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Primedia Limited - Primedia invests in mobile content specialist
Primedia Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1993/003355/06)
Share code: PMA ISIN: ZAE000035119
Share code: PMN ISIN: ZAE000035127
("Primedia" or "the Company")
Primedia invests in mobile content specialist
Primedia enters the hi-growth mobile data market through a strategic investment
in specialist mobile content provider, Airgames Entertainment.
Primedia today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 50%
interest in Airgames Entertainment, a specialist provider of mobile gaming
products and services.
With the proliferation of next generation mobile devices in the local market and
the arrival of 3G, the South African mobile content market is exploding in
quantum proportions. Already ring-tones, mobile games & video globally generate
more revenue than all forms of content accessed over the internet. Total global
revenues from mobile games are forecast to increase from $2.6 billion this year
to $11.2 billion by 2010. (Informa Telecoms & Media)
Ferdi Gazendam, CEO of Primedia Content, said: "the mobile content market is a
landscape where brand owners, telecommunication providers, media companies and
software vendors all work together to address consumer needs."
He further commented: "The Airgames investment is Primedia"s first step into the
rapidly developing mobile games and content industry, one of the fastest growing
segments of the mobile data market. Through Ster-Kinekor Games we are already a
market leader in the console and PC gaming distribution arena, and extending
into mobile games offers us the opportunity to draw on the Group"s existing
licensing expertise and relationships with international studios."
Airgames has experience in the licensing and provisioning of mobile content and
has established diversified revenue streams from mobile games publishing, as
well as through the deployment of innovative mobile content solutions.
Founded in 2002, Airgames has distinguished itself as a high quality and
creative mobile content provider. It has demonstrated both its technical
proficiency and ability to provide innovative solutions for wireless application
service providers, brands and entertainment portals in the mobile space.
Terry Shatenstein, founder of Airgames said: "This is an extremely unique
alliance with an established media company that represents some of the most
diverse media assets in the country."
He continued: "As super 3G mobile services spread, the mobile games market is
due to accelerate extremely quickly and the Primedia partnership provides not
only the media and financial leverage to evolve with this exciting growth, but
also a unique culture of discipline and respect for the entrepreneurial
environment."
Apart from offering a wide range of mobile gaming applications, Airgames is the
exclusive license holder and distributor of the worlds leading MMS product suite
IAMEMO and the Spinfone connected mobile gaming platform. Airgames further
provides its own mobile content provisioning platform called Midlet Earth which
has the ability to deliver advanced mobile content across multiple channels,
such as operator WAP portals, web portals and other media offerings.
15 November 2005
Sandton
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Date: 15/11/2005 03:14:26 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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