PlayPhone acquires Pitch Entertainment Group for European mobile expansion
Mobile entertainment provider PlayPhone is announcing today that it has acquired Pitch Entertainment Group as part of its global expansion. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed.
San Jose, Calif.-based PlayPhone aggregates mobile content and offers it directly to consumers, who can download it onto their mobile phones. Pitch Entertainment Group, based in London, does the same thing in the European and Brazilian markets.
PlayPhone specializes in obtaining content from big brands from Disney to Sony. Then it takes… Continue Reading
PlayPhone raises $18.75M for easy but expensive mobile content
PlayPhone, a San Jose company that lets you download mobile games, ringtones and other content from the Web, has raised $18.75 million in a third round of financing.
Scale Venture Partners led the round, which included existing investors Cardinal Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures. This funding will allow PlayPhone to expand into additional international markets, the company said.
All you do is go to PlayPhone, choose a game, and hit a download button. It is dead simple…. Continue Reading