Archive for the ‘Companies & M&A’ Category

Oberon Media (I-Play) Cuts Spendings

November 13th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

In a mission to be profitable in the second quarter of 2009, Oberon Media has internally announced to cut costs. This means no salary increases, less travelling and no new hires for now.

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Glu’s Secret to Keeping Review Scores High

November 10th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 8 Comments »

Ever wanted to know how Glu acquires such high averages with their mobile game reviews? We have received a shocking e-mail conversation between a territory manager and a reviewer.

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Vivendi Shuts US Operator Business

November 10th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

A few weeks ago, we reported about Vivendi Games Mobile pulling out of the market. Though there where no real steps taken back then, we heard that the shutdown has started.

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EA Food for Acquisition!?

November 6th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Could EA be bought? That is a question on the mind of MocoNews earlier this week. They looked at various situations in which EA could end up as property of other multinationals.

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Glu: The Call, The Numbers, The Problems…

November 5th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 8 Comments »

Not only Glu's financial results for Q3 came to light, the company also had their quarterly earnings call in which a lot of questions popped up. We took a closer look and also asked several people to submit their (anonymous) expectations on what will happen to the mobile gaming giant.

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Financials: Glu’s Q3 2008

November 5th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Yesterday, Glu (GLUU) opened up their Q3 financials. Many sources have already covered it, so this post will just contain the most important parts of the official release. In the next post, we will discuss the earnings call and sum up the most interesting bits of the company that opened today at $ 0.75 and last traded at $ 0.66 as we write this article.

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Financials: Gameloft’s Q3 2008

November 3rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Gameloft has announced their third quarter financial result. With

Mandalay Media (Twistbox) Acquires AMV

November 3rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Mandalay Media, Owner of Twistbox and Waat Media, has completed the acquisition of AMV Holding. AMV is specialized in mobile media and marketing and delivers it's content along several European countries.

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Mobile Distributor Thumbstar Launches

November 3rd, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Former TelcoGames employee Martin Kitney has started a new mobile games distributor called Thumbstar. With over 25 channels signed, he’s boosting the company into the market.

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Glu Goes Pennystock

October 30th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Today has been a remarkable day for Glu. After a huge launch on the market. The shares have taken a dive today and closed at $ 0.96. This while in June 2007, the shares where worth well over $ 14.