Entertainment

American Wagering subsidiary Leroy’s Sportsbook has launched a sports betting application for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry just in time for football season.

Theater fans and tourists can now buy Broadway and Off-Broadway Times Square TKTS-priced discount tickets via a new mobile application.

Movie ticket vendor Fandango’s commerce-enabled Android application has surpassed 1.5 million downloads since its launch at the beginning of the year.

Mobile Entertainment Forum North America has launched the first edition of the MEF Guide to M-Commerce.

Universal Studios, Walt Disney Studios, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. are offering Apple users pay-per-view streaming movies.

GetGlue is monetizing its new application for iPhone with mobile commerce affiliate relationships and branded stickers given as rewards.

Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s Tickets.com has incorporated the ProVenueMobile ticketing service for all 13 of its MLB clients.

Woozworld Inc., a Web 2.0 virtual world powered by tweens with more than one million user-generated virtual spaces, has partnered with mobile payment platform Zong.

Indiagames and Sidebar, a company specializing in merchandising services for mobile content recommendations, are partnering to drive sales of mobile games.

Gameloft, a developer of video games, has turned its attention to the iPad and is driving sales of eight paid applications for Apple’s tablet in the App Store.