pallywood , a portmanteau of " palestinian " and " hollywood " , is a coinage that has been used to describe media manipulation , distortion or fraud by the palestinians and other arabs designed to win the public relations war against israel .

the incidents of the muhammad al-durrah tapes and the 2006 lebanon war photographs controversies ( dubbed " hizbollywood " or " hezbollywood " ) are notable events which have been cited as examples .

the term has been coined and publicized in part by richard landes , as a result of an online documentary video he produced called pallywood : according to palestinian sources , alleging specific instances of media manipulation .

pallywood

on my blog , i deconstructed the pallywood claim in an entry called from pallywood to the hollycaust .
[ … ] cnn uses video footage of faked palestinian ' injuries ' i didn ' t see another thread on this . pallywood : a history | augean stables pallywood : history definition the term “pallywood” refers to the staging of scenes [ … ]
home our movies according to palestinian sources pallywood ,
according to palestinian sources . . .
but you won’t see that movie in pallywood , or read about it in the new york times .
the # pallywood hashtag is prolific on twitter . here’s an example from infamous israeli lawfare group shurat hadin :
sigh . . . . now # pallywood comes to a gaa match in navan . # tyrone # meath urltoken
pallywood / hizbollywood / fauxtography : staged lethal narratives for wmsnm use purveying israel - goliath / palestinian - victim frame .
for more on pallywood , including extensive raw footage revealing some of its most pervasive activity , see the second draft’s dossier .
these pallywood claims are the response one might expect from desperate people . zionists are beyond desperate . they are verifiably insane .
pallywood ! it remind the reality that the linguistic iq of the zionists is always spent in the service of human regression .
# pallywood father of the year stages his toddler son tries to get him to throw stones calls border police to shoot . urltoken
“pallywood is all about creating a theater of conflict in which palestinians are portrayed as victims and israelis as murderous oppressors , ” he wrote . “the goal of the pallywood culture is to push a political agenda by either misrepresenting events or staging them altogether . ”
the common practice of falsifying injuries on film among arab activists has reached the point where it has been termed
pallywood .
“pallywood is the equivalent of jewywood ? please . the palestinians are not a religion or an ethnic group . they’re a nationality . ”
expert who famously coined the phrase “pallywood” to describe palestinian obfuscation and lying in reporting news , weighs in on hamas tactics in latest war .
– by its sheer drama pallywood leads to western romantization of the palestinian struggle and justification of the most atrocious methods to achieve their aims .
for years , pro - israel media watchdogs have beseeched the government to take a more pro - active approach in refuting ' pallywood ' tactics .
well it must be some kind of a miracle ! this terrorist miraculously went from disabled to cured in a matter of seconds . # pallywood urltoken
i rate this 2nd in pallywood lies . my favorite pallywood lie was the fake funerals in jenin remember after the jenin massacre was proven to be a lie . the palestinians were going to cemetaries and digging up bodies and talking how they were killed in jenin . the greatest example of pallywood , was the palestinians having fake funerals staged for the media to believe they were killed by israel . watch this video of a supposedly dead palestinian the plo said was killed in jenin until the “corpse” falls off and magically regains consciousness . a definite contender for best pallywood video of the year award . urltoken
the media loves to victimize the palestinians . this picture pretty much sums it up . ready and . . . . . action ! # pallywood urltoken
[ … ] ontwikkelen frauduleuze technieken van zgn . “fauxtography” voor foto’s en “pallywood” voor video’s . israëli’s waren zelfgenoegzaam over de noodzaak van wat zij [ … ]
red crescent worker shows # pallywood child star photo of idf incident : “good job , ” he told the child .
we got them .
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ben barrack’s new book , unsung davids , features a chapter on richard landes about his fight with pallywood , in addition to a chapter on walid shoebat .
while the bbc may be unrepentant , this episode has served to put the media on alert for any further instances of pallywood staging going on in gaza .
right wing israeli : ignore that video of soldiers kicking a palestinian kid . it & apos ; s pallywood . mainstream israeli : i don & apos ; t know , it looks pretty authentic . right wing israeli : no , no , israeli soldiers wouldn & apos ; t do that . it must be pallywood .
what depth of cynicism does pallywood have to fall to to stage this show with santa clauses ? everybody knows that santa is nobody in islam . i . . .
melissa jane kronfled of the wjc interviewed me today on pallywood and its implications . she’s an excellent interviewer , and i stayed largely coherent despite my characteristic roundabout answers .
honestreporting’s video of this sequence has now been viewed over a quarter of a million times on youtube , helping to expose pallywood to an audience beyond our regular readership .
[ … ] the story begins with israel’s retaliation which must , by definition , be disproportionate . pallywood footage is created to meet the demands of this framing [ … ]
[ … ] this under al dura , pallywood , the syrian boy on the beach and the rest of the fiction as news enemedia churns out daily . [ … ]
[ … ] fake news is in the well - known “pallywood” category : created with staged video and photos to foster a false narrative . actual people may [ … ]
5 . pallywood portrays israel as the aggressor by propagating the ratio of casualties between the two sides as if those with the greatest number of casualties must be the victims .
phan nguyen has some great observations on the “pallywood” smear on his twitter feed . he says he might write up a longer column on it and i hope he does .
[ … ] poi , oltre ai “bambini shahid” le costruzioni pallywood , delle quali il “caso al dura” fu l’antesignano . questo fenomeno di “news” confezionate per le [ … ]
people argued to me then , and a decade later are still arguing via email and letters , that a pallywood staging had to be the explanation . they thought i was naive and gullible to think otherwise . from my point of view , i was applying normal skepticism . yeah , maybe it was pallywood . but where ' s the proof ?
a powerful image from yesterday’s riot on the border with # gaza circulating on # socialmedia . # tip next time crop out the suspicious guy on the ground . # pallywood urltoken
“once again , you are being dishonest . the word “hasbara” is used widely by israelis and their government . “pallywood” is a racist slur . the words are not equivalent . ”
the fatal shooting of two palestinian teens in the west bank this summer ? not faked . not “pallywood . ” not even close . it was exactly what it appeared to be .
landes , who has written extensively on dura , presented evidence at the talk that the affair falls under the rubric of “pallywood” – a staged death to provoke international outrage at israel .
hophmi : once again , you are being dishonest . the word “hasbara” is used widely by israelis and their government . “pallywood” is a racist slur . the words are not equivalent .
[ … ] the twin fraudulent techniques of “fauxtography” for still pictures and “pallywood” for videos . israelis used to be complacent about the need for what they call hasbara , or [ … ]
[ … ] técnicas fraudulentas relacionadas de “la manipulación” de la instantánea y “la producción pallywood” en el caso de los vídeos . los israelíes solían mostrarse complacientes en la necesidad de [ … ]
the stringers the news wire services use in gaza are all hamas supporters , hence the pallywood productions . some formerly anti - jihadist websites used to be quite good at exposing this chicanery .
landes , who famously coined the phrase “pallywood” to describe palestinian obfuscation and outright lying in reporting news events , laid out a comprehensive framework to understand how hamas’s narrative took over the public sphere .
pallywood and the use of false claims for propaganda purposes has a long history , and the palestinians are very good at it . gullible westerners eat up this hype like , well , chocolate .
[ … ] hat mich einmal , dass prof . landes den beginn von „pallywood“ in den libanonkrieg von 1982 legte . offensichtlich wurden dort schon fälschungen vorgenommen und die medien übernahmen eine offen [ … ]
[ … ] charles enderlin , and that his collaboration with abu rahmah goes back to this time ( 1988 ) . indeed , i would date the first “heyday” of pallywood to this [ … ]
[ … ] creative , developing the twin fraudulent techniques of “fauxtography” for still pictures and “pallywood” for videos . israelis used to be complacent about the need for what they call hasbara , or [ … ]
i don ' t have much faith in the media these days , particularly television , which i ' ve given up watching . i came across a link to a short documentary called pallywood . from the
walid shoebat , the grandson of the muslim mukhtar of beit sahour - bethlehem , explained it as another attempt by palestinians to manipulate media and create condemnation for israel , which has been coined “pallywood . ”
[ … ] développant deux techniques frauduleuses semblables : la « fauxtography » pour les images et « pallywood » pour les vidéos . les israéliens avaient coutume de délaisser quelque peu le besoin de ce [ … ]
[ … ] canada what zev chafets documents for the usa in double vision , but also the idea that in the 1980s , pallywood took a great step forward . i intersperse some comments in [ … ]
# pallywood is in # gaza . many thanks to # afp the injured man is obviously unconscious and severely injured , but still manages to hold tight to his buddy , with his left hand ! ! urltoken
[ … ] für mittelalterliche geschichte an der boston university . prof . landes war maßgeblich an der aufdeckung der al – durah affäre beteiligt2005 veröffentlichte er eine 18 - minütige dokumentation pallywood : according to [ … ]
this documentary , a continuation of the earlier
pallywood
, examines the circumstances surrounding the shooting of the explosive footage about muhamed al durah and his father jamal at netzarim junction , september 30 , 2000 .
even dead palestinian children are suspected of acting in pallywood videos . according to blogger thomas wicker , 20 - year - old salem shamaly , executed by an israeli sniper in the gaza neighborhood of shujaiya and caught on film by joe catron / international solidarity movement during the hours of a humanitarian ceasefire in israel’s 51 day 2014 summer slaughter in gaza , was another example of pallywood . but let’s get back to the kids .
