ORLANDO, Fla., March 29, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- MEF Americas held its annual meeting on March 27 to discuss the past year's accomplishments and elect its new board. With consumer-centric initiatives on ad-funded content, communities and mobile education, MEF Americas has established itself as the definitive association for mobile entertainment and is poised to influence developing sectors of the industry with a diverse board and an expanded membership.
Ted Cohen, MEF Americas Chairman, said, "MEF is leading the charge on providing companies with the necessary tools to deliver a superior customer experience. Our new Americas board spans the mobile value chain and will provide our chapter with considerable expertise to help grow the market and build a trusted mobile environment."
The continuing board of MEF Americas includes Ted Cohen (Managing Partner, TAG Strategic), Jill Braff (General Manager, Americas & SVP Worldwide Marketing, Glu Mobile), John Burris (VP Wireless Data Services, Sprint) and Dave Ulmer (Senior Director of Entertainment Products), Motorola). Cohen was re-elected by the new board as chair and Ulmer will serve as vice chair. The new board members are as follows:
* Edward Boddington, Chief Executive Officer of Harvest Media Group * Adam Sexton, Chief Marketing Officer of Groove Mobile * Kenneth Young, Chief Marketing Officer of LCC International
"MEF is truly a unique organization in that its members are from all different aspects of the mobile industry who are coming together to increase mobile entertainment adoption," said Patrick Parodi, MEF Global Chairman. "The diversity of our members is our strength, and what gives our initiatives the power to change the industry. We are very proud to welcome our new members and we look forward to the insights they will contribute to the forum."
MEF welcomed the following new companies to its membership roster:
* Blue Frog
* Music Reports
* News International
* Nokia
* Lavalife
* LCC
* Player X
* Telescope
For more information and a full list of members, please visit www.m-e-f.org.
About Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF)
MEF exists to represent the interests of its global membership across the mobile entertainment value chain. Our goals are to build awareness, create business development opportunities and facilitate the development of commercial guidelines and best practices to promote a healthy and profitable industry.
With global headquarters in London, a Hollywood-based Americas secretariat, an Asian chapter in Hong Kong and the newly established Europe branch, MEF's network of members represents a veritable 'Who's Who' of mobile entertainment businesses and entrepreneurs.