When Peter Vesterbacka visited China last spring, the marketing chief for Rovio, the Finnish firm behind the video game Angry Birds, saw fake Angry Birds products everywhere - and he was happy about it. full story ![]()
Rovio, the creator of the "Angry Birds" game franchise, said Tuesday it will further expand the scope of its business by publishing games made by third-party developers under its popular Rovio brand name.
wsj.com (5 days ago)

HELSINKI -- Mobile game developer Rovio Entertainment Ltd. says the popular Angry Birds franchise helped it double revenue in 2012, with net profit surging more than 55 percent to 55.5 million euros ($71.2 million). The Finnish company says that sales last year were 152.2 million euros, up from 75.6 million euro a year earlier. Net profit in 2011 was 35.4 million euros. CEO...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 15 days ago)

Angry Birds Friends is the least interesting product that Rovio has ever put out. How would I have done it differently? I'm so glad you asked!
wired.com (11 days ago)
Rovio Entertainment used SXSW 2013 to announce its latest expansion into traditional entertainment. Beginning March 16, a new episode of Angry Birds Toons will be released each week on broadcast platforms around the world, including Comcast in the US and Samsung Smart TVs. Beginning March 17, Rovio will add a “Toons” button to all of its Angry Birds apps, which will be right...
forbes.com (2 months and 10 days ago)
Filed under: Investing -Rovio Entertainment Launches Angry Birds Toons Video Channel with Brightcove Video Cloud Enables Angry Birds fans around the world to watch 52 on-demand episodes across Smart TVs, smartphones and tablets BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Brightcove (NAS: BCOV) , a leading global provider of cloud content services, today announced that Rovio Entertainment,...
dailyfinance.com (1 month and 16 days ago)
As "Angry Birds" maker Rovio ventures more into licensing and theme parks, it's transforming more into Disney and away from being a game maker.
wsj.com (1 month and 13 days ago)

When Angry Birds came out of nowhere, many people thought it was a fluke. The Finnish startup that had gone through a series of name changes and launched dozens of games that failed to take off. Finally, they had a game that people were playing. Given their track record, the odds of Rovio doing it again were slim. But maybe there's something in the cold, unpolluted air of...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 8 days ago)
Ever start playing Angry Birds on your phone, but later wish you could pick up where you left off from your tablet? Now you can!
pcmag.com (12 days ago)

The first episode of the 'Angry Birds Toon' series will bow March 16 on Rovio's website and on air in Ukraine.
hollywoodreporter.com (2 months and 23 days ago)
Rovio Stars is the first time that Rovio will release games that were not developed in-house.
pcmag.com (5 days ago)
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