Under
the terms of the deal, Buongiorno will make Disney mobile content such as screensavers,
wallpapers, ringtones and games available to consumers across Greece, Italy, Portugal,
Spain and Turkey. Content includes Mickey Mouse and Friends (e.g. Goofy, Minnie
Mouse, Daisy Duck), Disney Classics (e.g. Cinderella, Peter Pan, Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs), Finding Nemo and The Lion King.
"This
agreement with Buongiorno gives consumers another means to access Disney's popular
mobile content in southern Europe. Buongiorno's expertise and local market reach
will help consumers find Disney mobile content anytime and anywhere, and we are
pleased to add them to our network of distributors," said WDIG Europe vice
president of mobile Sunil Gunderia.
"We
are delighted to be associated with a leading entertainment company like Disney
to help bring their properties to market. Disney content will allow Buongiorno
to offer several million customers in southern Europe a unique experience of entertainment
on the move. We are looking forward to widening our collaboration to new markets,
exploiting Buongiorno and its consumer brand Blinko's global network," said
Buongiorno Group head of global products Matteo Montan.
According
to Informa, an international provider of specialist information and services,
the fast-growing mobile entertainment market will be worth $42.8 billion by 2010,
of which $11.2 billion will be generated from mobile games.
Disney
content will become part of Buongiorno's portfolio of over 300,000 services and
licensed contents, marketed to a potential target of more than one billion wired
and wireless telephone users globally, through a multi-channel strategy that includes
direct distribution through the brand Blinko as well as through partnerships with
telecom companies and the most important media groups.
All
of Disney's mobile content will be managed by Buongiorno through B!3A, its proprietary
technology platform conceived to design, build, manage and provide high quality
services to leading businesses and to mobile consumers globally. B!3A provides
a full-blown set of components that allow performing all the main tasks to create
a complete digital content marketplace embracing content acquisition, presentation,
delivery, reporting, billing and CRM.