ITV shareholders are urging the company to appoint a new chief executive by Christmas, according to a report in the Guardian. The shareholders are apparently unhappy at the slow progress of the search for a replacement for Charles Allen. The report says that headhunters Zygos have widened their search for a new CEO to include… Continue reading ITV Shareholders Want New CEO By Christmas

Yahoo! is coming under increasing pressure to invest in more social networking as internet users move to sites such as MySpace and YouTube, according to analysts. Yahoo! could potentially be interested in bidding for Facebook, a smaller rival to MySpace. The pressure on Yahoo! follows the acquisition by Google of YouTube, the video sharing website,… Continue reading Yahoo! Under Pressure To Invest In Social Networking

As of 2006, 63% of the US population aged 3 and over uses the internet at least once a month, according to new research from eMarketer. US internet users aged 50 and over total 46.8 million, or 26% of the total US internet user population. Adults aged 50 and older make up an estimated 29.4%… Continue reading US Internet Users Over 50 Reach 46.8 Million

Internet users from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK are more likely to use their mobile phones to go online than internet users in the US, according to the inaugural findings from comScore Networks’ Mobile Tracking Study. The study, which is designed to analyse how consumers across six countries go online on their mobile… Continue reading Europeans More Likely Than Americans To Go Online Via Mobiles

Non-voice services will account, on average, for 13.3% of total service revenues for US mobile operators in 2006 and this is set to grow to 24.5% by 2011, according to a new report from Analysys. The US Mobile Market: Trends and Forecasts 2006-11 report says that the biggest driver of this growth is entertainment services,… Continue reading Entertainment To Drive US Mobile Data Revenues

Affluent working women in the US with family incomes of $75,000 or more are growing in number and 94.3% access the internet during an average month, according to new research from The Media Audit. From 2004 to 2005 the percentage of affluent working women making five or more purchases on the internet increased from 54.1%… Continue reading Affluent US Women Increase Internet Purchases

The worldwide mobile phone market is edging ever nearer to one billion units shipped for the year, with a total of 254.9 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2006, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Worldwide shipments of mobile phones were up 7.9% from the previous quarter and up an impressive… Continue reading Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Sees Record Shipments

Channel 4 has said that it is in advanced talks to sell its subsidiary Ostrich Media, which runs the TV channel Quiz Call, according to a report in the Guardian.Interactive channels like Quiz Call are currently being investigated by Ofcom to see whether their programming should be reclassified as advertising.In addition, the Gambling Commission is… Continue reading Channel 4 Could Sell Quiz Channel Subsidiary

Yahoo! UK and Ireland has extended its relationship with Guardian Unlimited, with the two companies continuing a multi-year search and advertising deal.The deal, which began in 2002, will see the internet search engine extend the advertising revenue services it provides the Guardian’s network of websites, with a product called Hotspots that operates in a similar… Continue reading Yahoo! Extends Ad Deal With Guardian Unlimited

Scottish Media Group, owner of Virgin Radio, has seen its shares drop by 28% today after issuing a profits warning. SMG said that the dip in profits is due to a weak market for TV and cinema advertising, which has affected its Scottish TV franchises and its cinema advertising sales business Pearl & Dean. However,… Continue reading SMG Issues Profit Warning And Sees Shares Fall