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Vuclip a Double Winner at Under the Radar | Mobility

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Under the Radar Audience Choice AwardMilpitas, Calif. — November 19, 2008 — Vuclip (www.vuclip.com), a leading mobile video search and delivery provider, today announced that it has won Under the Radar’s Judge’s Choice and Audience Choice awards in the Media Delivery category at Dealmaker Media’s Under the Radar event held on November 12, 2008 in Mountain View, Calif. Vuclip was named winner over other early stage companies based on its technology, market opportunity and unique value proposition by a panel of judges comprised of media, corporate development executives from leading mobile/wireless companies, venture capitalists and audience members. A total of 33 companies presented at Under the Radar.

Participants at the conference included representatives from Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Nokia, QUALCOMM, Microsoft, CBS Interactive, Blue Run Ventures, KPCB’s iFund and many other leading players in the mobile industry.

“The standard of presentations was extremely high. These are the companies which are truly innovating and gaining rapid traction in the mobile space,” said Debbie Landa, CEO of Dealmaker Media. “These emerging companies are the ones to watch and most likely to enjoy breakout success.”
“It was an exciting opportunity for us to introduce our company to such an impressive and wide-ranging group of mobile professionals,” said Nickhil Jakatdar, Vuclip’s Chief Executive Officer. “That both the judges and the audience responded so positively to our products and technology was just icing on the cake.”

Vuclip was handpicked to participate as a presenter at the conference by the Under the Radar editorial team and advisory board based on its review of over 400 companies in the mobile space.

About Vuclip
Vuclip is the most widely-used mobile video search portal in the world, and the only true mobile video search and delivery solution that allows users to access any video on the Internet and watch it on any video-enabled phone. Vuclip can find videos, transcode and optimize them “on the fly”, and then deliver them to a user’s mobile phone in real-time. Vuclip also enables online publishers and content owners to mobilize their video content through its Vuclip Video API Program. Vuclip delivers high-quality mobile video streaming with a rich multimedia experience across virtually any wireless network, carrier and mobile phone.

Media Contact:

Craig Gatarz
Vuclip
cgatarz [a]vuclip .com
408-649-2255 (Phone)

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Hovr Wins 2008 Mobile Content Award

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Hovr’s Mobile Gaming Social Network, MobileSpace, Named “Best Mobile Infotainment & Community” Service of the Year

NEW YORK, N.Y. — November 17, 2008

  • Hovr Inc. (www.hovr.com), the successful ad-supported free mobile gaming service and social network, announced today that it won the 2008 Mobile Content Awards presented by the 2008 Mobile Content Conference in Seoul, South Korea.
  • Hovr’s service and its mobile gaming community, MobileSpace, won the 2008 Mobile Content Award for “Best Mobile Infotainment and Community.”
  • The Mobile Content Awards is an annual event that recognizes excellence in mobile content creation from companies across the globe.
  • This year’s Mobile Content Awards judging panel was made up of 10 of the mobile content industry’s most recognized experts and most influential editors including Maarten Noyons, founder and CEO of the International Mobile Gaming Awards; Tim Green, executive editor, Mobile Entertainment; Justin Davis, editor in chief, Modojo; Kyle McInnes, editor in chief, QuicklyBored.com; and Hitotora Higashikuni, chairman of the Mobile Content Forum.
  • Hovr offers players free ad-supported mobile games with the ability to engage in a social gaming community where users can find and interact with friends, compete and challenge each other in contests, participate in tournaments, message each other and build virtual avatars and goods.
  • Hovr enjoys active participation by nearly 2 million registered users from over 190 countries, supporting more than 19 million mobile game downloads.
  • Consumer-oriented web sites, mobile portals and carriers worldwide are also offering their users direct access to hundreds of free, highly entertaining, engaging, ad-supported mobile games, all under their own brand through the company’s “Powered by Hovr” service, creating significant new revenue opportunities through enhanced entertainment choices for end users. 
  • Beyond free mobile games, the Powered by Hovr white label service offers cutting edge online and mobile social networking features.
  • Hovr’s social networking tools provide a whole new way for community members to connect and interact around mobile game play and the sharing of mobile content.

