There’s no question that apps have become a global phenomenon in the mobile world—and who doesn’t want to catapult a cute red bird onto some logs to kill a pig? But not all apps are as wildly successful as Angry Birds. So just as importantly, when it comes to what…

Finally, closure on the long-running question of what would happen to the BBC‘s magazine business, the biggest publisher of subscription magazines in the UK: commercial division BBC Worldwide has agreed on a multi-faceted sale of its assets, covering 34 magazine titles, to the private equity group Exponent. BBCWW has also…

Blyk, the mobile ad company that started as a “free” MVNO for 16-24 year-olds, may have found its original business model hard to execute in Europe, but it didn’t give up on it altogether: it has now launched services in India, partnering with local operator Aircel. And once again, it…

Instamedia, which is best known for its Instablogs citizen journalism platform, has raised $4 million in a first round of funding from Times of India-owner Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. The Instablogs site lets anybody submit an original article a la NowPublic or link to an existing news story anywhere…

UK mobile content and services company Win Plc announced today that it is recommending to shareholders a cash offer from the Sequoia-backed Indian mobile services firm IMI Mobile. The 141 pence ($2.11) per share offer values WIN at around £15.93 million ($ 23.8 million). This represents a 43 percent premium…

Update: Here’s the pre-order link. The lack of iPads in the UK kept would-be owners there from being as frustrated as I was trying to follow live election coverage on a non-Flash tablet but they’ll be able to experience the wonders and the drawbacks for themselves by the end of…

Eros International Plc., the AIM, London-listed film producer and distributor, said it plans to list its Indian subsidiary on the Bombay Stock Exchange during the current fiscal. Eros International Media Ltd, the Indian subsidiary, recently hired former BCCL executive A.P. Parigi as CEO.

With the 2016 Olympic Games all squared away and set for Rio de Janeiro, members of the International Olympic Committee could get down to more serious business—such as how to handle the issue of online video. WPP Group CEO Sir Martin Sorrell had some very simple ideas for the IOC…

UK-based 2ergo, a mobile marketing company, has acquired UK-based Activemedia Technologies Group, which is focused on the mobile ticketing and coupon market, serving the UK, India and Southeast Asia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, however, 2ergo said Activemedia employs more than 50 people in London, New Delhi and…

Days after it said that IPL was hastening the death of test cricket, it has emerged that the venerated London-based MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club), the world’s oldest cricket club and the former governing body of international cricket, is considering buying an IPL franchise when it expands in 2011 (via TOI).…

Spanish mobile content company ZED and Indian telcoms software and services provider Tanla Solutions have entered into a joint venture to focus on developing mobile products and services in India. Zed said that it would offer marketing reach and its experience in content services to the JV, while Tanla said…

A week after AOL unveiled its new-look front page with lifestreaming and e-mail aggregation, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is starting limited random beta tests of new home pages—and we mean limited—to less than one percent of users in the U.S., UK, France and India.  The beta emphasizes apps from Yahoo and…

Three more country launches for the 3G iPhone. India’s Bharti Airtel, Estonia’s EMT, and the Czech Republic’s Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) O2 all announced today that they would begin selling the handsets on August 22. The three operators did not disclose any pricing of the phones or monthly tariffs. In India,…

Updated: Bennett, Coleman & Co denies any such talks. BC’s UK subsidiary TIML spokesperson: “There is no truth in the rumours.” That’s that, for now. Original post: Is Indian media group Bennett, Coleman & Co, owner of Times of India newspaper, eyeing another cheap UK acquisition? The shares of British…

The acquisition of our parent company, ContentNext Media, is a major change for us, but it also marks a turning point for the UK company to which we now belong. ContentNext is Guardian News & Media‘s first acquisition outside the UK and its first of this sort at all; we…

Indian media company Bennett, Coleman & Co, owner of Times of India newspaper, has made its biggest international buy: it has bought out UK’s Virgin Radio for about $106 million. SMG, the Scottish broadcaster, owner of Virgin Radio (it bought the company in 2000), sold the national AM licence and…

Today we’re launching paidContent:UK, our new UK news site. The focus is on the UK, and, to some extent, on Europe; like our other sites, paidContent:UK covers the economics of digital content, both online and mobile. We believe we are filling a big gap in the UK market, where most…

Mobile gaming company Digital Chocolate has bought operations and studios in Bangalore, India, and Barcelona, Spain, from Small Device Mobile Technologies and Microjocs Mobile, respectively. These buys will give the company expertise to develop localized content for consumers in southern Europe and Asia, it said. The terms were not disclosed.…

Opus Media, a London-based online movie company which runs Indian movie portsal Bollywood.tv, is planning an IPO on AIM. The $85 million IPO is being planned for early next year. It has already raised about $2.5 million for the site, and is in the process of raising a further $8.5…