18th January 2007
Mobile media company Player X has announced a second round of venture capital funding raising £5 million ($9.85 million) for rapid expansion and to accelerate its global content strategy across mobile TV, video and games.
3rd January 2007
Mobile media company Player X and operator 3 UK have teamed up to launch geekTV, the only made-for-mobile TV channel on 3 UK’s network.
2nd February 2007
Mobile media company Player X has signed up a PrizePlay element to Player X’s raft of TV gameshow mobile games.
9th February 2007
Fox Television Studios and mobile media company Player X have partnered to take online phenomenon eBaum’s World (www.ebaumsworld.com) to international mobile operators and customers.
1st March 2007
Mobile media company Player X has partnered with Hollywood Gaming and EMI Music Publishing for a new mobile game that incorporates the lyrics of EMI’s best known songs.
5th March 2007
Mobile media company Player X and Universal Mobile Entertainment have expanded their strategic relationship by offering exclusive-for-mobile content from Hot Fuzz, the new hit comedy from the makers of Shaun Of The Dead.
19th March 2007
Academy Award®-winning company Aardman Animations has appointed Player X as its exclusive distributor for its premium mobile video content in North America.
21st March 2007
Mobile media company Player X and Sky have teamed up to create Carol Vorderman’s Mind Aerobics, a mobile game for launch with UK operators*.
18th April 2007
Mobile media company Player X has been selected as one of the finalists for the 2007 Red Herring 100 Europe Awards, which recognises the top 100 private ventures in Europe.
26th April 2007
Mobile media company Player X has extended the reach of its mobile TV channel geekTV by signing deals with two more UK operators and in territories as diverse as India, Australasia and South America.
8th May 2007
Mobile media company Player X has partnered with 3D mobile games developer FISHLABS to distribute its premium content in Europe, Asia and South America.
29th May 2007
Mobile media company Player X's mobile TV channel geekTV, has been nominated for the Best Content category in the Meffys Mobile Entertainment Awards 2007.
30th May 2007
Mobile media company Player X has expanded its global footprint with the opening of its Indian office.
28th June 2007
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. and LONDON – Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless carrier in the U.S., and mobile media company Player X, have launched Zapper TV – Player X’s family entertainment channel – on Verizon Wireless’ V CAST video on demand service.
6th August 2007
Mobile media company Player X has partnered with brand management company TV-Loonland to publish original Transformers mobile video content in select territories including the UK, Australia, New Zealand and China.
3rd August 2007
Mobile media company Player X has been nominated for the second year running at this year’s upcoming Mobile Entertainment awards.
16th August 2007
Mobile media company Player X has continued its expansion by moving its London Head Office to a 50-person facility in the heart of Soho as well as hiring Chris Hanage as European Sales Director.
23rd August 2007
Mobile media company Player X has today unveiled its glamourous new gaming franchise with the first title Hollywood Hospital launching in Q4 2007.
23rd August 2007
Mobile media and VC-backed company Player X is now officially one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK, ahead of companies in oil, commercial property, vehicle leasing, and even bone graft substitutes.
20th September 2007
Leading UK operator O2 has appointed mobile media company Player X as the official aggregator for its mobile games catalogue.
18th September 2007
Mobile media company Player X is now an award-winning mobile media company after picking up the award for Best Mobile Video and TV Service Provider at this year’s prestigious ME Awards.
1st October 2007
Mobile Media Company Player X is working in partnership with Amobee Media Systems to launch in-game advertising for its portfolio of award-winning mobile games.
17th October 2007
Mobile media company Player X and Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group have launched a series of mobile video animations based on 1980’s hit television show Knight Rider. Series one of Knight Rider: Turbo Boost (The animated series) consists of six tongue-in-cheek, three-minute Retrosodes™ inspired by the classic show.
12th November 2007
Award-winning media company Player X has partnered with online games developer FreezeTag to co-launch the latest version of classic family toy Etch A Sketch ® across online and mobile games.
28th November 2007
Award-winning mobile media company Player X has continued its global expansion by opening up an Australian office in Sydney.
19th December 2007
Turner Broadcasting has today announced that it has extended its agreement with award-winning mobile media company Player X to distribute a raft of new Turner mobile games in 2008.