[ … ] pallywood : history the term “pallywood” refers to the staging of scenes by palestinian journalists in order to present the palestinians as hapless victims of israeli aggression . they are able to succeed in this endeavor in large part due to the credulity and eagerness of the western press to present these images , which reinforce the image of the palestinian david struggling valiantly against the overpowering israeli goliath . pallywood has led to astonishing lapses in western journalistic standards in which badly staged scenes regularly appear on the news as “real events . ” this page attempts to outline how such lapses could have come about , producing the current situation . [ … ]
[ … ] developing the twin fraudulent techniques of
fauxtography
for still pictures and
pallywood
for videos . israelis used to be complacent about the need for what they call hasbara , or [ … ]
[ … ] in altri paesi , ove non vere e proprie sceneggiate , secondo lo stile ormai noto come “pallywood“ . queste immagini sono ovunque sui siti dei media e sui social network e vengono ancora oggi [ … ]
israel’s defenders on social media are pushing a “pallywood” narrative in reaction to the video gone viral documenting a soldier’s brutal treatment of a child in the occupied village of nabi saleh last friday . shortly after the uk’s daily mail publicized the incident , it revamped its headline , claiming palestinian teen ahed tamimi was a “prolific ‘pallywood star’ “and then claimed that “questions have been raised over the authenticity …” of the event and the proliferation of the video .
pallywood ,
according to palestinian sources . . .
a film by richard landes . international news media extract a few convincing instants of staged scenes - sight - bytes , and present them as news . . .
how is it that reuters does not know the source of its own footage ? it’s completely unacceptable for a supposedly respectable news agency to package unsourced and unverified footage , particularly when the pallywood phenomenon is a known possibility .
[ … ] the jihadists make their case . “hamas does pr , ” by brian c . ledbetter at snapped shot , pallywood history * ’mother of all suicide bombers’ warns of rise in attacksa captured iraqi terrorist [ … ]
[ … ] could also notice a measure of irritation with karsenty , along with the growing questioning of “pallywood , ” “hezbollywood , ” “syriawood , ” and almost any other mideast production . snj , the french [ … ]
pallywood is the equivalent of jewywood ? please . the palestinians are not a religion or an ethnic group . they’re a nationality . the equivalent term for the israelis is hasbara , which you throw around here all the time .
reinforcing my suspicion that this bbc picture editor is part of a pallywood script , a sharp eyed blogger has found an image of a dead child being held by his father , presented by hamas as a victim of an israeli strike .
in times like this , when terror strikes israel , but global news come out twisted and biased , it ' s important to share with everyone what pallywood is , so that people would think twice before falling for the lies . i
when people talk about pallywood , they’re very clearly talking about the palestinians as a national group , not the palestinians as an ethnic group ; otherwise , palestinian - israelis would be included in this definition , and they are clearly not .
[ … ] major news stories . these fake news productions are so common that they are referred to as “pallywood . ” google the word if you want to see just how bad the problem is . yet why don’t news companies [ … ]
please retweet : # mainstreammedia # fake that is how the fake works , this is also done by the # bds movement as well . the # hamas and their # pallywood mates also work in a similar way . # greatreturnmarch # marchofchaos urltoken
i don’t like using small children to front adult protests , no . but while i find the term “pallywood” derogatory , i regard it as a criticism of the tactics of a national movement , and not as a criticism of an ethnic group .
the phenomenon that is pallywood was discovered by richard landes after he gained access to the france 2 studios and was exposed to raw footage or “rushes” from the palestinian territories . his 2006 documentary blew the lid off of a despicable strategy used by palestinians .
4 . pallywood conveniently chooses to downplay and excuse attacks on israel by palestinian terror groups . the 1700 rockets fired by from gaza into israel in 2008 were almost exclusively ignored by the western media , whilst the israeli response was , naturally , heavily publicised .
[ … ] stand by its commitments and not , at the sight , for example of another pallywood production like muhammad al durah , go ballistic and turn on the israelis . this is a rather tenuous branch on which to put so much [ … ]
# terrorist group # hamas continues to sacrifice # palestinian civilians to gain the sympathy of the world and the media . . . and it ' s working ! # greatreturnmarch # jerusalemday # nakba70 # israel # gaza # gazastripe # bds # bdsfails # pallywood urltoken
[ … ] the world to boycott coca cola in order to stop israelis from killing palestinians like this man . pallywood : a history | augean stables guests cannot see images in the messages . please register to forum by clicking here to see images . [ … ]
larry derfner described the denial fiasco that swept the upper echelon of israeli diplomatic and military defenders following the release of video footage of the killings of two palestinian teens , nadeem nawara and mohammad mahmoud odeh abu daher during the nakba day– a catastrophe for ‘pallywood’ conspiracy theorists .
the accusations of poison constitute the first clear - cut case of pallywood : atrocities staged by palestinian activists , depicting the israelis poisoning innocent palestinians , done for the sake of – and embraced by – both local and foreign press . the first intifada , 1987 - 91 ?
will the israeli minister of culture retract her demand that the idf was humiliated and the perpetrators should have been shot . would that scenario ( shooting those who resist ) also be a major pallywood production and be the latest proof that palestinians are about to take over hollywood .
pallywood is the propaganda vehicle of the palestinian
cause
. it is an alliance between islamist & secular terrorist organisations ( the internal military , political and information arm ) , left - wing ngos and
charities
( the external political arm ) , and western media organisations ( the external information arm ) with an insatiable hunger for imaginary israeli war crimes involving dead children . the primary objective of pallywood is the destruction of israel . it ' s role with in that objective is to disseminate propaganda which is damaging to reputation of israel . techniques include :
while jenin and mohammed al dura pallywood presentation are the award winners , i particularly love when an ambulance magically appear moments after a supposed attack and then young pally’s are carried to them only to be let off ten feet later to run back and be carried again to other ambulances .
as shown by the replies , you fell hook , line and sinker for a piece of # pallywood propaganda . that placard was not about palestinians , but terrorists . you should have the humility to admit this and try to mitigate your tweet linking to an article promoting hatred of israelis .
how is pallywood a racist slur ? what race / ethnicity / religion are the palestinians ? they’re none of these things . they’re a nationality , quite clearly so . i’ll give you that it’s a not - nice way of describing palestinian propaganda , but it’s not in any way racist .
the term “pallywood” refers to the staging of scenes by palestinian journalists in order to present the palestinians as hapless victims of israeli aggression . they are able to succeed in this endeavor in large part due to the credulity and eagerness of the western press to present these images , which reinforce the image of the palestinian david struggling valiantly against the overpowering israeli goliath . pallywood has led to astonishing lapses in western journalistic standards in which badly staged scenes regularly appear on the news as “real events . ” this page attempts to outline how such lapses could have come about , producing the current situation .
not ' foreign ' . not ' their ' land . not ' illegally occupied ' . not ' dispossessing ' . not ' protest ' . not ' violation of your rights ' . so many lies in one tweet , you are on the rigtht track to break a record ! # pallywood
they are calling for everyone to rise up and help the palestinians against the “satanic zionists” ! criticising the msm for being “pro - israel” ( i have never noticed that myself , only the opposite except in very rare cases ) pallywood certainly is back , and being successful , god help us all .
