way for mobile consumers to provide their feedback on various subjects and provides a tremendous resource for go2 advertisers and customers to gain invaluable insight on mobile consumer trends and opinions.go2 delivers over 20 million page views of mobile, local search content during approximately 2 million unique user sessions every month, and within the first month of launching Speedpoll™ go2 received approximately 200,000 responses to various Speedpoll™ questions. The responses were in reply to a variety of questions created by go2, and results were viewable by the survey-takers in real-time basis.

“We are delighted to have launched this new and valuable tool to engage and interact with our category-leading user base, thereby empowering them to help guide the future of our products by providing invaluable insight into what they want and need,� said Lee Hancock, CEO of go2. “These SpeedPoll™ survey results, along with the historical data of nearly one billion mobile, local search and directory content page views go2 has delivered over the past several years, gives go2, our carriers and advertising partners significant advantages as we work together to meet the needs of our users, our carrier partners and our advertisers.�

While go2 has successfully completed a variety of other surveys in the past, go2 SpeedPollâ„¢ represents a new initiative to engage go2 users with survey questions ranging from how they would rate a recent movie to learning the type of automobile the users drive. go2 has also successfully run recent survey campaigns for customers such as Gameloft and MediaCom in order to track the performance of advertising programs.

"Advertisers are interested in learning what mobile consumers think about the product they are selling directly from the source, and consumers are interested in learning what other consumers think,� said Hancock. “go2 SpeedPoll™ is a tremendous tool that allows advertisers the ability to learn about the mobile consumer, while go2 users can quickly view the overall results from all consumers. For example, one survey indicated that nearly 70 percent of go2 users utilize go2 Movies® to help decide both which movie to see and which theater to attend.�

About go2®

go2 owns and operates the go2 network of mobile, local search and directory websites containing Yellow Page, movie guide and other local information. go2 directories have industry-leading distribution through one-of-a-kind multi-category placements on the wireless Web menus of most major U.S. carriers. With millions of businesses listed in go2’s database, go2’s local search directories provide fast, convenient access to local information, including movie theater show times and customer specials and promotions. All go2 directories are fully integrated and feature one-touch calling and turn-by-turn directions together with detailed information on thousands of U.S. businesses, including products and brands carried, hours of operations, etc. go2 Advertisers include ABC, American Express, AOL, Delta, Holiday Inn, MasterCard, Nokia, SBC, Sony and Visa.

Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., go2 is a privately held company. go2 holds or licenses several U.S. patents for location-based, Yellow Page-like directory services on mobile devices. For more information, visit www.go2.com

Source: go2

Motricity Acquires GoldPocket Wireless

Positions Motricity with Unmatched Presence Across On-Deck and Off-Deck Markets

DURHAM, N.C. and LOS ANGELES— July 17, 2006 -- Motricity, a leading global provider of mobile marketplace management solutions, has acquired GoldPocket Wireless, a leader in mobile interactivity and marketing solutions for media and entertainment companies. The acquisition gives Motricity an unmatched customer footprint and positions the company as the most complete supplier of on-deck and off-deck solutions for mobile operators and media and entertainment companies.The combined company powers the largest mobile operator in the US, six of the top 10 carriers in North America and 20 of the top television networks. GoldPocket strategically extends Motricity's mobile content offering, enhancing Motricity's award-winning FuelTM platform with a distribution gateway that connects more than 200 million subscribers and a mobile marketing campaign manager that has been chosen by 45 media companies to power large-scale interactive campaigns with real-time requirements. Together, Motricity and GoldPocket power some of the most successful, innovative mobile campaigns in the media and entertainment business, including: BET Mobile, NBC's "The Apprentice" and "The Biggest Loser," CBS' "CSI NY" and "Big Brother," the Olympics, CNN's "Rock the Vote" and more.

"This is a tremendous acquisition for Motricity for three key reasons," said Ryan K. Wuerch, chairman and CEO of Motricity. "First, GoldPocket extends our relationships in the media segment with a phenomenal customer base that includes giants like NBC, CBS, Turner and Fox. This is a perfect complement to our existing mobile operator and media customers such as Cingular, Alltel, Sprint, Leap, BET and others. GoldPocket's best of breed messaging and mobile marketing campaign solutions fit extremely well with our existing Fuel portfolio, enabling us to continue to expand and deepen our relationships with customers. Finally, this acquisition positions Motricity as the leading player in the off-deck market, which we believe will experience explosive growth in the coming years to the benefit of both our mobile operator and media customers."

GoldPocket's technology was built to integrate with a variety of interactive or enhanced television applications selling complete offerings to television networks that are rapidly deploying wireless services, such as NBC, CBS, CNN and Bravo. They have become a leading provider of technology and solutions for mobile content creation, management, delivery and billing, with strong relationships with over 15 mobile operators including Cingular, Sprint and Verizon. As a result of this transaction, Motricity is the only company offering proven, scalable offerings across multiple key mobile content solution categories, including: storefronts, portals, messaging, content aggregation, marketing campaign management and community solutions for both on-deck and off-deck markets.

"For the past six years, we've been focused on innovating and building the industry's most robust platform that is able to withstand high-performance environments that are inherent in the real-time television world," said Steve Leonard, CEO, GoldPocket Wireless. "We are very excited to be part of Motricity, a company that shares our same vision and drive. Through our experience and relationships across various segments, we offer the industry's best combination of real-world experiences and technology. This is a great advantage, as we know from experience that our customers want to work with a proven vendor who can offer a complete solution resulting in a fast, reliable, successful offering to their audiences."

