The NCAA will be meeting June 13-14 in Indianapolis. By the end of the meeting, it is possible that a subcommittee will sponsor legislation lobbying to limit text messages from college coaches for next year. The earliest any changes could occur would be January 2007.
So, for now college coaches, text away using your cell phone [...]
Cingular Wireless reported that American Idol generated a whopping 64.5 million text message votes. This breaks last year’s previous record of 41.5 million text message votes.
This year’s total was buoyed by additional mobile data content offerings such as Idol Tones that were available just 24 hours after the show. Moreover, fans were also lured by [...]
Top football and basketball recruits are being courted by universities through text messages.
College coaches say that texting has become a rampant part of the recruiting business. High school athletes tend to respond better to text messages than phone voice messages. Moreover, the NCAA does not limit the amount of text messages that can be sent [...]
THE MOST POWERFUL ADVERTISING MEDIUM OF ALL TIME
By Anthony Wayne
Text Message Blog (http://www.textmessageblog.blogspot.com/)
Philadelphia – Do any of you carry around an advertisement on your keys? You know what I’m talking about. The little plastic membership key tags to Acme, Blockbuster, or your local gym.
What a powerful advertising medium this is. It’s right in your pocket [...]
Accessing mobile content is now bigger than Oprah!
According to an article in Wireless Week, more than 24 million people in the USA access the mobile internet each month. That’s bigger than the entire audience nationwide for the Oprah Winfrey Show!
Most important, mobile data content gives advertisers the audience that it craves — 18 to 34’s. [...]
As of the end of first quarter, 2006, this is the market share of subscribers per carrier in the United States.
1. Cingular 55.8 million
2. Verizon 53.0 million
3. Sprint/Nextel 48.9 million
4. T-mobile 22.7 million
5. ALLTELL 10.8 million (including Midwest Wireless & Western Wireless)
6. US Cellular 5.5 million
7. Cricket/Leap 1.7 million
8. Dobson/Cellular One 1.7 million
9. Boost 2.o [...]
900 Numbers Still Big Draw for Television Audiences
ABC’s Wide World of Sports proves that television viewers love to interact with television programs via 900 numbers.
Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) May 8, 2006 — ABC’s Wide World of Sports proves that television viewers love to interact with television programs via 900 numbers.
When most people think about 900 numbers [...]
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