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published:
09-Apr-08
territories:
Finland - World
categories:
New product/service
Nokia launches N-Gage platform
Finnish handset manufacturer has launched its new N-Gage mobile games platform. Not limited to an individual device like the first iteration of the N-Gage, the technology will be built into the Series 60 handsets. Series 60 is the company's smartphone range; over 16m units were sold in 2006 and 38m in 2007. This development will give the platform significantly greater market reach than the original N-Gage devices; in the first 15 months of N-Gage's lifespan only 1.3m were sold. The N-Gage platform will ultimately run on all Series 60 (smartphone) devices but is limited to a handful of handsets (N81, N82 and N95) at launch. N-Gage games are C++ based, which allows for better performance than J2ME, the programming language used for the majority of mobile games.
Nokia runs and manages the storefront that allows users to download games online to the PC or mobile. The store allows payment by credit card and also integrates with the billing systems of over 80 mobile operators. The N-Gage Arena, a multiplayer and community platform, allows developers to create multiplayer games. Nokia has also developed its own DRM that will allow for so-called super-distribution. Peer-to-peer sharing of games is allowed, with shared versions time-limited before a purchase must be made.
Titles are available from companies including Electronic Arts, Gameloft, Glu, THQ and Vivendi, and cost between 6 and 10 Euros each.
Our take...
The relaunched N-Gage has received a warm welcome from the mobile games industry, as it offers a new route to the consumer. The vast majority of mobile games are sold via mobile operators' portals, and operators command a relatively large share of revenues (up to 50 per cent) for this distribution. Operators seem unconcerned about the impact of N-Gage. This is in contrast to the operator's attitudes to the Nokia Music Store; some operators have refused to sell Nokia devices with integration to the handset manufacturer's own Music Store. However, Screen Digest's data shows that the market for mobile games in 2007 was more than four times larger than that for full track mobile music.
Screen Digest anticipates that the N-Gage store will have a positive impact on the mobile games industry. The better browsing experience of an online store and the ability to trial games should lead to a better consumer experience than mobile stores. By sideloading games onto the phone via the PC, users can be certain of not paying additional data charges for transfer over the mobile network. Screen Digest expects that the revenue share taken by Nokia is lower than that taken by mobile operators, particularly in the European region, and so industry revenues should increase.
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Analyst, market intelligence & notices
New mobile music data available
published:
24-Apr-08
territories:
Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea. Rep [S], Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA - Asia-Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, North America, Western Europe
categories:
New market data/forecast
Christine Binns
Fourth quarter data available and forecasts extended to...
published:
03-Apr-08
territories:
Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea. Rep [S], Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA - World
categories:
New market data/forecast
Ronan de Renesse
DVB-H is added to the list of EU official standards
published:
17-Mar-08
territories:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
categories:
Regulatory/legal development
Ronan de Renesse
Mobile TV 2007 review and forecast revisions
published:
09-Jan-08
territories:
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea. Rep [S], Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA
categories:
Market data/forecast revision
Ronan de Renesse
EU to licence pan-european mobile satellite services
published:
24-Aug-07
territories:
Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
categories:
Technical development, Regulatory/legal development
Ronan de Renesse
Reports
(2) 1-2 showing
Mobile media advertising opportunities: The market for ...
Often hailed as one of the most potent advertising media of the next decade, mobile has yet to deliver on its promises. Through a survey among GroupM's international media agencies and a quantitative analysis of the mobile content market, Screen Digest analyses the potential of advertising on mobile media. Mobile TV and Video on Demand emerge as the most promising media, if data prices, usability and measurements standards improve and allow for the market to reach critical mass.
published:
02-May-08
territories:
Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea. Rep [S], Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA - Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America
Julien Theys
Adam Smith
Mobile TV: Business Models and Opportunties
This report examines the current and future state of the mobile TV markets in Asia, North America and Western Europe. It includes five year forecasts of consumer revenues and subscriber numbers for unicast and broadcast mobile TV. The report provides detailed analysis of business models and value chains for both types of delivery platforms.
published:
27-Nov-07
territories:
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea. Rep [S], Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA
Ronan de Renesse
Articles
(2) 1-2 showing
Prospects for growth on Mobile TV
An analysis of brusiness models and structure of the value chain. Operators have experimented with a variety of business models. TV on mobile can be paid per day, per week, per month, per megabyte, per minute, per channel and per package. Technology limitations, the pre-pay and contract subscriber base, usage patterns and types of content are key metrics for the selection of a suitable business model for consumers. We examine and assess the options available to operators in the mobile TV field.
published:
01-Dec-07
territories:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea. Rep [S], Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA - World
Ronan de Renesse
Free-to-air mobile TV market grows
More than 15m people in Asia subscribe to free-to-air mobile TV services
published:
01-Nov-07
territories:
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea. Rep [S], Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA - World
Ronan de Renesse
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Western Europe
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