Posts from July 30, 2008

David Card | July 30, 2008, 07:43 PM
Jim Thistle
A good teacher for me, and a talented TV news guy, as anybody who lives in NYC, LA, or SF, and has compared their pitiful offerings to Boston TV news, knows....( more )

Ed Kountz | July 30, 2008, 12:35 PM
BillMeLater Partners with UATP // Amazon Rolls Out "Checkout" and "SimplePay"
Recent updates from the ever-changing space of alternative online payments: BillMeLater announced this week a partnership likely to gain it additional traction within a core business area--air travel. The deal partners BillMeLater with Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP), the airline-owned corporate travel payments network. The partnership allows airlines to integrate...( more )

Thomas Husson | July 30, 2008, 12:07 PM
Declining prices for mobile banner ads
Not sure why but there were some articles today about the deal between Virgin Media and mobile advertising firm 4th Screen deal. 4th Screen was already selling ads for Virgin Mobile, but it may well be an extension of the deal with 4th Screen collaborating with Virgin's in-house advertising unit...( more )

Thomas Husson | July 30, 2008, 11:39 AM
EA/Gameloft mobile revenues
Both Gameloft and EA have just released their financial results for q2 2008. Revenues of the two main players in the mobile game arena are on par: 25.3M euros for Gameloft vs $44M for EA. Interestingly, North America now accounts for a significant 29% of Gameloft worldwide revenues. The company...( more )

Thomas Husson | July 30, 2008, 06:16 AM
Golden Frequencies - another good signal for telecom players
During my holiday break, the report from my colleague Laurence Meyer has been published: Terrestrial TV and the Digital Dividend: Assessing the Role of High Definition in the DTT Market. See here. Following my previous post, no political decision has been made yet in France. According to an interesting article...( more )