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The Killing’s TV interactive campaign invites all APAC fanatics to vote in real time, participate in an exciting competition, and get a chance of winning a Smartphone.

TheTMSway has entered into a partnership with Fox channel to make its suspense TV series “The Killing” real time interactive. The company provides a TMS code “FOX 2010” integrated into The Killing TV spot promo wherein viewers can enter in their phone (going to www.TMSsearch.com) to instantly access to the optimized and localized version of the show’s mobile interactive site. The site enables Asian fanatics to interact, vote, watch previews of the series every week, and get a view of exclusive trailers, such as the Spielberg’s upcoming series (Terra Nova).

The voting functionality, provided by TMS, enables Asian audiences to participate to a poll question of who, among the characters, is the prime suspect in the killing of Rosie Larsen. Every week, the mobile site reveals the pulse of the Asia-Pacific audiences. TheTMSway has also integrated social tools in the mobile site to enable sharing or recommendation to friends via email, Facebook, and Twitter.

Providing this service to FOX, TMS enables the channel to access unto the real time high value metrics and data which provide a better understanding of the viewer community and give opportunity for the channel advertiser to access to a new generation of Interactive TV spots that leverage a localized and personalized conversation with viewers.

Entertainment is filled with excitement as Fox Channel will give Blackberry Torch 9800 Smartphone for the ten (10) lucky winners. The competition applies to audiences in the south Asian countries within the scope and broadcast coverage of Fox channel: Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Maldives.

TheTMSway (www.thetmsway.com) is the provider of TMS, a post SMS Telco-free short code system that takes brands and all forms of media unto an exciting interactive ‘touch point’, enabling consumers to immediately interact with an offer or content and share it with friends.

The Killing TMS promo is running on FOXSEA (and FOX PHI). The campaign runs until November 2, 2011.

Recent study on mobile media reports the rise of consumer usage to consequently open new landscape for global marketers.

In a report published on Brandweek, the study conducted by IPG’s Universal McCann and AOL reveals 80% of smart-phone users satisfied to the quality of Internet on their mobile devices.

The research study has presented 95% of the respondents saying they used mobile media to fill downtime; 82% said they use it at work; 81% of the respondents use mobile while shopping; 80% at home; and 65% while commuting to their offices.

Stuart Rodnick, Senior director of Strategic Insights at AOL, describes the mobile to lead into a “social transformation”. And with mobile usage forecasted to grow 60% over the next two years, marketers are advised to formulate ways of communicating about their brands with mobile users, or risking of missing out huge opportunity. READ MORE