Mobile soap opera

Mobile soap opera is a soap opera developed for the mobile phone platform. The series can be viewed by mobile phones, the internet or MSN Messenger. Subscribers register online and receive two episodes a day, each episode consisting of about 6 or 7 pictures and accompanying text.

Mobile soap opera was first introduced into the Netherlands in 2003 with the series Jong Zuid. The concept was introduced to Australia on April 22nd 2005 with the series fanTESStic.

The concept was awarded the Best Mobile Application Award Europe 2003.

External links

• Mobile soap opera - Ericsson Best Mobile Application Award Europe 2003
• Jong Zuid: MSN site of the first Dutch mobile soap opera (in Dutch)
• Sydney Morning Herald 6 May 2005: Soaps slip into phones
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Southern Star: Australia's first mobile soap opera