Another milestone has been reached by Buongiorno through the launch of a global consumer brand called BlinkoGold – a premium digital store delivering richer content alongside unique offerings, like streamed pop concerts and live comedy shows. Product innovation is core, demonstrable through the recent Ferrari partnership offering content to mobile phone users in Italy, Spain, Brazil and the US. 2007 also saw the award-winning TIM Music Store gain more than 1.7 million downloadable tracks. In early 2008 the mobile social networking application BING was rolled out internationally.
Partnerships: Telco, Media and Web Luminaries Buongiorno works with the world’s most prominent carriers, media and Net powerhouses. Its portfolio is offered through partnerships with more than 100 leading telecom companies, including, Vodafone, Orange, TIM; Telefonica and T-mobile in Europe; Sprint, Verizon and AT&T in the US, Quatar andKuwait’s Wataniya in the Middle East and Africa, and India’s BSNL.
Media and internet partners include Disney, Sony Pictures, MGM, Viacom, Latin American Juggernaut Televisa, Japan’s Sanrio, Spanish leaders Telecinco, IndiaTimes, Italian publisher Gruppo L’Espresso and Vietnam’s Vietnamnet. Some tap Buongiorno to run their own mobile media operations, others license their material for the Company to sell directly through BlinkoGold. They use Buongiorno to distribute music, games, images and videos for a wide range of titles including 007 Casino Royale, Cars and South Park.
Buongiorno has deals with all four major record labels; Warner, Universal, Sony BMG and EMI, selling everything from ringtones to full track songs. The artist list is vast containing Madonna, Beyonce, 50 Cent…The Company offers 500,000+ products and varies them by region, allowing cultural autonomy.
