After overcoming a series of technological hurdles, mobile phones are on the cusp of being used to make contactless payments, the CEO of Weve, David Sear, has said.
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The news means BT Sport has captured 24 per cent of all pubs, including groups and independents, according to research by Sweeney Pinedo. In statement, BT said this placed “BT Sport neck and neck with Sky at 25 per cent.”
Despite television’s dominance, press and radio were found to be the next best at generating sales.
Aligning TV’s mass reach with online video’s mass addressability, you create a modern multiplier for advertisers, says Videology’s head of global TV strategies, Rhys McLachlan.
Dedicated to the broadcaster’s British drama, ITV Encore is to become ITV’s first new channel in eight years, with other scheduled programmes including Mrs Biggs, The Ice Cream Girls, Poirot, Lucan, Whitechapel and DCI Banks.
As part of what the Murdoch-owned company says are plans to create further value for shareholders, BSkyB has initiated talks with 21st Century Fox to evaluate the potential take-over of its pay TV assets in Germany and Italy.
ITV, Kudos and Imaginary Friends have today confirmed the returning cast for the new series of Broadchurch, which is set to begin filming in Dorset shortly.
In addition to its current portfolio of Sky channels, Virgin Media will also offer its TV customers Sky Sports 3 HD, Sky Sports 4 HD, and Sky Sports F1 HD, with Sky Sports News HD and Sky News HD to follow.
The deal means AdSmart will made available to parts of Johnston Press’ sales network, allowing medium sized businesses access to an advertising medium usually deemed out of bounds due to high costs and unnecessarily high reach.
Worldwide video on-demand rentals (OTT and pay TV operator), electronic sell-through (EST), and DVD/Blu-ray disc sales are expected to grow 40% over the next five years from $30.6bn to over $43bn, according to ABI Research.
