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Contec and Acme Mobile Launch Amob:FC English Premier League Mobile Service in Southeast Asia
BUZmob delivers image-rich, live match play content services to over 200 million mobile football fans
Vancouver, Canada and Singapore – August 20, 2008 – Contec Innovations (TSXV: BUZ) announced today that Acme Mobile, Southeast Asia’s leading distributor of mobile entertainment content, has launched Amob:FC, a BUZmob™ powered English Premier League football (soccer) news and information portal to mobile audiences across the region.
The launch of Amob:FC (wap.amobfc.com) coincides with the start of the Premiership season and will be initially offered by Acme Mobile’s Amob portal in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. This ad-sponsored and subscription service features news stories, photos, live action and match statistics, and will be billed directly through 10 regional mobile operators.
Paul Meyers Acme Mobile’s CEO says, “BUZmob’s live, multi-lingual football content fills a big niche in our markets, particularly for mobile sports fans in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand who are passionate about football and want to follow their teams while on the go. The Premiership is the world’s most popular sporting league and is incredibly popular in Southeast Asia. By providing this highly sought-after content, we’re giving our mobile audience the live sports news they want– wherever they may be.”
In addition to launching Premier League services, Acme Mobile’s sales team will be marketing the full BUZmob portfolio of live news, sports, entertainment and finance content services to leading carriers, portals and media channels in the region.
“As the established mobile content distributor across Southeast Asia, Acme Mobile has extensive billing and delivery capabilities as well as key relationships with carriers and other mobile content portals, providing critical reach to 280 million mobile subscribers,” said Don Lay, President and CEO of Contec. “This launch demonstrates our ability to scale and to deliver live mobile content services anywhere in the world and to any handset while appearing seamless to the mobile sports fan and to our clients.”
About Acme Mobile:
Acme Mobile is Southeast Asia's premier distributor of mobile entertainment content. Acme works with the world's leading creators of mobile games, images, music and video, distributing their content through it's network of more than 70 carriers and portals across 14 Asian countries.
Acme's direct-to-consumer mobile entertainment portals -- www.amob.com and wap.amob.com stretch across six Southeast Asian countries -- Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines -- selling the widest range of mobile entertainment products to the region's 280 million mobile subscribers via web, WAP and SMS
Founded in 2002, Acme Mobile is a privately held company with offices in Singapore, Bangkok and Manila. For more information, visit: www.acme-mobile.com.
About Contec Innovations:
We are innovators in mobile technology and services. Our BUZmob live mobile services enable mobile operators, media companies and service providers to generate new revenue from dynamic content services that engage mobile audiences worldwide — on any handset. BUZmob offers the largest portfolio of live news, sports, entertainment and finance mobile content delivered as a managed service. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Contec Innovations (TSXV: BUZ) has a sales and support office in Beijing, China. For more information: www.contec.ca.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CONTEC INNOVATIONS
"Don Lay", President & CEO
For more information about Acme Mobile, please contact:
Paul Meyers, CEO
Tel: +65 9745 6686
paul@acme-mobile.com
For more information on Contec Innovations, please contact:
Media Relations
Asa Zanatta, Spirit Communications
Tel: +1.604.408.1389
azanatta@spiritcommunications.ca
Business Development
Oren Friedman, Contec Innovations
Tel: +1.604.468.5636
oren.friedman@contec.ca
Investor Relations
Sasko Despotovski, Ascenta Capital Partners Inc.
Tel: +1.604.684.4743 ext. 2268 or 1.866.684.4743
sasko@ascentacapital.com
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy of the content of the information contained herein. The statement made in this press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ from the Company’s expectations. Hornet™ and BUZmob™ are trademarks of Contec Innovations Inc.
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