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12 Nov 2009 09:41
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Mobile Streams Plc
("Mobile Streams" or "the Company")
Mobile Streams appointsΒ Chief OperatingΒ Officer
London,Β UKΒ -Β 12Β NovemberΒ 2009 -Β Mobile Streams, the global mobile content retailer,Β announcesΒ today that itΒ has appointedΒ Arnd AschentrupΒ toΒ the newly created position ofΒ ChiefΒ OperatingΒ Officer.
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In his new roleΒ as COO, ArndΒ willΒ be responsible for managingΒ allΒ aspects ofΒ Mobile Streams'Β content activities globally including licensing,Β preparation, distribution and reporting.Β Β Arnd will also take charge of a number of important corporate functions including those of human resources and legalΒ services, as well as responsibility for the European commercial region.
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ArndΒ joinedΒ Mobile StreamsΒ in 2006 when itΒ acquiredΒ a companyΒ thatΒ he co-founded,Β Cyoshi Mobile. Prior to that, Arnd co-foundedΒ Cyoshi Crucial,Β a TV and new media production company. He alsoΒ worked as a business consultant with McKinsey & CoΒ andΒ holds aΒ diploma in Media Management as well as beingΒ a scholar of the German National Merit Foundation.
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"I amΒ convinced that there are tremendous opportunities for building on theΒ Mobile Streams'Β strong foundationΒ of people, relationships, expertise, brands, content, distribution and technology," saidΒ Arnd Aschentrup. "I feel privilegedΒ to be taking on this broaderΒ role in the Company'sΒ future success."
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"The appointment of Arnd as our first Chief Operating Officer is an important milestone for our Company as we strive toΒ become the most efficient and responsive global mobile content retailer.Β Β Along with the appointment of Ian Brewer as CFO, we now have a strong management team in place to serve our current customers and lead the company into its next growth phase," commented, Simon Buckingham, Mobile Streams CEO.Β
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About Mobile StreamsΒ
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Mobile Streams retails and distributes mobile content globally through the mobile internet via itsΒ www.Ringtones.comΒ andΒ www.MobileGaming.comΒ superstores; mobile application stores including Apple iTunes and Google AndroidTM; and mobile operator portals and storefronts.
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Mobile Streams operates subsidiaries in North America, Europe, Latin America andΒ Asia.
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For more information, please go toΒ www.mobilestreams.com. Follow Mobile Streams on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/MobileStreamsΒ and Twitter (http://twitter.com/MobileStreamsCo).
Enquiries
Mobile Streams +44 20 7665 8240
Simon Buckingham, Chief Executive Officer
Victoria Taylor, Global Communications Manager
Nominated Adviser
Grant ThorntonΒ Corporate Finance +44 20 7383 5100
Philip Secrett
Broker
Singer Capital Markets Limited +44 20 3205 7500
Jeff Keating
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