Fox Mobile Entertainment Launches Fox Entertainment Mobile Network
New Wireless Internet Portal Brings Favorite Fox Content to Single Mobile Destination
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fox Mobile Entertainment (FME) announced today, the launch of the Fox Entertainment Mobile Network, a mobile web portal that puts one of the most impressive lineups of television content ever brought to the mobile platform at one convenient mobile location. The Company made the announcement from the annual Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) trade show being held in Las Vegas this week.
The portal includes a variety of content from some of America’s favorite television networks including FOX, FX, SPEED, National Geographic Channel, and Fox Reality Channel and includes over 30 mobile web sites for top-ranked programming such as The Simpsons, 24, Family Guy, Nip/Tuck, NASCAR and Dog Whisperer. All content can be accessed by mobile users on their mobile phone’s web browser at FoxMobile.com.
“Fox is continually setting the standard in creating and delivering innovative entertainment,” said Mitch Feinman, senior vice president of FME. “The Fox Entertainment Mobile Network provides mobile users with a truly unique and diverse roster of globally-recognized content at one convenient mobile destination, making it another example of the company’s leadership in the digital revolution.”
The Fox Mobile Entertainment Network brings the Fox Networks Group online web experience to the wireless market. Mobile platform and management tools from July Systems enable the Network to offer a robust and highly branded consumer experience. All wireless subscribers can access the Fox Mobile Entertainment Network on their mobile browsers at FoxMobile.com. Additionally, the Network will be available via MEdia Net on AT&T and Sprint’s Wireless Web.
FME is a consistently recognized industry leader, creating digital applications such as the American Idol text-message voting system and pioneering content such as the Mobisodes® Series.
About FOX Mobile Entertainment
Fox Mobile Entertainment (FME) is a leading mobile content provider for wireless carriers and consumers, providing mobile content in all forms from top FOX TV shows such as 24, Prison Break, and Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, and from such recent films as Juno and The Street Kings. An industry pioneer, FME created American Idol's text-message voting system and the now-pervasive term Mobisodes® Series, defining short episodic programming designed exclusively for mobile phones. Additionally, the Company runs mobile video channels on all major U.S. carriers.
Fox Mobile Entertainment, along with the Jamster/Jamba companies - a joint venture of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A) and VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), headquartered in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Berlin, Germany - make up the industry's largest vertically integrated mobile entertainment company.
