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Mobile entertainment industry confident despite economic crisis
The findings of the latest Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) Business Confidence Index (BCI) on the $32bn global mobile entertainment industry has shown that the industry remains confident despite the current economic challenges, predicting average revenue growth of 28% for the coming year. The report is compiled by KPMG on behalf of the MEF. more
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Submissions for the Annual Meffys Awards Announced
The Mobile Entertainment Forum has announced the call for entries for the sixth international Meffys Mobile Entertainment Awards, which span the entire mobile entertainment industry, from games to technology innovation. more
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MEF Working on Industry Standard for Delivering Mobile Content
The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has launched a ‘Smart Pipe Enablers
Initiative' to create an industry-wide framework that will lay the foundation
for the next generation of mobile entertainment services.
more
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Mobile entertainment industry confident in face of economic downturn
The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has launched its first quarterly Business Confidence Index (BCI) for the US$32 billion global mobile entertainment industry. It reveals that the industry is confident it will continue to grow despite the economic downturn, with MEF members predicting an average revenue growth of 27% in 2009. more
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Trade Bodies to Work on Cutting Mobile Content Revenue Losses
TM Forum and the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) have announced the launch of a joint initiative to address the estimated US$5 billion in annual losses experienced by content suppliers across the mobile content value chain. These losses are attributable to incorrect reporting of revenue, and according to MEF calculations, comprise as much as 25 percent of the $18 billion mobile content services market. more
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Piracy Affecting Indian Ringtone Market
The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) believes the Indian mobile entertainment market is creating the foundation for a successful ad-funded mobile entertainment environment. With a burgeoning mobile content market driven by personalisation and ringback tones, the introduction of 3G will pave the way for rich-media mobile entertainment services to be delivered to the mass market and encourage spend in the marketÃ's nascent mobile advertising industry to shift from banners ads and messaging onto music and games. more
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Ad-Funded Mobile Content Worth Nearly US$340 Million by 2013
The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has published a report that takes an in-depth look into the impact of ad-funded mobile entertainment (AFME) on the mobile entertainment market in the USA. The report forecasts that the US AFME market will be worth a total of US$336.35 million by 2013, expanding the already burgeoning mobile entertainment market by 4.6%. more
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MEF to Publish a Mobile Games Sales Chart for the USA
The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) and NPD Group have announced plans to launch a formal sales chart for mobile games sold in the USA. more
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Reports and Revenue Leakage... Inevitable Evils?
The Mobile Entertainment Forum recently indicated that mobile media providers are losing as much as 10 percent of gross revenues due to inconsistent and inaccurate content sales reporting. One out of two respondents stated that they receive as many as 50 different types of reports, so is it surprising that 42 percent stated that their reports are inaccurate? Mark Denton, director of product management, Valista, questions whether or not this is an inevitable part of the mobile business or whether all members of the value chain can take steps to improve these overwhelming statistics. more
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