MobiTV Promotes Discovery's Shark Week On New SoLow
The Shark Week promotion represents SoLow's only sponsored game at launch, but a spokesperson said the site aims to have 80% of the auctions sponsored, and the other 20% tagged to "cool stuff." (For example, titles of other current auctions include "Nintendo Wii," "Tag Heuer Watch," and "Las Vegas Vacation.")
To celebrate its launch, SoLow is also entering all game players through October 16 into a $2 million sweepstakes, which it says is the largest mobile prize to date.
Low-bid auctions, where users compete to make the lowest unique bid, are a hot trend in the text-messaging space. After texting in a bid, a feedback message is received, such as telling the user that the bid is too high. Games can also be played from users' computers.
Other key players in the space include limbo.com, which has run several promotions with NBC/Universal's Bravo.
The "Ultimate Shark Week Vacation" game will award its grand-prize winner with a trip for two to Longboat Key, FL, including a visit to a natural shark habitat. MobiTV's Shark Week offerings, from Discovery Mobile, include made-for-mobile shows as well as clips from the cable channel's programming.
SendMe, Inc., based in San Francisco, was founded a year ago, with venture capital financing from Spark Capital and True Ventures.
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