Wonderphone TV

Index Multimedia Acquires Mobile Video Firm Wonderphone TV

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 29, 2006 - 9:48am.
Paris - Index Multimedia, a France-based unit of Japan's Index Corporation that distributes mobile entertainment content, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Wonderphone TV, a French distributor of mobile TV and games content. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2004, Wonderphone owns a catalog of over 3 million videos, and distributes mobile content to over 70 mobile operators in 40 countries. The company's products include 35 mobile video-on-demand channels, and the SFR TV & Video and Orange World Video services in France. Wonderphone's 2005 sales were $16.2 million.