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Smartphone Content Distributor Handango Raises $9.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 4, 2008 - 7:56am.

Hurst, Texas - Handango, a provider of mobile content for smartphones, announced that it has raised $9.5 million in its third round of venture capital financing, which will be used to support distribution deals, improve scalability and expand globally.

Career Moves: December 20, 2006

Authored by dmw on December 20, 2006 - 9:00am.

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LG Electronics today announced the appointment of John Herrington to president of the LG Electronics USA Digital Appliance Division. Since 2001, he has served as the division's vice president of sales.Effective Jan. 1, 2007, Herrington will succeed Soon Kwon, who will now be responsible for digital appliance sales and marketing in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Career Moves: November 14, 2006

Authored by dmw on November 14, 2006 - 10:05am.

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GoFish Corporation, a user-generated video company, today announced the launch of a branded entertainment division and the appointment of three new hires to run it. C.J. Bowden, David Fisch and Lori Macias join GoFish as Vice Presidents of Branded Entertainment. Bowden, Fisch and Macias most recently were co-founders in SlingShot Media, a Los Angeles based start-up. Prior to SlingShot, they spent a combined 15 years at Yahoo.

Smartphone Content Provider Handango Raises $60 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 12, 2006 - 6:18pm.

Los Angeles - Handango, a provider of content for smartphones, announced on Tuesday that it has raised over $60 million in a new round of venture capital financing, led Institutional Venture Partners. Other investors included Advanced Technology Ventures, Centerpoint, Neo Carta, Pharos Capital Group and SSM Partners. Hurst, Texas-based Handango provides smartphone content from more than 16,000 content partners to firms including Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, RIM, HP, Verizon, T-Mobile, Microsoft and AOL. The company will use the funds for global expansion, support for new types of content and establishment of new distribution channels. Strategy Analytics projects there will by 350 million smartphone users by 2009, up from 68 million in 2005.

Handango to Provide Mobile Content for Samsung Smartphones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 14, 2006 - 10:07am.

Barcelona - Korea's Samsung Electronics announced on Tuesday that it has signed a two-year agreement with Handango, which will become the exclusive provider of mobile content in Europe for Samsung's line of smartphones. Handango will provide content including ringtones and games to Samsung's Fun Club Software Store.