The worldwide market for mobile phones slowed slightly in the first quarter of 2004 due to expected seasonal effects, but still managed to post impressive growth year-on-year. According to IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone QView, worldwide mobile phone shipments decreased sequentially by 5.9% in 1Q04 and increased by 29.3% year-over-year to 152.7 million units. Additionally, the nascent market for converged mobile devices, or “smartphones,” posted a sequential decrease of 5.5% but a year-over-year increase of 85.8%.
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Copa Libertadores Boost Audience Delivery @ Fox Sports en Español.
Fox Sports en Español continues to set new ratings records with its live, mid-week telecasts of the prestigious South American soccer competition Copa Toyota Libertadores. Fox Sports en Español’s telecasts of the 2004 Copa since the end of January have given the channel the top spot in delivery of Hispanic households for live sports programming in all of Spanish-language cable television for the broadcast 2004 year to date, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Latin Grammys On September 1, 2004.
The Latin Recording Academy announced that its celebration of the 5th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will take place on September 1 and will originate from Los Angeles’ landmark Shrine Auditorium. The show – which features performances from some of the genre’s most important and exciting artists – will broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 9-11 p.m. (ET/PT). In addition to its U.S. broadcast, the 5th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast in approximately 100 countries worldwide.
