Chirpy Angry Birds maker eyes IPO golden egg
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment said sales jumped tenfold to $100 million last year as gamers flocked to download its titles, adding business was now strong enough for a stock market listing. The Finnish startup making Angry Birds games -- in which players use a slingshot to attack pigs who steal the birds' eggs -- has been valued by analysts at up to $9 billion, just short of that of struggling world No.2 phonemaker... full story 
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'Angry Birds Toons' to Start Airing
'Angry Birds' maker Rovio plans to release its first-ever animated series this week across mobile devices, TV channels, connected TVs and streaming-media boxes, the clearest sign yet the popular mobile-game maker believes its future is in becoming an entertainment company.
wsj.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
Profits soar for Angry Birds creator
ROVIO, the Finnish maker of the hugely popular mobile game Angry Birds, has announced a 57 per cent rise in net profit last year.
news.com.au (1 month and 20 days ago)
TechBit: ‘Angry Birds Friends’ makes the popular game competitive
The Angry Birds franchise has taken us plenty of places. We’ve flung birds in Rio and in a galaxy far, far away, but now game-maker Rovio is attacking an entirely new frontier: the competitive arena. “Angry Birds Friends” taps your into your network of Facebook friends to offer a new dimension to its familiar game. Users can play weekly tournaments with their friends with...
washingtonpost.com (13 days ago)
Angry Birds Will Never Die. Now There's A Movie In The Works.
Sony announced today that it has won worldwide distribution rights to the upcoming Angry Birds movie which is slated to hit theaters July 1, 2016. Apparently several studios were vying for the rights. In a press release Sony Pictures Entertainment's co-chairmen Michael Lynton and Amy Pascal said: Every studio in town would love to add Angry Birds to their slate. There are...
forbes.com (9 days ago)
Profit Up for Angry Birds Maker
Rovio Entertainment, the Finnish company that created the Angry Birds mobile game franchise, said net profit in 2012 was up 57% over the prior year as demand for its games and licensed merchandise continued to grow.
wsj.com (1 month and 21 days ago)
Angry Birds maker sees profits surge
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).
philly.com (1 month and 21 days ago)
Angry Birds maker sees profits surge
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).
miamiherald.com (1 month and 21 days ago)
Angry Birds maker sees profits surge
HELSINKI (AP) -- 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)....
ap.org (1 month and 21 days ago)
Angry Birds maker sees profits surge
HELSINKI (AP) — 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).
boston.com (1 month and 21 days ago)
Angry Birds Toons to Start Airing
Angry Birds maker Rovio plans to release its first-ever animated series later this week across mobile devices, TV channels, and streaming media boxes, the clearest sign yet that the mobile-game leader believes its future is in becoming an entertainment company.
wsj.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
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