Fox Mobile Distribution (FMD), a unit of Fox Mobile Group, today announced it has signed agreements with AOL Europe and AOL Canada for the newly-launched Winamp version 5.55, one of the world's most popular PC-based media players, to provide mobile ringtones across several European territories and Canada.
Under the agreement, Fox Mobile Distribution ringtone links will be integrated into Winamp media player, enabling its 73 million* users globally to seamlessly discover mobile content while using the media player. Winamp will also feature an integrated Jamba- or Jamster-branded purchase page so users can buy the mobile content they discover without leaving the Winamp media player. Fox Mobile Distribution will ensure that its links throughout Winamp are contextually integrated so that when users click on a link to a particular artist or track they will be offered related ringtones or other highly relevant mobile content.
"Fox Mobile Distribution's partnership with Winamp underscores our commitment to expanding our global distribution channels and highlights our contextual integration capabilities," said Giovanni Montesanti, chief marketing officer for Fox Mobile Distribution. "We are pleased to provide Winamp users with seamless discovery of relevant mobile content and we are sure they will be equally pleased to have this additional feature."
The Winamp media player can be downloaded at www.winamp.com.
* Source: comScore Media Metrix, February 2009
About Fox Mobile Distribution
With global reach to over one billion consumers, Fox Mobile Distribution (FMD) is one of the world's leading distributors of mobile entertainment. It delivers more mobile entertainment content than anyone else, providing consumers what they want, when and where they want it in 38 countries on six continents and in over 20 languages. FMD has the industry's broadest array of mobile products and services available directly via mobile phones, and offers more branded popular content from around the world, more chart-topping ringtones from top music labels, more mobile games from renowned game developers, and more original content made exclusively for mobile phones than any other mobile content distributor.
Fox Mobile Distribution is a unit of Fox Mobile Group.
About Fox Mobile Group
Fox Mobile Group (FMG) is the global leader in mobile content distribution, licensing, and production, offering more of the benefits of mobile entertainment to consumers and business partners than anyone else. A division of Fox Entertainment Group, FMG produces, distributes and licenses more mobile entertainment to more people and business partners in more ways and in more places than anyone else in the world.
Headquartered in Berlin, Germany and Beverly Hills, Calif., Fox Mobile Group is comprised of three distinct operating units, Fox Mobile Distribution, Fox Mobile Entertainment, and Fox Mobile Studios. It is wholly-owned by News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A).