Flycell to Send Lucky VIP to See Duffy Live

Flycell and The Island Def Jam Music Group Team Up for a Daily Trivia and Music Awards Predictions Contest at Flycell

To gear up for music’s biggest night of the year, The Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJ), a unit of Universal Music Group, and Flycell, Inc. (www.Flycell.com), the popular mobile and online media and entertainment company, have teamed up for a promotional contest around the music awards show airing February 8th at 8pm. The promotional contest, open to all Flycell subscribers and visitors, will feature 30 days of music trivia with daily prize packs and an ‘And the Winner Is…’ prediction contest with a grand prize VIP trip for two to see this year’s GRAMMY® nominee for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Pop Vocal Album, Duffy, in concert at a secret location, including round trip airfare, concert tickets, hotel accommodations, and a jam-packed VIP Duffy goodie bag.

Flycell’s ‘Daily Nominee Trivia Game’ and its ‘And the Winner Is…’ ballot prediction contest kicked off January 9th and closes February 8th at Noon (ET). Get in on Flycell’s music awards prize action by visiting http://www.flycell.com/music-awards daily to play music trivia and complete your ballot predicting the winners of music’s biggest night of the year.

Daily trivia winners, drawn at random from all correct entries, will receive a three-item prize pack featuring prizes like CDs, concert DVDs, Box Sets, lyric books, vinyls, T-Shirts, album drop cards, signed posters, calendars, and other merchandise featuring GRAMMY nominated artists Ne-Yo, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Duffy, NAS, Mariah Carey, Ludacris and others. Island Def Jam artists racked up a total of 36 nominations.

Think you know who will take home the gilded gramophones this year? Correctly predict this year’s winners at http://www.flycell.com/music-awards-ballot to be entered to win the grand prize trip for two to see Duffy live in concert at a secret location, sponsored by IDJMobile.

“In celebration of music’s biggest night Flycell has partnered with some of the biggest names in the industry to bring fans a fun way to interact and strut their music knowledge,” said Lindsey Weinger, vice president of web experience at Flycell. “A month’s worth of cool trivia prizes and an amazing VIP grand prize is Flycell’s open invitation for music lovers to visit Flycell.com and celebrate the best music we’ve heard all year.”

Don’t miss this year’s 51st annual GRAMMY Awards airing Sunday, February 8 at 8PM (ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

About Island Def Jam
The Island Def Jam Music Group is home to a multi-cultural and diverse family of artists and has fast become one of the most successful labels in the industry. It is comprised of Island Records and Def Jam Recordings, and is in partnerships with Disturbing Tha Peace and Slip N Slide. The roster boasts an array of talented artists including Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Kanye West, Fall Out Boy, The Killers, The-Dream, Melissa Etheridge, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, NAS, Bon Jovi, Ludacris, Lionel Richie, Rihanna, Hoobastank, Sum 41, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy and Ne-Yo.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination. Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more. The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services. Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2004, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO). For more information concerning Flycell visit: http://www.flycell.com.

GRAMMY® is a registered trademark of The Recording Academy, and is not owned or licensed by Flycell or IDJMobile.

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Universal Music Group (UMG) Joins Flycell to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

UMG to Provide Exclusive Content for New Flycell Website Featuring World’s Leading Latin Artists

  • Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company, and Flycell, Inc., the popular mobile, online media and entertainment company, will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the launch of a Spanish-language version of Flycell.com (http://espanol.flycell.com). 
  • As part of UMG’s preexisting agreement with Flycell, users of the new site will have access to the world’s broadest array of chart-topping Latin music superstars.
  • Content on the new site will feature exciting new Spanish-language mobile products including exclusive voice tones and shout-outs from UMG artists. 
  • Hispanic Heritage Month began on September 15 and celebrates the contributions to the United States by people of Hispanic origin which, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, includes more than 44 million people or one in seven people living in the United States.
  • This new collaboration between UMG and Flycell brings fresh content, including exclusive voice tones and shout-outs from artists like RKM and Ken Y, to Flycell’s new Spanish-language site, and features ringtones and other mobile media from today’s most popular Latin artists.
  • With the latest in mobile media and entertainment to personalize cell phones offered all in one place, this new Spanish language website serves as a one-stop-shop for Spanish-speaking customers.
  • Flycell delivers mobile entertainment and personalization on the fly to customers all across the globe. 
  • Whether it is ringtones, wallpapers, themes or games, everything people need for personalized mobile lifestyles is available on the Flycell website, www.flycell.com.
  • To visit the Spanish-language version of Flycell.com and to download exclusive Universal Music ringtones and shout-outs, visit http://espanol.flycell.com.
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Lindsey Weinger, Vice President of Web Experience at Flycell

“As the consumption of mobile entertainment continues to grow, Flycell is meeting the demands of our Spanish speaking customers and serving an ever broader audience with popular Latin-specific content including the most current ringtones and mobile media from artists like Enrique Iglesias, Luis Fonsi, Jenni Rivera, and Grupo Montez de Durango. What better time to introduce our Spanish-language offering than during the month dedicated to celebrating Hispanic heritage and culture?”

Skander Goucha, Vice President of Digital for Universal Music Latin Entertainment

“Latin Music remains one of the industry’s fastest growing and most dynamic genres, and we are committed to expanding the marketplace for it even further. Flycell continues to provide a dynamic platform for consumers to enjoy their favorite Latin music while giving our artists another significant online presence that creates an even closer connection with music fans.”

About Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is the world’s leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry’s leading global music publishing operation.

Universal Music Group’s record labels include Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, Fonovisa, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal Music Latino, Universal Records South, and Verve Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which includes the last 100 years of the world’s most popular artists and their recordings. UMG’s catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, its new media and technologies division; Bravado, its merchandising company; Twenty-First Artists, its full service management division; and Helter Skelter, its live music agency.

Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.

About Flycell
Flycell, Inc. is a leading mobile and online media and entertainment destination.  Flycell lets people from all walks of life personalize their phones with the mobile content that reflects their own unique tastes in entertainment, sports, games and more.  The company partners with media companies and mobile network operators globally that utilize Flycell’s cutting edge multimedia applications and services.  Headquartered in New York, N.Y. and launched in 2004, Flycell is a wholly-owned subsidiary of wireless services company Acotel Group (MIL: ACO). For more information concerning Flycell visit: http://www.flycell.com.

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