Industry closes ranks behind bonking Brit

IN AN impressive display of solidarity, the mobile content industry has closed ranks behind Vince Acors, the man accused of having full sex in public in Dubai.

Notwithstanding strenuous efforts, the INQ has been unable to discover who Acors was working for when visiting Dubai. Acors was formerly with G8wave and Start TV but then the trail runs cold.

Despite joining up to a Facebook user group – 'Release Vince Acors from Dubai Jail', one of his supporters – well-known within the mobile content industry - claimed to have not heard of him before the Dubai incident.

Intriguingly, the reluctance to speak may have something to do with the fact that one of the pictures used to show Acors' face is from a snap taken when he won a golf competition held by the Network for Online Commerce (NOC) which is now part of AIME (Association for Interactive Media and Entertainment).

The INQ has no idea who the man standing next to Acors is.

It just so happens that the moderator of the Acors supporters group on Facebook is one Neil Penny, former chairman of NOC UK.

Neil Penny may be remembered by INQ readers for apparently representing Tanla and 2comm at regulator, Phonepayplus' hearing.

At least AIME and Phonepayplus can't claim they don't know each other any more. AIME just thrashed Phonepayplus five goals to one at soccer, we hear.

This cosy relationship between enforcers and content providers may help explain why the TV phone-in scandals went undetected for so long. The whistleblower in that case immediately got on a plane to Australia fully aware she'd never work in the industry again. µ

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