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Round-Up: Pirates Content, Jumbuck In Brazil, User-Generated Extreme Sports

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—mDisney (part of the Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG)) has launched mobile content based on Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, including: A casual mobile adventure game where gamers play with Will Turner or Jack Sparrow in four gameplay modes; A mobile multiplayer game dubbed Pirates Multiplayer which has been available for a while but now has expanded distribution; Wallpapers and screensavers of favorite characters and scenes from the movie and tones based on the film soundtrack.

—Mobile social networking company Jumbuck has launched a Portuguese-language version, Chat do Mundo, which has gone live on Vivo in Brazil. It will also shortly go live on Portuguese operators Optimus, TMN and Vodafone. It’s WAP based and there are plans to bring out an SMS version soon.

—Extreme sports mobile TV company Yamgo has signed a deal with Tom Horn to launch a WAP-based mobile video sharing service. The idea is for Yamgo customers to create their own mobile video page and upload videos directly from their mobile phone or over the web. They can then share them with their friends on any mobile network (with WAP access). (release)

—Endemol has signed Gameloft to develop and publish a mobile game based on the UK TV game show 1 vs. 100, which registers 10 million viewers per week. (release)

—Gamevil USA (part of the South Korean company that brought us Skipping Stone) has signed a deal with HandyGames to distribute the latter’s game Bulldozer Inc in the US.

—Itsmy.com has launched a personal download page to its service, reports Symbian One. “Type the domain of your friend – myname.itsmy.com – in the internet browser of your cell phone, click “My Downloads” and check, vote, comment or download any content to your mobile. Or become your own DJ and present your favourite digital content mix of videos, music, pictures, lyrics from various sources at your personal “My Downloads” site to your visitors and friends.”

—Celebrity cook and daytime host Rachael Ray has signed a deal with LimeLife to put her content mobile, on the AT&T network. For $3 per month content will include 40 recipes a month along with shopping lists to get the ingredients. Users can also bookmark favorite recipes and e-mail them to friends and family. (release)

May 24, 2007 2:46 AM ET

Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Social Media, Video

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