Professional Images For 3G Phone Users

Comstock Images and Moviso LLC announced a licensing deal that will put Comstock's renowned collection of professional images on mobile phones worldwide. The deal enables consumers to personalize their handsets with a wide variety of premium images in categories that include animals, lifestyle imagery, humorous characters, travel scenes and calendar-quality landscapes.

"Our worldwide licensing agreement with Comstock results in a variety of rich, color graphics for mobile distribution - adding to the largest library of mobile media," said Shawn Conahan, Moviso president. "With Comstock imagery now available, our clients can continue to provide the kind of rich content that attracts and builds loyalty in consumers."

Henry Scanlon, CEO of Comstock stated, "We have three image divisions that operate under varying licensing models, and our royalty free image division has been configured specifically to incorporate the agility necessary to forge this type of alliance. Our agreement with Moviso opens up a new opportunity for image distribution and is an example of the model we have envisioned."

The images will be available this spring to Moviso's select carrier clients that offer compatible handsets, as well as forthcoming handset models with enhanced media capabilities. Moviso offers the largest, legal catalog of mobile media content in North America to the world's largest network operators, mobile device manufacturers, entertainment and media companies, and retailers, including Nokia, T-Mobile, Yahoo! Music, 7-Eleven and Wherehouse.

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