ROK Entertainment Group, the UK-based mobile technologies, applications and entertainment development company, has acquired a 51% controlling interest in Los Angeles-based Fun Little Movies (FLM) for a combination of cash and shares in the company. Under the terms of the agreement, ROK and FLM will jointly offer made-for-mobile content, such as comedy short films, to network operators worldwide.
FLM specializes in the development, production and distribution of original mobile-oriented comedy for global distribution. In its nomination for Best Video Producer at the 2007 ME Awards, Mobile Entertainment Magazine said FLM pioneered the advertiser-funded concept for mobile video.
ROKs management team gets it, says said Frank Chindamo, FLM President and Chief Creative Officer. They see the same potential for the mobile space that we do.We are excited about the new synergies created by joining with a company that understands synergy the way we do. 
In addition to his role at FLM, which he founded in 2004, Chindamo is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California, teaching Mobile and Internet Viral Screenwriting and Producing.
We love what Frank Chindamo and his team at FLM have been doing in the mobile entertainment space, says Laurence Alexander, President and Chief Executive Officer of ROK. They really understand the medium and what people want from mobile movies. We look forward to expanding the footprint of FLM content worldwide and going forward to develop a whole new portfolio.
FLM has distribution deals in place with Sprint, Verizon and ATT, as well as several handset makers and overseas partners, from China and Japan to Europe, Africa and South America.  ROK will be its primary distributor worldwide.
In addition to marketing ROK TV through mobile operators such as Vodacom South Africa, Avea Turkey, Telenor Pakistan and AIS in Thailand, ROKs service is also available direct-to-consumers via Nokia Downloads on the Nokia Eseries handsets across Europe.