VdopiaTM, the Leader in Mobile Video Advertising, Expands Management Team for Exciting New Product Launches
Vdopia Inc., the leading mobile video advertising company, announced today the expansion of its management team. Joining the company are Robert Palma as Senior Vice President of Network Sales and Joshua M. Kruter as Vice President of Marketing.
According to Saurabh Bhatia, Vdopia co-founder and Chief Business Officer, ”Our iVdopia mobile ad portfolio is now serving upwards of 100 million mobile video advertising impressions a month, along with billions of rich media ads, across iPhone®, iPad®, Android® and BlackBerry® devices.”
“We’re connecting the world’s biggest brands with their target audiences via premium content sites. The addition of these proven leaders enables Vdopia to super-serve our existing clients and partners, while also preparing us to deliver new, game-changing solutions we have planned for 2011.”
About the New Team
Robert Palma, Senior Vice President – Network Sales
Robert joins Vdopia from CafeMom where, as SVP of Sales, he grew the company’s revenues and relationships with the biggest brands and agencies. CafeMom experienced significant revenue growth under Robert’s leadership. Robert was previously Regional VP of Sales at MySpace and District Sales Manager at Microsoft’s MSN property.
Joshua M. Kruter, Vice President – Marketing
Josh’s deep experience spans integrated marketing, strategic planning, sales development and mobile solutions at both clients and publishers. He has delivered measurable results at recognized global brands including Virgin — where he led go-to-market planning and launched new products for Virgin Mobile USA — and Forbes, where he played key roles as Forbes Inc. grew into a diversified media company with digital, television and worldwide print properties.
About Vdopia
Vdopia Inc. is a leader in the online video and mobile advertising space, enabling major brands to engage their desired audiences in premium content environments. Its iVdopia mobile advertising solutions deliver more than 100 million mobile video ad impressions and billions of rich media ad impressions each month for clients including Starbucks, McDonalds, Coca-Cola, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers and Miller — making Vdopia the largest mobile video and rich media advertising network. Vdopia is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices across the U.S. and in India. Learn more about Vdopia’s mobile solutions at www.iVdopia.com.
Dorsey named as Executive Chairman by Twitter
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey returns to the company’s day-to-day operations in the new position of Executive Chairman.
A tweet by Twitter CEO Dick Costolo announced that Dorsey will be “leading product” in his new position.
Dorsey confirmed in a tweet that he will also remain CEO of his mobile payments start-up Square. Dorsey was Twitter CEO until 2008, when co-founder Evan Willams took over.
Twitter Co-Founder quashes sale rumors
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone stated that his popular micro-blogging website is not for sale.
Stone was responding to reports published this week that JPMorgan Chase & Co. is in talks to purchase a one-tenth stake in the website for $450 million. An earlier report in other newspaper said that both Google and Facebook have approached the company about a takeover.
Stone claimed that the only talks with Facebook were “a couple of years ago” and that most of the reports are rumors. He revealed that Twitter is, has been, and will always continue to be an independent company no matter what rumors are swirling.
The Twitter site, which allows participants to broadcast short messages to large numbers of followers is used by political figures ranging from U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley to Republican presidential prospect Sarah Palin.
It was credited with helping to enable rebels to organize political protests that toppled the government of Egypt and is threatening the rule of Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi. Estimates of its value range up to $10 billion.
Google retakes top position in Mobile Web Charts
The most popular websites on mobile phones using the Opera Mini mobile web browser shows that Google once again rests at the top of the “State of the Mobile Web” top 30 list.
Last year Facebook was at this position, but this year Google returned to claim the top spot from more than 80 million Opera Mini users worldwide, knocking Facebook to the second spot.
Another high flier on the mobile web is the microblogging service Twitter, while the older social network Friendster is decreasing in popularity globally. The rapid growth of Twitter, rising eight places to #13 in the ranking, is mirrored by the rise of the social website Orkut as Brazilian web users take Opera Mini to their hearts.
According to Jon von Tetzchner, Co-founder, Opera Software, they believe people with access to information lead more social, more informed and more empowered lives. Growth in mobile browsing means the Web is pushing beyond its traditional borders. If the first era of the Web was about expanding the capability and content of the Web, the second age is clearly about access. In Opera we believe that access to the Web is a universal right.
Top 10 global mobile websites for November 2010 are as follows:
- Google.com (up 1)
- Facebook.com (down 1)
- Vkontakte.ru (Stood at the same position)
- Youtube.com (up 4)
- Odnoklassniki.ru (down 1)
- Yandex.ru (up 1)
- Yahoo.com (up 2)
- My.opera.com (down 2)
- Mail.ru (down 4)
- Getjar.com (up 3)
Apalya Powers RCOM’s 3G Mobile TV services (India)
Reliance Communications has tied up with Apalya Technologies, Mobile media and entertainment for Mobile TV service for their 3G service. The partnership will cater to the needs of ever growing consumer base who demand anytime anywhere entertainment.
Apalya had recently added Discovery, Nat Geo, and Disney Channels taking the offering now to more than 100 plus channels.
We are seeing tremendous demand for Mobile TV services from customers across India. Our partnership with RCOM is demonstrates our dominant leadership and tremendous credibility that we enjoy in mobile space, says Vamshi Krishna Reddy, Co-founder, Apalya Technologies.
The tariffs for the mobile TV services will include daily sachet packs along with daily, weekly and monthly subscription rates. There will be no separate data charges and bundled prepaid and postpaid plans will be offered.