"Over the last 12 months, GoldPocket has built a large customer list in the mobile media and entertainment market and their strength is off-deck, while Motricity's core can be viewed as on-deck," said Roger Entner, Vice President, Wireless Telecom at Ovum. "Mobile content consumers get their content either through the carriers (on-deck) or directly from the brands or content developers (off-deck). Being able to play in both distribution arenas is a business model not all companies can present."
About Motricity

Motricity is a global leader in Mobile Marketplace Management, offering the industry's only managed suite of mobile content services. Motricity's Fuelâ„¢ 5 platform and suite of managed services reduce the time-to-market for new mobile services, create new revenue streams and improve brand loyalty through expert mobile merchandising and customer relationship management. Motricity is the leader in powering mobile communities, leveraging the strength of mobile community provider M7 Networks, acquired by Motricity in 2005. Motricity's Fuel platform recently received the GSM Association Award for "Best Service Delivery Platform" and was named "2005 Premium Mobile Content Platform of the Year" by Frost & Sullivan. By offering technology and services that unify the mobile content ecosystem, Motricity creates compelling user experiences and delivers profitable mobile content services for top brands such as BET, Cingular, Verizon Wireless, China Unicom, O2, Amazon.com, Palm and a network of consumer Web sites, including eReader.com and PalmGear.com. Motricity is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C., and has offices in Beijing, London, Munich and San Diego. For more information, please visit www.motricity.com.
About GoldPocket Wireless

GoldPocket Wireless is the leading provider of mobile content creation, management and transport solutions to the North American media industry, with the only advanced scalable product suite that allows media companies to manage and deliver all forms of mobile content to any mobile device. GoldPocket Wireless's interactive systems are widely accepted as the industry standard, and the company's customer list is simply unmatched in North America, including top media companies such as CBS, NBC, CNN, GSN, Showtime, A&E, History Channel, SCI FI Channel, Bravo, Cablevision, Live Nation, Fandango, Tribune, Condé Nast, Fox, Hachette Filipacchi, Wind-Up Records, USA Swimming, Clear Channel Radio, WeatherNews, Inc. and Meredith.

Source: Motricity

IDC Names Action Engine In The Top 10 Emerging Wireless Entertainment Players To Watch In 2006

BELLEVUE, Wash. — June 12, 2006 — Shattering the mobile usability barrier, Action Engine® Corporation, the mobile application platform leader, today announced that it has been selected by IDC (International Data Corporation) as one of the top ten emerging wireless entertainment players to watch in 2006. IDC, the premier global market intelligence and advisory firm in the information technology and telecommunication industries, ranked companies according to their unique and innovative approach to the wireless data services and entertainment market, the execution of their business plan, and their history of successful commercial deployments.In the ''10 Emerging Wireless Entertainment Players to Watch in 2006'' report, IDC identified Action Engine as a mobile application platform company that overcomes the mobile usability barriers, such as small screen sizes, lost/slow data network connections, and tiny keypads, which prevent consumers from using and enjoying mobile data services on a wide scale today. IDC reports that the company's core product, the Action Engine Mobile Application Platform™, enables consumers to discover, search for and consume mobile content, like music, videos, and driving directions, while using dramatically fewer keystrokes than competitive offerings on the market today.

''IDC research has shown that improving the mobile user experience by making content experiences more relevant and accessible in a timely and cost-efficient manner is crucial," said Julien Blin, Research Analyst, Wireless and Mobile Communications at IDC. "Consumers are searching for services that enable them to access content with fewer keystrokes and less trips to the network. Recognizing this growing demand, mobile operators and content providers are seeking mobile application platform vendors that can deliver the type of superior mobile user experiences their customers demand.�

With mass market device support stemming from the successful completion of Action Engine’s Java and BREW development work, the company’s technology can be a strategic asset for many content providers and wireless operators. IDC highlighted the notable customer wins that Action Engine has accumulated over the past year, including their selection as the premier mobile user experience provider for wireless operators, including Sprint and Verizon Wireless, and content providers, such as TiVo and MSNBC.com. IDC also evaluated Action Engine’s recent success with the launch of its Mobile Advertising Engine, a component of the platform, which enables customers, like MSNBC.com, to further monetize their mobile services through the use of advertising banners and video clips embedded intelligently within applications.

“We are honored to be recognized as an acknowledged leader among the scores of companies that IDC has evaluated this year,� said Scott G. Silk, Action Engine CEO and president. “This award is a testament to the importance of the mobile user experience that we deliver and the value that we offer to our mobile operator and content provider customers."

About Action Engine

Winner of the IDC Top 10, the Fierce 15, and the Mobile Star Awards, Action Engine® Corporation, the mobile application platform leader, delivers a breakthrough in mobile application usability. The Action Engine Mobile Application Platform™ introduces a browserless, client/server approach to searching for and discovering mobile content that takes 80% fewer keystrokes and trips to the network, and drives 20x faster response times than competitive alternatives. The company’s award-winning mobile search, mobile advertising, and location-based service solutions enable content providers and wireless operators to quickly deliver a superior mobile user experience. Action Engine’s software has been deployed by a robust list of global companies that include Sprint, Verizon Wireless, SingTel, Optus, MSNBC.com, TiVo, and SmartVideo. Additional information is available at +1(425) 498-1500 [Americas/AsiaPac], +44 (0) 1628 509088 [UK/EMEA], info@actionengine.com and www.actionengine.com .

Source: Action Engine