November 27, 2012
The Effects of Introducing Advertising in Pay TV: A Model...
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Helmut M. Dietl (Department of Business Administration, IBW, University of Zurich), Markus Lang (Department of Business Administration, IBW, University of Zurich), and Pannlang Lin (Department...
November 14, 2012
Walmart Launches Food Subscription Service Goodies.co
Walmart has rolled out its subscription-based Goodies.co service, which ships samples of food to homes on a monthly basis, notes Tech Crunch. The program initially launched among Walmart employees in...
October 18, 2012
Africa At Forefront Of Payments Innovation
This summer saw the launch of a myriad of payment solutions in the African continent. African countries are leading a quiet revolution in payment methods which has been changing the...
October 12, 2012
U.N: World Has Nearly 6 Billion Cell Phone Subscriptions
The International Telecommunication Union says there were almost 6 billion cell phone subscriptions by the end of 2011, or one for every 86 out of 100 people, reports The Huffington...
October 02, 2012
Ticket Startup MoviePass Debuts Mobile App, Prepaid Debit Cards
MoviePass has launched a new mobile app and prepaid debit card subscription service allowing consumers to pay a flat monthly fee to attend up to one movie per days. The...
September 18, 2012
Australia: Federal Court upholds $375’000 penalty
Two Australian providers of mobile premium services, Global One Mobile Entertainment Ltd and 6G Pty Ltd, have been dismissed the Full Federal Court to appeal against an earlier court decision...
August 30, 2012
Crash Course In Online Piracy
With legal subscription services on the rise, is online piracy really leading to the death of the entertainment industry? The infographic below proves that the answer is no. Digital music...
August 17, 2012
Single-Click Your Way To Mobile Commerce Success
Analysis From Massimiliano Silenzi, Head of Onebip In the era of smartphones and tablets, today’s mobile consumers have shown an incredible appetite for consuming content and media....
August 08, 2012
Facebook Flips The Switch On Subscription Payments
Facebook is giving all developers access to subscription payment systems this week. Only a handful of developers including Zynga have had access to the feature since June, when the social...