# pallywood more and more # fakenews „photos and films“ coming out of the # gaza studios did the # hamas # propaganda managers really believe that the world is so stupid ? even the mainstream media’s going more and more of the side of # israel even there going sick on the hamas lie’s . urltoken
yes , the # iranian ppl are fed up w / # pallywood concocting material for the # islamist # regime in # iran to use as justification for its enmity w / # israel and funneling of millions of dollars annually to # palestinian # terrorist organizations . that money belongs to the # iranian ppl urltoken
[ … ] both poller and landes in his writings have emphasized that the al dura story is hardly unique in terms of deliberate misreporting or completely fabricating the news concerning israel and the palestinians . landes calls the staged productions - whether on a gaza beach , or a lebanese village , “pallywood . ” [ … ]
title deeds & other records over the centuries prove , as do memri broadcasts of palestinians complaining to egypt jordan & saudis , that they lie , were planted in 1947 . use 1john1 : 9 , ask god yourself , for the proof . else , he will punish you severely for anti - semitism . # pallywood
and a very popular one among right - wing israelis and diaspora jews . i ' ve been writing for years against the
pallywood
theory – the right - wing notion that videos showing palestinians getting killed by israelis are really elaborate fakes meant to blacken israel ' s name . yet it ' s only this morning i realized that the term
pallywood ,
which was coined by boston university prof . richard landes , is an ethnic slur , and a particularly ugly one . it not only mangles the name of an entire people , it does so in the most contemptuous context – it links the name palestinian with the telling of lies , and…
did you see that video of an israeli soldier beating an innocent little kid with night stick ?
yes i did see it and i noticed that the night stick kind of wobbled a little like it was rubber .
you know what ? this video deserves an oscar for it is most definitely pallywood !
they are able to succeed in this endeavor in large part due to the credulity and eagerness of the western press to present these images , which reinforce the image of the palestinian david struggling valiantly against the overpowering israeli goliath . pallywood has led to astonishing lapses in western journalistic standards in which badly staged scenes regularly appear on the news as “real events .
[ … ] ich erinnere an kfar kana . an die getötete familie am strand von gaza , die mit höchster wahrscheinlichkeit nicht von einem israelischen geschoß getötet wurde , obwohl die ergebnisse der untersuchung es nie in die großen internationalen medien geschafft haben . an mohammed al dura ( ein hochinteressanter eintrag bei shrinkwrapped mit links ) . ich sage nur pallywood . [ … ]
the boys shown are healthy , well fed and bright - eyed . their mother is consumed by grief as she describes what happened to them . . . hang on , let’s read that one again . her children are healthy , well fed and bright - eyed . so why is she weeping as if they have all been killed ? looks suspiciously like another hamas ‘pallywood’ production to me .
it is because of that possibility that james bennet wanted to see the little bodies in the morgue . and because provocative imagery is sometimes faked , a few people i interviewed in israel and the united states claimed that it must have been faked in the al - dura case . the boy could not possibly have been shot ! the whole thing was staged by the
pallywood
propaganda film industry .
yes , he changes jumper at some point ! ! ! . i did not at first realise what he was holding , where is the proof it is a child even ? all very suspicious but i dont of course want to play down someone’s grieving , whatever side they are on , only , i have just experienced too much “pallywood” as no doubt many more reading this have , it makes one cynical .
are the soldiers being set up to star as villains in a “pallywood” video ? if so , one would think israel should stop targeting palestinian children . and stop invading villages in the middle of the night . but no . ayed abu eqtaish , accountability program director at defense for children international - palestine ( dcip ) , told the arab weekly 700 children were put on trial in israeli military courts in 2014 .
the movie was quite convincing . now the question becomes how widespread is this , both in pallywood and more generally . rawr , if you haven ' t watched the story then you may not realize that it directly implicates the cameramen as willing participates in setting up fake news . it also strongly implies that editors back in washington know or should know what ' s going on since they get the complete reel .
armed israeli forces target , chase and capture palestinian children all the time , routinely . the country tries to suppress the news by arresting and attacking journalists and photographers . or breaking their equipment as documented in the oscar nominated documentary 5 broken cameras . a case of pallywood meets hollywood ? you be the judge . documentaries like budrus and 5 broken cameras are not just art , they tell real stories about real events .
perhaps the best way to understand how pallywood was able to have such success at this juncture is to examine what happened on september 29 , the day after sharon visited the temple mount / haram al sharif . that day , news agencies reported violent clashes between israeli troops and palestinians enraged by sharon’s visit . ap published a photograph of a young man , bloodied and kneeling in front of an angry israeli brandishing a baton .
so where’s the palestinian gandhi ? a few of them are living in nabi saleh . gandhi would be a pallywood star too , convicted of protest organizing and participating in illegal marches . look at this headline : nabi saleh’s bassem tamimi convicted by israeli courts based on coerced testimony from 15 - year - old boy . did that get the world’s attention ? no . bassem and his wife have just recently been arrested again .
the earliest clear signs of an emerging pallywood come from the lebanese invasion of 1982 . there , for the first time , the media seems to have embraced an openly hostile stance towards israel , which led to a widely discussed article entitled “j’accuse” ( commentary , september 1983 ) , by norman podhoretz who charged america’s leading journalists , newspapers and television networks with “anti - semitism . ” the alleged hostility was characterized by the following incidents :
i received this letter today from rena cohen from canada , prompted by a viewing of my new video , everyone agrees . given its substance , and its historical interest , i put it up as its own post . it not only confirms for canada what zev chafets documents for the usa in double vision , but also the idea that in the 1980s , pallywood took a great step forward . i intersperse some comments in italics .
just as israelis were the original occupants of palestine so they were the first to occupy pallywood . surely blockbusters like exodus have had far greater impact than all the so - called “viral” videos from the west bank . if only the palestinians could call upon a director like otto preminger , a screen - writer like dalton trumbo , and a cast comprising the likes of paul newman and ralph richardson . false narratives beat grim realities hands down .
that said , it will take more than the prosecution and even a conviction of one policeman for justice to be served . for that , the numerous officials in the israeli government and media , as well as american rabbis and bloggers who accused nadim siyam nawarah of not falling correctly after being mortally wounded , and who responded to images of his parents crying over his casket by screaming “pallywood” and “actors , ” must also apologize or otherwise be repudiated .
7 . appealing to decisions made by ngos such as the united nations , amnesty international and various islamist influenced
charities
whose agendas have been hijacked by those who are committed to the destruction of israel . there is a symbiotic relationship between each arm of pallywood . western media organisations require dead bodies , particularly of children , to create sensational stories . images of dead children are good for the cause of terror groups who are only too happy to oblige .
– to make the facile , “even - handed” comparison misses a major distinction between the rough and tumble criticisms of a free press in israel and the intimidation and high propaganda content of the press in arab authoritarian societies . if one cannot understand these differences , one cannot understand the value and importance of self - critical free press sustaining civil society . tolerance for criticism and for variant viewpoints marks the commitment to civil society . why is it important to denounce pallywood ?
[ … ] originally posted by confederate bayou oilman wait a minute . i saw a pic of that girl on the left yesterday dead and being carried through the streets in someones arms but she wasn ' t charred like that on the slab . i ' ll try to find it . i think the little girl on the slab is not the same girl on the left . edit : that pic was in another post on citi data forum . give me a minute and i will post it . edit again . you might not want to watch this video of the little girl on the slab but she was still alive when found . brace yourselves folks . israeli attack on gaza leaves burned , mutilated child victims | grant j . kidney , at war with the establishment ! 3rd update : here is what i saw yesterday . she obvious isn ' t the charred girl on the slab . another pallywood production pallywood : a history | augean stables [ … ]
on f24 english , nov 16 , 23 : 25 israel time , new - media reporter creedon explained the term “pallywood” , saying it’s a rare phenomenon , and showed the above bbc clip , exposed by you . but he made an effort to side with the bbc , saying that the clip may have been poorly edited , showing an earlier event ( man on feet ) at a later time , or perhaps the man just fell and was given help , but not actually wounded .
those paying attention to matters of pallywood , or the faking of news in order to target a given population with lethal narratives , had a double feast yesterday and today . first unrwa , the un agency for helping the palestinian refugees , used a picture of a forlorn syrian girl , living in ruins caused by the wars of rule and resistance in that part of the arab political world , to relay a lethal narrative about israel , all for the benefit of fundraising for the work of unrwa .
pallywood is the term we coined to designate a palestinian film industry that systematically stages scenes of palestinian injury and evacuation on the one hand , and “resistance” on the other . the resulting propaganda footage , designed to “frame” the conflict as the brave palestinian david fighting the cruel israeli goliath , is then passed on to the news media which fails to spot ( or ignores ) the staging , edits it into the most believable “sight - bytes” and presents it to their audiences as “real news . ”
the pendant to “pallywood” is not jewywood , made - up word . it’s holowood . describing properly and with scientific precision the goddam theatre you and your zionist accomplices have been playing day in day out for all these years to extort money and tolerance to banditism , as reparations paid not to victims but to an aggressor moloch of a state that did not even exist back then . it is way superior , as con job theatricals , to anything anyone can put on . repeat with me : holowood .
according to defence of children international / palestine , in january 2015 alone 163 palestinian children were abducted and prosecuted in the israeli military court system , february – 182 , march – 182 , april – 164 . and it continues month after month after month . very few of those abductions , often harrowing scenes of children being taken from the arms of parents , activists or friends , are recorded on video . when they are , israel supporters call it pallywood . but make no mistake it is very real .
the jails are full of palestinian village children who protest the confiscation of their land . soldiers grab the children , torture and imprison them until they sign something in hebrew against the leader organizing the protests . it’s either your land or your kids . so fun to be a pallywood star ! and these villages have the miserable fortune of being placed where israel covets their land , where settlers are actively expanding illegal settlements against international law , and the soldiers are there to serve that expansion . that’s why they go to these villages .
