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Mobile Entertainment Distributor PlayPhone Merges with Pitch

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 7, 2008 - 7:57am.

San Jose, Calif. - PlayPhone, a mobile entertainment content distributor, announced on Wednesday that it has merged with U.K.-based Pitch Entertainment Group.

tags: Deals | Mobile | PlayPhone | Acquisitions | Pitch Entertainment Group |

Mobile Entertainment Distributor PlayPhone Raises $18.75 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 10, 2007 - 9:56am.

San Jose, Calif. - Mobile entertainment distributor PlayPhone announced on Thursday that it has raised $18.75 million in its third round of venture capital financing, led by Scale Venture Partners.

tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | PlayPhone | Ringtones | Cellphones | Menlo Ventures | Scale VP | Cardinal VP |

Lycos Taps PlayPhone to Power New LYCOSmobile Portal

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 23, 2007 - 1:41pm.

Waltham, Mass. - Web portal Lycos on Tuesday announced the launch of LYCOSmobile, a mobile content site offering hundreds of mobile games, wallpapers and ringtones. The company partnered with PlayPhone to develop the site, which will offer content on a subscription basis for $9.99 per month.

tags: Mobile | Mobile Games | PlayPhone | Cellphones | Lycos |

RealNetworks, PlayPhone Launch Mobile Games Subscription Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 13, 2006 - 1:24pm.
Seattle - RealNetworks announced on Wednesday the launch of a mobile games and entertainment subscription service that will feature titles from its RealArcade online service. The company partnered with direct-to-consumer mobile distributor PlayPhone on the service, which will offer more than 150 games and thousands of ringtones and wallpaper graphics for cell phones. RealArcade Mobile will be available to Cingular, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile subscribers for an additional $9.99 per month, which will be added to their monthly mobile bills.
tags: Games | Mobile | Mobile Games | Subscriptions | PlayPhone | RealNetworks |

Mobile Content Distributor PlayPhone Raises $9.1 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2006 - 11:58am.
San Jose, Calif. - PlayPhone, a provider of direct-to-consumer mobile content distribution services, said on Monday that it has raised $9.1 million in its second round of funding, led by Menlo Ventures.
tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Tech | Mobile Deals | PlayPhone | Content Delivery | Mobile Commerce | Menlo Ventures |

PlayPhone to Distribute Hands-On Mobile Game Titles

Authored by dmw on April 7, 2006 - 7:14pm.
San Jose, Calif. - Mobile content distributor PlayPhone has signed an agreement with mobile entertainment publisher Hands-On Mobile (formerly Mforma), to distribute Hands-On mobile game titles through its direct-to-consumer mobile portal.
tags: Games | Deals | Mobile | Mobile Games | PlayPhone | Hands-On |

PlayPhone to Develop Mobile Games Portal for Sega

Authored by dmw on April 5, 2006 - 12:32pm.
San Francisco - Sega of America said on Wednesday that it has partnered with PlayPhone to develop a Sega Mobile content channel for North American mobile phone users. San Jose, Calif.-based PlayPhone previously distributed Sega Mobile content to retail channels, and will now create a direct-to-consumer portal for the Japanese video game developer.
tags: Games | Deals | Mobile | Mobile Games | Mobile Deals | PlayPhone | Games Deals | Sega |

Wireless Entertainment Publisher PlayPhone Announces Launch

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 29, 2003 - 8:46am.
San Jose, Calif. -- PlayPhone, a publisher of wireless entertainment content, on Tuesday announced its launch. The company announced strategic alliances with Japanese game manufacturer Sammy and Latin American wireless entertainment distributor Atrativa, and said its ringtones are already available in pre-paid packs at 4,000 retail locations including Rite Aid and Fred Meyers. San Jose, Calif.-based PlayPhone expects to have at least fifteen branded packs in more than 10,000 stores by the end of the third quarter of 2003, with retail packs featuring mobile Java games launching in the second quarter of this year. The packs are universally accessible and will work with most phones from all of the major North American carriers.
tags: PlayPhone | Launch | Wireless Entertainment |