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Thursday, June 15, 2006

Mobile Entertainment: Higginson criticises Mob rule

Mobile Entertainment: Higginson criticises Mob rule

Having never been a fan of Monstermob I'm not sure what to make of this. The article references:

"difficult conditions in the UK market due to recently introduced premium content subscription regulation has impacted Monstermob's bottom line"

And for those who need a translation it means that their overall aggressive sales, marketing and advertising practices were part of the Crazy Frog regulatory backlash. The business model was heavily weighted on taking advantage of consumers who didn't read the fine print in the terms and conditions.

In a recent interview with a mobile network operator in the UK it was pointed out that Jamster (the company behind the Crazy Frog) had actually cleaned up their act and that the real regulatory offender was Monstermob but that they had dodged the PR bullet associated with the Crazy Frog.

Besides trying to re-jig their business plan by adding full track music downloads Monstermob are continuing with the aggressive tactics but have moved them to Asia Pac where regulations are not so strict.

"Direct-to-consumer giant Monstermob has been expanding agressively overseas, particularly in Asia Pacific."

Has the board of directors decided that it is time to take the company legit and they want a new CEO to do it? Or did Higginson see the end of the line and try to course correct the company to more ethical business models but at the short term expense of revenues? Who knows?

Let's see what their next move is and maybe that will give us some answers.

posted by Troy Norcross at 8:58 AM

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