annie : “the jails are full of palestinian village children who protest the confiscation of their land . soldiers grab the children , torture and imprison them until they sign something in hebrew against the leader organizing the protests . it’s either your land or your kids . so fun to be a pallywood star ! and these villages have the miserable fortune of being placed where israel covets their land , where settlers are actively expanding illegal settlements against international law , and the soldiers are there to serve that expansion . that’s why they go to these villages . ”
that strategy involves staging scenes for news cameras in which palestinians fake injuries or other scenes that make the israelis look like oppressors while the palestinian actors look like persecuted victims . in some cases , palestinian children are taught to taunt israeli soldiers in front of cameras to provoke a response that can easily be exploited . now , in the wake of increased fighting in gaza , the pallywood actors are at it again . watch as this heavy set man is carried away , allegedly because he’s injured , only to be up and walking around without a scratch minutes later .
at the end of her videos janna turns the camera on her own face and signs off “with her name like a professional . ” she’s become popular on facebook , many of her videos have gone viral . little janna jihad circa 2011 , confronted soldiers after her very good friend mustafa tamimi was killed by israeli military forces . she saw him dead on the ground . pallywood ? or real life . how is a parent to protect a child from an invading force whose leaders regard them as blades of grass , in the famous “mowing the lawn” metaphor for cutting down palestinian resistance ?
an excellent job done here , annie , in countering the disgraceful ‘pallywood ‘ smear of the daily mail et al . in my comment to ckg’s original report of the first version that the mail published and which was spot on , i said that i could hardly believe my eyes that the same story was reported by the mirror and the mail , but thought that ‘brilliant’ . so disappointing that zio - watch got their oar in– in fact i was seething with anger that these poor brave kids and women had become so misreported in later articles . so there is still much to be done this side of the pond !
[ … ] we find it interesting that at 2 : 23 in the ism video , the man in the green shirt appears immediately to the left of the person with the camera and then two seconds later , the camera goes black and purple ( a possible edit ) and then the man in the green shirt is what looks like at least 5 feet away from the cameraman . we also find it interesting that the 3 individuals ( aid workers ? ) in yellow jackets aren’t running to flee for their lives after the alleged sniper attack whereas most people would be terrified . instead , they just look from overhead . this has the hallmarks of a pallywood production . [ … ]
nobody asks the right questions because it is far more convenient to fall back on good old anti - semitism . the pallywood lies are just a new form of
bloodlibel
with which the world is so comfortable . isn ' t it interesting that for every
ism
that is being derided the only one that seems to rear its ungly head and nothing gets doen about it is anti - semitism . but then again with an anti - semite as president of the united states the haters smelled blood right away . too bad so amny jews are just hiding their heads in the ground . you know when you live like an onion someone is bound to chop off your bulb .
once again with feeling ! reuters removing weapons , blood from images of gaza flotilla return of the living dead staged desperation pallywood - watch the palestinians create fake
news items
liars in action in gaza - ( and . . ckers will buy the lies as usual ) mohamed al - durra : a
staged fake
- found paris court palestinian word games pa historians falsify history : palestinian falsehoods saeb erekat , the notorious
liar , liar
is here again :
alarm for journalists !
red cross ambulance used for transport of palestinian terrorists the
anti anti - terror barrier protest
theater patv : israel conspired to burn al - aqsa mosque , golda meir
laughed
erik wemple argues in a very tough critique of frum ' s claims for the washington post that imbalanced , one - sided skepticism was the main problem with frum ' s apology . he was willing to believe the worst about the motives and standards of the nation ' s leading news organization , while accepting at face value some pallywood - style fantasies about all - fronts fakery . ( ali gharib spoke at length with one of frum ' s original sources . the results are fascinating . bag newsnotes also applies a convincingly skeptical view to this source . for the record , i have also seen tips from this source but didn ' t write stories about them because i didn ' t find them believable . )
western cyber - optimists argue that information technology like satellite television and the internet will so inundate the arabic - speaking middle east with images and information that it will entirely reconfigure arab societies . but this has it exactly wrong : culture is more powerful than technology , and how a society uses any given technology is determined by its culture . this is why no one wants the islamic republic of iran to have a nuclear bomb , but no one has a problem with frances weapons program . this is also why the internet is not going to open the eyes of those arabs who are instead more inclined to use it to spread disinformation . pallywood is nothing more than the nexus where an arab culture of lies meets western technology .
what never ceases to amaze me is how these people who are supposedly traumatised and have lost loved ones manage to stand in front of the cameras . pallywood , all reports and footages that come out need to be forensically examined and investigated because i am sure if you analyse and scrutinise many of these incidents they just do not stack up . i could be very wrong but have just been on the beeb and have looked at thegaza journo who is supposed to have lost his son in israeli strike an 11 month old baby . i could be wrong but to me it did not stack up . i bring this one up tongue in cheeck because i do not want to be spreading lies but it did not ring true to me needs verification .
pallywood
is a soviet - style propaganda offensive aimed at soft - core israel supporters and undecided american voters who tend to rely on tv news media for international news coverage . by crafting stories about vast conspiracies and faked videos , this initiative can help contain criticism of israel whenever it violates international law in its policies and attacks upon palestinians and others . if americans who don ' t have any particular reason to favor or disfavor the
right
side can be made to think any palestinian injuries and deaths are fake , it ' s lots easier to convince them they ' re all fake . american culture puts a high value on honesty and portraying palestinians as liars and cheats is a sensible strategy for israel to deny they have ever done anything wrong .
3 . aside from staging
atrocities
, palliwood uses human shields to lure the idf into killing non - combatants . this includes conducting military operations among or within the immediate vicinity of non - combatants in order to simultaneously gain military advantage and put the idf at risk of
causing
a highly emotive situation . an incident of this nature occurred during the 2006 war in lebanon where hezb ' allah placed katushya rocket launchers on top of an air raid shelter . the idf attacked the site and , in the process , unknowingly killed 50 + non - combatants . in early 2009 , a similar incident occurred where hamas combatants fired mortar shells from a school compound in gaza . the return fire from the idf resulted in the deaths of 40 civilians . the information arm of pallywood , the western media , steadfastly refuses to acknowledge that the conduct of military operations among civilians is in breach of the geneva conventions .
on may 15 , four palestinians , three of them children , were shot in the town of bitunya during a demonstration near the ofer prison . two of them , nadim siyam nawarah and muhammad mahmoud salameh , both 17 , died of their wounds . cctv footage of the shootings clearly showing both boys collapsing after being mortally wounded went viral around the world and was immediately met with conspiracy theories , first by bloggers and then by current and former high - ranking israeli officials , that the shootings had been staged .
in some versions , as promoted by rabbi kenneth l . cohen , director of the vine and fig tree project , a religious pro - peace organization , as well as many other prominent commentators , the boys were said to not have fallen “correctly” or in a manner “consistent” with their having been shot . having seen many films of shootings while doing research on war crimes , i questioned the validity of such arguments in a previous blog post , noting that people fall in a variety of ways after being shot and that the footage was in no way “inconsistent” with the young men having been shot in the upper torso .
soon after the initial conspiracy theory of staged shootings made its way around the internet , even more involved and unlikely conspiracy theories began to be promoted by prominent officials . on may 22 , former israeli ambassador to the u . s . michael oren , speaking on cnn , not only said that the boys had fallen in a manner inconsistent with their having been shot but stated that they may have never died in the first place . this , despite numerous interviews with the young men’s parents and the doctors who tried to save their lives and a plethora of footage of their funerals on youtube .
while oren and many others , including israeli army spokesman major arye shalicar , alleged that the film had been tampered with , the dominant official israeli narrative that emerged over the following months was that no live - rounds had been fired during the incident . in different versions presented by israeli officials , nawarah and salameh were said to have alternatively been shot by unknown ( presumably palestinian ) shooters or killed by rubber - coated bullets . this , despite footage shot by a cnn cameraman which clearly showed that nawarah had fallen at the exact moment that an israeli border policeman had discharged his weapon , and despite the recovery of a bullet that had lodged in nawarah’s backpack .
yesterday came word that an israeli border cop has been arrested in connection with nawarah’s death , the bullet found lodged in nawarah’s backpack having been allegedly traced back to his gun . early indications are that the border policeman will face a murder charge while his commander has been charged with not reporting the incident . the full extent of the indictment and evidence against the officer remains under military censor .
like many others watching this case over the past six months , i was frankly shocked by the development . i had figured that after the heinous murder of three israeli teenagers in the west bank in june , the brutal revenge - murder of an arab boy in east jerusalem and shortly thereafter operation protective edge , which left more than 2 , 200 people dead in gaza , as well as 66 israeli soldiers and 6 israeli civilians — that after all that , far too much blood had since passed under the bridge for such a prosecution to occur . not to mention that going forward with such a prosecution contradicts the idf’s own version of events and the numerous conspiracy theories promulgated by israeli officials .
but even with everything that has happened in the past six months , the israeli government is moving forward with the case . and that unexpected development is undoubtedly a credit to israeli society .
what’s more , the constant meme that any and all palestinian suffering caught on camera is to be presumed fake until conclusively proven true by non - palestinians needs to be called out for what it is : racism . and ultimately the jewish community as a whole needs to weed out and eliminate the type of thinking that leads to our religious leaders tweeting that a boy seen dying on film did not die “correctly” even before his mother has had a chance to bury him .