To try out Hovr’s award winning mobile gaming service visit www.Hovr.com on the Web or from your mobile phone.

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Vipul Sawhney, CEO of Hovr

“South Korea is universally known to be the most connected country and a leader in wireless innovation and adoption.  To be recognized by such an expert panel of judges in an event held in the most advanced wireless country in the world is strong affirmation of Hovr’s innovative approach to the social aspect of mobile content.  Hovr will continue to innovate social gaming and enhance our customers’ mobile gaming experiences.”

About Hovr
Hovr is a mobile media company that marries the needs of advertisers seeking to reach the important and growing mobile demographic with the desires of mobile users wanting entertaining content and applications on their mobile phones. Hovr provides users with free ad-supported mobile content such as high quality, fun-to-play mobile games. The Hovr MobileSpace social network lets users connect, compete and interact with their friends and other players in a compelling community environment. For more information visit www.hovr.com.

About Mobile Content 2008
The Mobile Content 2008 conference and awards are held to lead progress in the mobile content industry and facilitate networking with the aim of exchanging information on mobile content, the core of the new media generation, while honoring the outstanding mobile content production in Game, Music & Video, and Infotainment & Community. For more information please visit http://www.mobilecontent.co.kr.

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Universal Music Group (UMG) Joins Flycell to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

UMG to Provide Exclusive Content for New Flycell Website Featuring World’s Leading Latin Artists

NEW YORK, N.Y. – October 6, 2008

  • Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company, and Flycell, Inc., the popular mobile, online media and entertainment company, will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the launch of a Spanish-language version of Flycell.com (http://espanol.flycell.com). 
  • As part of UMG’s preexisting agreement with Flycell, users of the new site will have access to the world’s broadest array of chart-topping Latin music superstars.
  • Content on the new site will feature exciting new Spanish-language mobile products including exclusive voice tones and shout-outs from UMG artists. 
  • Hispanic Heritage Month began on September 15 and celebrates the contributions to the United States by people of Hispanic origin which, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, includes more than 44 million people or one in seven people living in the United States.
  • This new collaboration between UMG and Flycell brings fresh content, including exclusive voice tones and shout-outs from artists like RKM and Ken Y, to Flycell’s new Spanish-language site, and features ringtones and other mobile media from today’s most popular Latin artists.
  • With the latest in mobile media and entertainment to personalize cell phones offered all in one place, this new Spanish language website serves as a one-stop-shop for Spanish-speaking customers.
  • Flycell delivers mobile entertainment and personalization on the fly to customers all across the globe. 
  • Whether it is ringtones, wallpapers, themes or games, everything people need for personalized mobile lifestyles is available on the Flycell website, www.flycell.com.
  • To visit the Spanish-language version of Flycell.com and to download exclusive Universal Music ringtones and shout-outs, visit http://espanol.flycell.com.
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Lindsey Weinger, Vice President of Web Experience at Flycell

“As the consumption of mobile entertainment continues to grow, Flycell is meeting the demands of our Spanish speaking customers and serving an ever broader audience with popular Latin-specific content including the most current ringtones and mobile media from artists like Enrique Iglesias, Luis Fonsi, Jenni Rivera, and Grupo Montez de Durango. What better time to introduce our Spanish-language offering than during the month dedicated to celebrating Hispanic heritage and culture?”

Skander Goucha, Vice President of Digital for Universal Music Latin Entertainment

“Latin Music remains one of the industry’s fastest growing and most dynamic genres, and we are committed to expanding the marketplace for it even further. Flycell continues to provide a dynamic platform for consumers to enjoy their favorite Latin music while giving our artists another significant online presence that creates an even closer connection with music fans.”

About Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is the world’s leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry’s leading global music publishing operation.

Universal Music Group’s record labels include Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, Fonovisa, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal Music Latino, Universal Records South, and Verve Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which includes the last 100 years of the world’s most popular artists and their recordings. UMG’s catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, its new media and technologies division; Bravado, its merchandising company; Twenty-First Artists, its full service management division; and Helter Skelter, its live music agency.

Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination.  Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more.  The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services.  Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2004, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO). For more information concerning Flycell visit: http://www.flycell.com.

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