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News Corp. Acquires Rest of Jamba From Verisign for $200M

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 7, 2008 - 7:52am.

New York - News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired the rest of mobile entertainment firm Jamba from joint venture partner Verisign (NASD: VRSN) for about $200 million.

tags: Deals | Mobile | Acquisitions | News Corp. | VeriSign | Jamster | Jamba |

Career Moves: July 31, 2007

Authored by dmw on July 31, 2007 - 9:04am.

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Conspiracy Entertainment Holdings Inc., a developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software in North America and Western Europe, announced today the appointment of Marco Husges in a newly created position of Executive Vice President effective as of July 2007. Mr. Husges has served in leadership roles in the global video game development and publishing industries since the early 1990s.

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tags: Career | Moves | MTV | Fox | HipCricket | Maven | Jamster | Variety | Conspiracy |

Career Moves: July 17, 2007

Authored by dmw on July 17, 2007 - 9:50am.

Mobile arm of News Corporation, Jamster, today announced the appointment of Philippa Dworkin as vice president of global communications for Jamster. Dworkin will be responsible for corporate communications and the global press office. She will oversee the strategic positioning of Jamster's corporate and external message, the development of media relations programs and general communications operations worldwide.

tags: Jamster | Career Moves | Sparter |

Jamster to Offer WeeWorld Cartoon Avatars for Mobile Phones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2006 - 6:39pm.
London - Mobile entertainment publisher Jamster, a unit of VeriSign, announced on Monday that it has partnered with WeeWorld, to bring the company's cartoon-like personalized avatars to mobile phones. Under the deal, Jamster users can now create customized WeeWorld avatars for use as wallpapers, screensavers and caller ID images on their mobile phones.
tags: Mobile | Cartoons | Avatars | WeeWorld | Cellphones | Jamster |

Mobile Entertainment Publisher Jamster to Distribute Disney Content

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 27, 2006 - 5:19am.
New York - Mobile entertainment publisher Jamster, a unit of VeriSign, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a deal with the Walt Disney Internet Group. Under the terms, New York-based Jamster will offer mobile content from Disney's mDisney and Starwave Mobile in the fall.
tags: Mobile | Tech | Disney | Content Delivery | Entertainment | Jamster |

Career Moves: August 30, 2006

Authored by dmw on August 30, 2006 - 11:25am.

Apple has elected Google CEO Eric Schmidt to its board of directors. Schmidt also sits on Google's board of directors and Princeton University's board of trustees.
tags: Career | Moves | Apple | Google | Buongiorno | Limbo 41414 | Jamster | Mobio |

Jamster to Distribute UrbanWorld Wireless "Street Beatz" Ringtones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 1, 2006 - 9:24am.
Los Angeles - Mobile entertainment publisher UrbanWorld Wireless said on Wednesday that ringtone distributor Jamster will offer its Street Beatz ringtone service, which includes original ringtones produced by hip-hop deejays, producers and unsigned artists.
tags: Musics | UrbanWorld Wireless | Jamster | Street Beatz |

Jamster to Distribute Master Ringtones from Notorious B.I.G. Album

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 20, 2005 - 7:09am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Mobile entertainment publisher Jamster said on Tuesday that it will offer exclusive master recording ringtones from Bad Boy Records' "The Notorious B.I.G. Duets: The Final Chapter" album, which was released today. Bad Boy Records founder and CEO Sean "Diddy" Combs will also appear in a Jamster TV spot promoting the product. Jamster, a unit of VeriSign, has distribution rights to Warner Music Group's mobile personalization products catalog. In a related announcement, Virgin Mobile USA said the Biggie ringtones will first be offered exclusively to its subscribers through Jan. 30.
tags: Mobile | Music | Notorious B.I.G | Jamster |

Mobile Content Firm Jamster to Fight U.K. TV Commercial Restrictions

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2005 - 8:55am.
London -- Mobile entertainment distributor Jamster, a unit of VeriSign, said on Wednesday that it plans to contest a recent ruling from the U.K. Advertising Standards Authority Council, stating that the company's ads appeal to children and should be restricted to broadcast only after 9 P.M. "In particular, the ASA fails to adequately consider the well-established fact that the overwhelming majority of Jamster's customers are above age 16 or the protective measures that Jamster has exercised as part of its advertising, including a specific '16-and-over' callout button," the company said in a statement. Jamster cited an ICM Research study that found the mean age of its customers to be 32, and that just 1.6% of its customers were under the age of 16. The company's "Crazy Frog" animated character and ringtone was the first to cross over and become the top-selling overall U.K. music single, bettering Oasis and Coldplay. It also recently partnered with MTV on mobile entertainment initiatives. "Jamster intends to pursue all legal means to overturn the ASA's unjust and unfounded decision about its past advertisements," the company said.
tags: Mobile Content | Jamster | Fight | U.K. TV Commercial Restrictions |

MTV, Jamster to Study Mobile Entertainment Market

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 8, 2005 - 4:50am.
London -- Viacom's MTV Networks International announced on Thursday that it is teaming with Jamster, its mobile entertainment distribution partner and a unit of VeriSign, to study the usage, mechanics and frequency of downloading and streaming entertainment content to mobile phones. The study will also examine consumers' increasing reliance on mobile devices, and their impact on content creation and communication. The companies said that more than $8 billion was spent in the mobile content services market last year. "This new study in collaboration with our mobile content partner, Jamster and Jamba, will enable us to understand how the role of mobile content is evolving around the world and how we can develop compelling, new entertainment that is even more relevant to consumers," said Graham Saxton, senior vice president of MTV Networks International.
tags: MTV | Study | Jamster | Mobile Entertainment Market |