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fortumo services allow customers to make mobile payments in 95 countries on six continents , with a strong focus on emerging markets .

fortumo started in 2007 as a spin-off of the mobile services company mobi solutions , and currently employs over 80 people in its offices in estonia ( tartu & tallinn ) , usa ( san francisco ) , china ( beijing ) , india ( delhi ) , singapore and vietnam ( hanoi ) .

as of june 2016 , over 150 thousand developers have signed up to fortumo 's services .

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fortumo had also signed a similar deal with sony liv earlier in december 2015 .
with fortumo , we can provide customers an improved online payments experience .
fortumo offers mobile payments without commission fee for the first 5000 . - usd processed .
how many sites from each region we first detected using fortumo at specific date periods .
founded in 2007 , fortumo is a leading global provider of direct carrier billing . fortumo payments cover 100 markets and connect merchants to subscribers of more than 350 mobile operator networks .
our management team brings a combined 40 + years of experience in telecommunications industry to fortumo .
fortumo provides bundling , carrier billing and messaging in 100 markets simultaneously through just one integration .
fortumo has been profitable since 2009 because we have been constantly one step ahead of the market .
fortumo is a digital enabling platform for app stores and digital service providers for user acquisi . . .
this tutorial will teach you how to create fortumo sms service . 1 . ) sign in to your fortumo account . 2 . ) click on
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the cooperation with fortumo in service deployment and system integration for google play has been very smooth .
through partnership with fortumo , there are more opportunities for developers to monetize users in emerging markets .
in february ' 13 estonian company fortumo announced a new growth round led by intel capital and greycroft partners .
get a list of 288 websites using fortumo which includes location information , hosting data , contact details , 58 currently live websites and 230 sites that used this technology previously and 33 websites in the united states currently using fortumo .
now ! & fortumo team up for payments via mobile operator bill - now ! innovations solutions b . v .
script address is addres you have to enter in your fortumo service , so fortumo will know where to look for reply message that wil be sent to your users . here is where you should enter your script add . . .
google play has been enabled by fortumo’s carrier billing platform that supports both app stores and digital merchants in other segments like music and video streaming , social networking and gaming . fortumo will also provide webe with access to fortumo insight , a smart data analytics platform that helps carriers track and analyse app store performance to make improvements for growing carrier billing revenue .
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fortumo has previously announced partnerships with nook , telenor and slideme as well as with a number of chinese appstores for providing an in - app purchasing solution for developers in these stores . fortumo solution enables developers to collect payments from many stores through just one sdk integration . fortumo also works with device manufacturers like zte to preload developer apps into smartphones and tablets .
about fortumo fortumo allows any merchant to set up payment processing for web and mobile services , games or apps . users with a mobile phone are then able to make one - click payments using fortumo without the need for a credit card - payments are charged to their mobile operator bill instead . fortumo payments are cross - platform and work in pc applications , web services and html5 , android , windows phone and windows 8 apps . fortumo supports payments in 81 countries through 300 mobile operators , including a number of exclusive carrier billing partnerships . founded in 2007 , fortumo has offices in estonia , san francisco , beijing and delhi and is backed by intel capital and greycroft partners . for more information , visit urltoken .
in addition to google play , fortumo’s customers include spotify , sony , hooq , gaana , electronic arts , gameloft , kinguin and rovio . to enable payments for these merchants , fortumo works together with mobile operators in more than 90 countries .
following the partnership , android developers can earn revenue with fortumo’s one - click direct payment solution from 35 million turkcell customers .
fortumo has also been instrumental in the rovio – idea deal and is the billing partner for the angry birds’ company globally .
fortumo’s platform is used by thousands of leading digital merchants including google , spotify and electronic arts . founded in 2007 , fortumo has offices in san francisco , beijing , delhi , singapore , estonia and hanoi . for more information , please visit urltoken .
fortumo has previously announced partnerships with leading oems such as alcatel onetouch , oppo , mitashi , and gionee . in addition to oems and app stores , fortumo works with top digital content providers like ea mobile , gameloft , rovio , times internet and gaana .
fortumo is the only carrier billing company to operate on a self - service concept , allowing any merchant to sign up via the fortumo web site and to start accepting mobile payments . fortumo’s payments system is optimized for all key platforms , including web , mobile web , html5 , and in - app purchases on both smartphones and tablet devices . fortumo has been profitable since 2009 and has added over 72 , 000 registered merchants , including several of the world’s largest gaming companies and content publishers , over the past 5 years .
fortumo allows any merchant to set up payment processing for web and mobile services , games or apps . users with a mobile phone are then able to make one - click payments using fortumo without the need for a credit card - payments are charged to their mobile operator bill instead . fortumo payments are cross - platform and work in pc applications , web services and html5 , android , windows phone and windows 8 apps . fortumo supports payments in over 90 countries through 350 mobile operators , including a number of exclusive direct carrier billing partnerships . founded in 2007 , fortumo has offices in estonia , san francisco , beijing , delhi , mumbai , singapore and london and is backed by intel capital and greycroft partners . for more information , please visit fortumo ' s profile on about - payments .
, less than a month after fortumo inked partnerships with four indian telecom operators – idea cellular , vodafone , airtel and tata docomo .
in the middle eastern and african region , carrier billing through fortumo is now available to more than 600 million people in 24 countries . globally , over 3 . 5 billion people in 97 countries can make payments using their mobile phone with merchants who have integrated fortumo .
huawei , a leading global information and communications technology ( ict ) solutions provider , partners with the mobile payments company fortumo . fortumo will combine its global carrier billing capability with huawei global carrier billing @ digital incloud service to extend business in more countries and cover more users , especially in emerging markets . thanks to the cooperation , fortumo and huawei have created one of the biggest joint global carrier billing networks .
working with fortumo gives developers an easy - to - use interface for direct mobile payments , connecting to millions of customers globally .
in recent news from the region , fortumo has announced partnerships with the live streaming platform fission and daily deals service mydala for carrier billing .
fortumo has brought google play payments to vietnam , launching payments for the mobile operators vietnamobile and mobifone along with its existing partnership with viettel .
fortumo , founded in 2007 , is the most developer - friendly mobile payments provider , enabling app and game developers to easily monetize their users through carrier billing . fortumo has payment connectivity to over 300 mobile operators in 80 countries , including a number of exclusive direct carrier billing partnerships . with unique features like self - service signup and seamless ui , fortumo’s mobile billing technology is used by some of the most awesome online and mobile publishers . fortumo is headquartered in estonia and has offices in san francisco and beijing . for more information and signing up , visit : urltoken
fortumo ' s platform enables carriers to launch payments across a wide variety of streaming services , app stores , games and social networks , taking away merchant onboarding and integration hassles from the carrier . orange is one of the leading telecom groups in europe , the middle - east and africa , and fortumo is glad to enable digital payments for millions of orange users ,
said gerri kodres , chief business officer at fortumo .
mobile payments service provider fortumo has partnered with turkish mobile operator turkcell to start providing an in - app purchasing solution for its appmarket app store .
“fortumo is a fast - growing , profitable company with a global footprint and strong management team , ” says klaus konrad , investment director of intel capital . “we’re excited about being part of fortumo’s strategy of bringing seamless mobile payments to more users , merchants , and mobile operators worldwide . ”
fortumo’s bundling platform helps digital content merchants be smart about user acquisition and customer lifecycle management by making mobile operator bundle partnerships highly flexible and scalable .
fortumo is a specialist in mobile carrier billing , which lets users to pay for apps and goods in apps without coughing up credit card numbers .
the latest deal comes not long after fortumo inked a deal with two of the largest telecom groups in the world , namely vodafone and china mobile .
fortumo , a fast - growing company with offices in estonia , san francisco and beijing , had also in february raised cash from intel and graycroft .
“the opportunity in the mobile payments segment is enormous , and we believe that fortumo is well positioned to capitalize on the trend of operator based billing . the fortumo team is a great example for the strong talent in the central and eastern european region able to build innovative and globally successful solutions . ”
“we have been impressed with fortumo’s strong product focus and ability to execute , ” said dana settle , a partner with greycroft , in a statement . “what sets fortumo apart from their competition is their focus on geographies where mobile payments will have the biggest impact and growth over the next few years . ”
in recent news , fortumo has partnered with games2win , an indian mobile gaming company , to provide in - app purchasing in mobile games using carrier billing .
fortumo and the mobile operator group orange have announced a direct carrier billing partnership that covers 29 markets in which orange operates , according to a press release .
carriers and fortumo make the best effort to notify you after a successful payment but sometimes things just go wrong . for example , there can be a hiccup between fortumo’s server and yours . in case of a charging error , you should simply try to give the service out again instead of offering a refund .
carrier billing specialist fortumo is claiming a first for the mobile industry , thanks to a trial which involves paying for physical goods via a user’s phone bill .
february 21 , 2013 – fortumo , a mobile payments company with offices in estonia , san francisco and beijing , announced today that intel capital and greycroft partners will be new investors in a growth round of financing . prior to the funding , fortumo has been majority - owned by mobi solutions , an estonian mobile solutions company , which will remain a shareholder . the funding will be used to further strengthen fortumo’s position as the go - to provider for mobile payments in emerging markets .
through the partnership with fortumo , developers can start accepting purchases from users through direct carrier billing - the most widely available payment method in emerging markets .
online video streaming application hooq hs partnered with fortumo for direct carrier billing in india . customers can now subscribe to hooq by charging payments to their mobile phone bill .
fortumo is also announcing new direct contracts with two of the largest telecommunications groups in the world : vodafone group for direct operator billing in 13 countries and with china mobile . fortumo has also recently added gameloft , vostu and cut the rope game - maker zeptolab to its growing list of blue chip merchants , which already includes rovio ( publisher of the angry birds line of games ) badoo , and others . recently , fortumo has partnered with microsoft to promote it’s in - app payments solution for windows 8 .
fortumo is an international mobile payment provider . the company offers various mobile payment solutions for web services and mobile applications . fortumo services allow customers to make mobile payments in more than 70 countries on six continents . fortumo enables payments from customers who do not own a credit card - there are only 1 . 3 billion credit card users in the world , compared to 5 billion mobile phone owners . in addition , no sign - ups and faster payments result in up to 10x better conversion than credit cards .
today’s post draws attention to a simple yet useful feature of fortumo’s cross - platform mobile payments product that makes life easier for merchants : tracking unique customers and their transactions .
one of the key differentiators for fortumo is their self - service concept . basically allowing any merchant to sign - up and start accepting mobile payments all through their website .
fortumo’s direct carrier billing platform allows more than 4 billion end - users to pay merchants using their phone bill in 90 countries across the world . for regions with a good data connection , payments are completed in 1 click and the user is charged over mobile internet . in countries with an insufficient mobile internet infrastructure , fortumo also enables offline payments for users . fortumo has announced partnerships with leading carrier groups of the world , including telefónica , telenor , singtel , turkcell , kyivstar and leading mobile operators in india and china .
fortumo’s global coverage requires global presence from our team . we have offices in north america , europe , china , india and singapore . our management team brings a combined 40 + years of experience in the telecommunications industry to fortumo . our technical platform is maintained by people with experience from building software at skype , microsoft , google and leading european mobile operators .
fortumo lets you do this type of tracking by providing the cuid ( consumer unique identifier ) and operation _ reference ( transaction identifier ) parameters that can be included in each transaction .
in addition , fortumo is announcing new contracts with two of the largest telecom groups in the world , namely vodafone ( for direct operator billing in 13 countries ) and china mobile .
fortumo’s system works via direct carrier billing , which means consumers pay for digital goods via their mobile billing plans with their operators rather than cash , credit cards , or debit cards .
according to a report from gfk , the biggest smartphone device growth markets in 2015 are dominantly large emerging economies such as india , china , indonesia , nigeria , brazil and pakistan . these are exactly the markets that fortumo is strong in - out of the top 10 smartphone markets for growth by value during this year , fortumo already provides carrier billing in 9 of them .
a number of developers , including gameloft , glu mobile , ea mobile , rovio and creative mobile , are already using fortumo in - app purchasing in their android and windows phone apps .
european telecommunication operators telefonica and telenor have signed an agreement with mobile payments firm fortumo , further solidifying the fast - growing company’s position as one of the leaders in providing such a service .
this tutorial will teach you how to register fortumo account . 1 . ) go to urltoken and click on register or sign up , as shown on picture below . or you can use
“fortumo is proud to be selected by huawei as their partner for payments , enabling carrier billing for huawei intouch partners across the world . carrier billing stands out as one of the most convenient methods to charge for content and apps for oems and app stores , especially in the emerging countries which have low credit card penetration , ” added gerri kodres , chief business officer at fortumo .
the mobility services company now ! innovations and the carrier billing provider fortumo are today announcing a partnership for charging payments for parking , ev charging , and other mobility services to mobile operator bill .
“the opportunity in the mobile payments segment is enormous , and we believe that fortumo is well positioned to capitalize on the trend of operator based billing , says marcin hejka , managing director of intel capital eastern europe , middle east and africa . “the fortumo team is a great example for the strong talent in the central and eastern european region able to build innovative and globally successful solutions . ”
in addition to product innovation , fortumo has a razor - sharp focus on emerging markets where mobile payments make the biggest difference . fortumo has the longest experience in the industry with providing carrier billing in central and eastern europe and latin america . we also unlock new markets for merchants before any other carrier billing provider gets there : china , india and kenya , just to name a few .
estonian fortumo and finnish kuneri have won a free pass to nordic mobile media conference in tallinn , estonia on december 3 - 4th . both companies will also get an exhibition stand in the event .
“we have been impressed with fortumo’s strong product focus and ability to execute , ” says dana settle , a partner with greycroft . “what sets fortumo apart from their competition is their focus on geographies where mobile payments will have the biggest impact and growth over the next few years . ” worldwide gross transaction volume for mobile payments for digital goods is expected to more than double by 2015 to $ 268 billion .
through the deal with fortumo , our subscribers will enjoy the ease of paying for many global games and apps through their phones . this will also benefit further the game developer ' s community .
webe , a digital mobility services provider and a subsidiary of telekom malaysia ( tm ) , has partnered with mobile payments company fortumo to launch a direct carrier billing solutions on the google play app store .
from fortumo’s side , we published our western europe market report in june and also shed some more light on how bundling is coming an increasingly popular way for digital companies to grow . check it out .
fortumo ( coverage ) enables quick and free creation and monetization of web - based mobile services maintenance , while kuneri ( coverage ) provides a variety of flash lite tools and services , latest release being pikkoo .
fortumo is connected to more than 350 mobile operator networks in 100 countries . our platform processes millions of payments each day , which means we have extensive data about user profiles and payment preferences around the world .
fortumo has also recently added electronic arts , gameloft , vostu and cut the rope game - maker zeptolab to its list of blue chip merchants , which already includes angry birds maker rovio , badoo and others .
fortumo is a digital enabling platform for app stores and digital service providers for user , acquisition , monetization and retention . the company connects service providers with more than 350 mobile operators across asia , europe , latin america , the middle east and africa . service providers use fortumo’s platform to manage the end - to - end customer lifecycle of mobile users on these networks through the company’s bundling , carrier billing and messaging solutions .
using carrier billing to pay for physical rather than digital items such as games , movie or bus tickets is unusual , but fortumo has launched a trial with angry birds creator rovio and singtel , the singapore operator .
sony liv has partnered with fortumo to offer operator billing on the platform . this will enable users to pay for movies on sony liv through their prepaid or postpaid mobile accounts with airtel , vodafone , idea or aircel .
we have been watching fortumo grow from a tiny startup to become a global player present in 73 countries . last month they announced an investment in the amount close to $ 10 million from intel capital and greycroft partners .
the pilot involves the now familiar angry birds’ toys on sale via an e - commerce site ( rather than physical store ) , which fortumo says is the first time real goods have been charged to users’ phone bills .
the mobile payments company fortumo has announced that it has expanded its carrier billing services to 3 new african markets . more than 79 million mobile phone owners in algeria , ghana and tanzania can now make payments for digital services .
if you configured sms payment plugin or system , and listed prices and message sending instructions on your site ( or plugin / system did this autmatically for you ) , you may want to submit your fortumo sm . . .
“our competitors in the mobile payments space have focused mostly on the us and on western europe , ” says rain rannu , co - founder and ceo of fortumo . “while fortumo covers these regions well , what differentiates us is our strong emphasis on emerging and growth markets where credit card penetration may be low but mobile usage is very high . working with intel capital and greycroft will help us to pursue additional growth opportunities , including strategic partnerships and acquisitions . ”
fortumo services app stores including google play , digital media providers including spotify , sony , hooq , gaana and gaming companies like ea mobile , gameloft and kinguin with carrier billing , local market insights and facilitates relationships with mobile operators .
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fortumo features payment connectivity with over 300 mobile operators in 80 countries , including a number of exclusive carrier billing partnerships . mobile billing is available for over 4 billion mobile users worldwide without a need to register or have a credit card .
fortumo , a fast - growing company with offices in estonia , san francisco and beijing , has raised a new ‘growth round’ ( size undisclosed ) to solidify its position as one of the leading providers for mobile payments in emerging markets .
fortumo features payment connectivity with over 300 mobile operators in 80 countries , including a number of exclusive direct carrier billing partnerships . mobile billing is available for over 4 billion mobile users worldwide without a need to register or have a credit card .
tallinn , estonia , march 26th , 2014 – the mobility services company now ! innovations and the carrier billing provider fortumo are today announcing a partnership for charging payments for parking , ev charging , and other mobility services to mobile operator bill .
carrier billing with fortumo enables merchants to earn revenue from any platform and any type of content . whether you are processing payments on the web , mobile web , inside applications , smart tv - s or feature phones , we have you covered .
in total , you should expect your first carrier billing launch to take approximately 3 - 5 months . if that seems slow , the good news is merchants working with fortumo do not have to deal with the majority of the activities listed . we are connected to most of the worlds telcos and the team working on operational matters is already in place . this means most merchants are able to launch carrier billing through fortumo in less than 2 weeks , with global coverage and through a single integration .
fortumo’s system works via direct carrier billing . customers pay for digital goods via their mobile billing plans with their mobile operators rather than cash , credit cards , or debt cards . carrier billing is a strong alternative to credit cards for purchasing virtual and digital goods . fortumo features payment connectivity with over 300 mobile operators in 80 countries , including a number of exclusive direct carrier billing partnerships . mobile billing is available for over four billion mobile users worldwide without a need to register or have a credit card .
mobile payments company fortumo said it has expanded its carrier billing services to algeria , ghana and tanzania to enable over 79 million mobile phone owners to make payments for digital services . the firm says all three markets where fortumo has launched have extremely low credit card penetration : algeria at 6 percent , ghana at 0 . 9 percent and tanzania at 0 . 7 percent . this means that while people can access online content , most of them are unable to make payments for paid features of these services .
in a blog , fortumo ceo rain rannu ( pictured ) wrote that conversion rates in the trial are encouraging compared to conventional mobile checkout . in the first week , shopping cart abandonment was five times lower than previously with credit card - based checkout .
( estonia chapter ) : fortumo allows even layman mobile users to establish and earn revenue with their own text messaging services . there are several pre - defined services to choose from . for example , you can establish an sms - info service , like
“we were evaluating a lot of billing partners and fortumo fit the bill . the whole idea was to have a common sdk for dealing with operators . we can take the same sdk to other operators , so that the game does not change drastically . ”
the injection of cash , fortumo says , will be used to build out its business further , with an emphasis on strategic partnerships and acquisitions in emerging markets in regions like latin america , asia , central eastern europe and mena , according to a spokesperson .
carrier billing solves this problem by allowing any mobile owner to make payments conveniently through their carrier and either deduct payments from their airtime balance or charge them to their monthly phone bill . additional information on africa’s digital ecosystem can be found from fortumo’s recent market report .
hard bundles work great for postpaid subscribers where the mobile operator has the capability to charge users on a monthly basis , while soft bundles enable service providers to also tap into the dominant prepaid audience of emerging markets . fortumo’s bundling platform supports both of these approaches .
this white paper gives an overview to merchants using carrier billing on how fortumo prevents fraud with carrier billing and what additional steps merchants can take to avoid it . in general , fraud with carrier billing is significantly lower than with credit cards for two primary reasons :
this market report gives an overview of the mobile payments landscape of western europe . it covers 12 countries where fortumo has coverage : germany , france , united kingdom , italy , spain , netherlands , belgium , greece , portugal , austria , switzerland and ireland .
in any case , carrier billing supports both models , whether you want to delegate taxation to partners like fortumo or handle them on your own . if you are interested in expanding your payments reach through the most widely available alternative payment method globally , get in touch .
there is a key difference , however , between fortumo and bango — which reported a loss of $ 3 . 8 million in the nine months that ended december 31 , 2012 . fortumo is , a spokesperson says , “basically the only mobile payment provider who has been profitable and is profitable . ” the company says that has been the case since 2009 — although as it now sets its sights on ramping up its services , it will be interesting to see whether it can remain in the black or whether it will push itself out of profitability in a gamble for more growth .
fortumo ' s system works via carrier billing , wherein customers pay for digital goods via their mobile billing plans with their mobile operators . it is often regarded as the most convenient and most accessible way of paying for things , as it does not require the users to have a credit card .
boxtv is charging rs 20 for a 1 day pack , rs 49 ( for a 3 day pack ) , rs 99 ( 7 day pack ) and rs 150 ( 15 day pack ) . unless they’ve got a differently negotiated deal with fortumo , below is how much boxtv makes from these options .
in singapore last week , moderating a panel discussion on the future of telco and digital merchant partnerships with hooq , pt . hutchison 3 indonesia and huawei technologies . if you want to drive that future at fortumo , we ' re also looking for a carrier relations manager to join our team : urltoken .
fortumo sports challenge 2018 is over . 30 of our people tried their hand ( and feet ) at roller skiing , rock climbing , billiards , track & field , beach tennis , step dance and sup polo . here we are celebrating after the final pub rally event last friday . until next year !
all three markets where fortumo has launched have extremely low credit card penetration : algeria at 6 % , ghana at 0 . 9 % and tanzania at 0 . 7 % . this means while people can access online content , most of them are unable to make payments for paid features of these services .
fortumo says it integrates with 300 carriers across more than 80 countries , along with over 81 , 000 developers . those include long - standing agreements to provide carrier billing services to angry birds maker rovio , pop cap games and badoo , and it also powers the in - app payments for windows 8 apps .
in addition to the two new carrier partners , fortumo says it integrates with 300 carriers across more than 80 countries , along with over 81 , 000 developers . those include long - standing agreements to provide carrier billing services to angry birds maker rovio , pop cap games and badoo , and it also powers the in - app payments for windows 8 apps . it’s an area that is still relatively nascent compared to other payments like cards in developing markets , but it is growing . all together , worldwide gross transaction volumes for mobile payments for digital goods is expected to more than double by 2015 to $ 268 billion , fortumo notes .
there are several of these partnerships , including arpuplus / t - pay , bango , boku , centilli / infobip , danal , dimoco , docomo digital , fortumo , mobile embrace , sla mobile and others . in the 12 - to - 18 months prior to 2016 , some examples of direct carrier billing for physical goods included :
üllar jaaksoo , ceo of now ! innovations added : “mobile invoicing is not only convenient method for payments but may also be essential in countries , where banking and particularly credit cards do not have high penetration rates . fortumo has a great vibe and energy , and we believe the partnership will bring many interesting and game - changing projects” .
up until now the company was self - funded with mobi solutions being the main shareholder . this isn’t a surprise , considering that fortumo turnover in 2011 was €8 . 5 million of which a €863 thousand was pure profit . this marked a 102 % growth from 2010 and we suspect the numbers to be a lot better for 2012 .
üllar jaaksoo , ceo of now ! innovations added : “mobile invoicing is not only a convenient method for payments but may also be essential in countries where banking and particularly credit cards do not have high penetration rates . fortumo has a great vibe and energy , and we believe the partnership will bring many interesting and game - changing projects . ”
the winner will receive €10 , 000 euro ; a special newcomer award of €5 , 000 euro will also be granted . both awards are provided by baff . past recipients have included companies like grabcad , zeroturnaround and fortumo . this year , facebook will award a special “creativity recognition award” specifically for innovation in the area of social media apps .
prior to this raise , fortumo was majority - owned by mobi solutions , a specialist in sms - based services ( carrier billing services usually use sms for the backchannel confirmation for payments , so makes sense for them to have developed something like this ) . in addition to greycroft and intel , mobi solutions will remain a now - smaller shareholder .
kotkas had some specific ideas for developing a new complex verification system , which he pitched to a few investors . in no time , he managed to persuade two major names in the local startup scene , intel ventures ' backed fortumo ' s co - founder rain rannu , and the same company ' s board member linnar viik , to back it .
the reason why companies like fortumo exist is that doing launching telcos on your own is not scalable . one integration with credit card processing companies gives access to all bank card owners , but integrating one telco gives access only to the subscriber of that telco . most countries have 3 - 4 telcos which means 3 - 4 integrations to achieve full market coverage .
refunds are an inevitable part of processing payments . you should try to keep them to a minimum by establishing a reasonable refund policy and trying to offer alternative benefits to users before proceeding with refunds . using fortumo’s turn - key products also helps reduce the amount of refunds as the checkout process has been optimized to make sure the user clearly understands what they are buying .
the jury comes from both sides of the atlantic , and will include entrepreneurs and innovators from cloudant , facebook and fortumo . the winner will be announced in january 2015 at a special ceremony with introductory remarks from u . s . ambassador jeffrey levine and keynote speaker dr . patrick h winston , a godfather of artificial intelligence and professor at the massachusetts institute of technology .
you can do this by implementing a feature to your platform through which you are able to manually deliver goods and services to your users , separate from the automated carrier billing processing solution . this is the quickest way to keep your paying users happy as you do not have to rely on fortumo or the mobile operator investigating the transaction or confirming the purchase from our back - end again .
“the ability to ensure that all our members are able to fully connect with online experience is important to us . working with fortumo , their experience will help us ensure that every member of our many communities – especially huge communities like online gaming – are able to seamlessly purchase and enjoy their games , in app upgrades and any other content they desire , ” said nazeem nasir , chief marketing officer at webe .
now ! innovations will start offering payments for mobile parking , ev charging , and other services , through fortumo ' s carrier billing solution , available in the number of european and asian countries and in the us . as a result of the partnership , interested municipalities , parking and ev charging network operators as well as now ! customers will be able to easily add mobile operator billing as an additional option for accepting payments from users .
now ! innovations will start offering payments for mobile parking , ev charging , and other services , through fortumo ' s direct carrier billing solution , available in the number of european and asian countries and in the us . as a result of the partnership , interested municipalities , parking and ev charging network operators as well as now ! customers will be able to easily add mobile operator billing as an additional option for accepting payments from users .
“africa’s digital ecosystem is quickly growing and we are seeing strong interest from international merchants who want to expand their activities there . while each day a large amount of new smartphone owners are coming online , collecting payments from these users has so far been a challenge . our expansion in africa gives locals better access to digital mobile services such as games , music , and video while helping merchants generate additional revenue from the region , ” said gerri kodres , chief business officer at fortumo .
“mobile operator billing has proven itself as the most convenient way to pay for parking . for example , in estonia - - where such solution has been in use for more than 10 years 90 % of parking payments are charged to mobile operator bill , ” says rain rannu , co - founder and ceo of fortumo . “we ' re excited to work together with now ! innovations to make mobile operator billing available in new territories , as well as for electric vehicle charging . ”
“mobile operator billing has proven itself as the most convenient way to pay for parking . for example , in estonia - where such solutions have been in use for more than 10 years - 90 % of parking payments are charged to the mobile operator bill , ” says rain rannu , co - founder and ceo of fortumo . “we ' re excited to work together with now ! innovations to make mobile operator billing available in new territories , as well as for electric vehicle charging . ”
carrier billing still is a good way for video streaming applications to get users to pay for their subscriptions . in an interview with medianama , fortumo chief business officer gerri kodres said that india grew to have the highest transactions for the company . although , the transaction size in india is smaller than average : between $ 0 . 2 and $ 0 . 3 ( around rs 12 . 5 to rs 19 ) . kodres added that that the trend in the value of transactions is slowly increasing , because more smartphones are in the market .
due to the high cost of refund fees , you should initially offer the consumer an alternative benefit instead of a refund . for example , if you have a music subscription service , you can give the user 30 days of free access . if you are developing an online game , offer the user virtual items inside the game . in case of carrier billing , you can use fortumo’s voucher distribution platform and create a batch of free service vouchers for potential refund cases . you can also consider benefits not related to your service , for example an itunes gift card .
maybe fortumo doesn’t offer recurring billing , or billing higher than rs 150 , which boxtv would need to charge for parity in its monthly billing . our take is that these are largely promotional offerings , to try and get users to pay for content in the short term , and use this pricing as a gateway to monthly subscriptions . the revenue share on offer clearly isn’t substantive enough to interest boxtv to expand it to monthly recurring payments , for which they would rather use credit card based recurring subscriptions , for which transaction fees are likely to be 5 % or less .
fortumo — a specialist in mobile carrier billing , which lets users to pay for apps and goods in apps without coughing up credit card numbers — is today raising its game a bit against competitors like bango ( partner to facebook , amazon and more ) , boku and paypal’s zong — the estonian - hatched startup has announced a new growth round — which techcrunch understands to be in the region of $ 10 million — led by intel capital and greycroft partners . at the same time , to push its business in emerging markets , it also announced two new carrier deals , with china mobile and vodafone .
the terms of the new investment were not disclosed publicly , but we understand from a source close to the matter that it is similar in size to the $ 10 . 2 million raised by bango a couple of weeks ago . meanwhile , the two carrier deals mean that fortumo is now working with two of the largest mobile operators in the developing world , with china mobile leading the market in its home country , and the vodafone agreement covering 13 countries : uk , germany , italy , spain , portugal , netherlands , ireland , hungary , romania , czech republic , greece , egypt and south africa . in other words , a mixture of both developed and developing markets .
note that multi screen media’s video on demand service sony liv launched paid subscriptions just last week , starting with the hindi movies category . the service launched with 400 - 500 movies , and would be available over the web and android & ios apps .
web exclusive content : in october , sony liv launched its second web exclusive show called shutter , after having launched its first web exclusive show called # lovebytes the previous month . earlier this month , the company also said it would broadcast pro wrestling league on 3 of its tv channels , as well as stream it on sony liv .
– in december last year , microsoft enabled carrier billing on windows store in india with idea cellular , allowing idea subscribers buy windows phone apps through this payment option .
– in october last year , carrier billing service boku acquired competitor mopay for an undisclosed amount .
– in march last year , gameloft started offering its old and existing games , as part of the subscription and as an inaugural offer , with idea via carrier billing .
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the subscription charge is either deducted from the prepaid balance or added to the user’s monthly postpaid invoice .
the company says that the payment method is available to 584 million subscribers of airtel , vodafone and idea in india on both prepaid and postpaid plans .
hooq is a start - up joint venture established in january 2015 by singtel , sony pictures television and warner bros . the video streaming service also says that it has 15 , 000 hollywood and regional titles . hooq also signed a multi - year deal with sun tv and would carry sun tv’s library that includes a mix of films in tamil , telugu , malayalam and kannada . hooq also added over 1 , 000 shemaroo video titles on its platform in august 2015 .
netflix had said that it is looking at local payment methods such as prepaid cards and gift cards . currently , subscriptions for netflix can be paid only via an international debit card or credit card . paying for content has been a problem in india as it is unclear whether companies like netflix , movies and music on google play , itunes may be violating the reserve bank of india’s guidelines for card - not - present transactions in india ( there’s a counter argument that the company may not be in violation … yet ) .
– in december 2014 , microsoft enabled carrier billing on windows store in india with idea cellular , allowing idea subscribers buy windows phone apps through this payment option .
– in october 2014 , carrier billing service boku acquired competitor mopay for an undisclosed amount .
– in march 2014 , gameloft started offering its old and existing games , as part of the subscription and as an inaugural offer , with idea via carrier billing .
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while boxtv has been pitched as a premium service , targeting users with credit cards with its online content , the inclusion of telecom operator billing essentially offers a wider reach for boxtv .
so , at best , boxtv will make 45 % revenue share on these deals , excluding vat .
what’s is particularly noticeable here is the distinction between the payment options for the short term and longer term packs . the billing options mentioned above are only for short term packs of less than a month , and only for mobile operators . what’s more , these packs are not renewed automatically . for a month and above : boxtv charges rs 199 for a month , rs 499 for 3 months , rs 799 for six months and rs 1499 per year , and offers only credit card as an option .
so why is boxtv doing this ? boxtv says that their data suggests that “a lot of online content consumption happens on weekends and boxtv’s weekend pack makes it easy for people to watch premium content without paying for an entire month” , which is why the short term plans .
next step : boxtv might want to approach dth players for doing what ditto tv has done ( albeit with a group company dishtv ) , and offer boxtv subscriptions as a prize on timespoints .
boxtv competes with the likes of bigflix , spuul , hungama , and , of course , youtube .
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the news of rovio partnering with idea to introduce carrier billing made headlines in the gaming industry and could trigger the long awaited monetisation vehicle , which has been stuck in limbo with google , apple and telecom operators for years now .
speaking exclusively to animationxpress . com , rovio entertainment , country director ( india and south asia ) , anurag sachedeva explained about the deal and how this could benefit the industry on the whole .
“we are something like the audience we appeal to and wanted to find a perfect partner for our carrier billing feature . it was purely a function of what kind of customer are we looking for and who is more interested in gaming as a platform . idea is one of the fastest data operators right now , so it was a good fit for us , although idea doesn’t have exclusivity for carrier billing for us . so , for the start it is idea for some time and we will be expanding to other operators soon . ”