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News Corporation’s Sky News and Times Online have launched a joint video project this week.The venture will see Sky News, who already provides videos for Times Online, share production duties with The Times and The Sunday Times.Some of the videos produced and branded by the two groups will also appear on the Sky News website,… Continue reading Sky and Times Online launch new video partnership

Over half (55%) of European internet users are now online every day, new research from the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA) has found.According to the research, three quarters (75%) are using the internet during their evenings and 51% of Europeans (up 13% from last year) are on the web at the weekends.Almost half (49%) of… Continue reading 55% of European internet users online every day

Over half (55%) of European internet users are now online every day, new research from the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA) has found. According to the research, three quarters (75%) are using the internet during their evenings and 51% of Europeans (up 13% from last year) are on the web at the weekends. Almost half… Continue reading 55% of European internet users online every day

Almost a quarter (24%) of respondents to the latest Olswang Convergence Consumer Survey are watching TV through the BBC’s iPlayer for at least one hour a week. Seventeen percent watch legitimate online TV services other than iPlayer for at least one hour a week and 9% (admit to) watching illegal online TV for at least… Continue reading iPlayer becoming more popular

The overall UK television viewing audience continues to show year-on-year growth, according to the latest IPA Trends in Television Report.Average hours of television viewing for the third quarter of 2008 was 3.54 hours, compared to 3.38 in 2007. This is the highest level recorded for this quarter since the start of the current BARB panel… Continue reading UK Television audience continues to grow

Yahoo!’s chief executive Jerry Yang has given in to mounting pressure and will be stepping down from his role once the company find a successor.The search giant’s chairman Roy Bostock released a statement late last night, saying Yahoo! was “deeply grateful” to Yang but would be searching for a new CEO who could “take the… Continue reading Yahoo! boss Jerry Yang steps down

Newsquest Media Group is the latest regional media owner to release data on the new ABCe six-month certificate.The data will cover the Newsquest network of local branded media sites, including the herald.co.uk, dailyecho.co.uk, theargus.co.uk and thepress.co.uk.Newsquest will join Northcliffe Media Network, GMG Regional Media and Johnston Press in publishing six-monthly audits.Johnston Press signed up to… Continue reading Newsquest is latest to publish six-monthly ABCe data

Nielsen Online has announced it will be using the JICIMS/NRS Establishment Survey for online measurement instead of its own previously used GNETT survey.From November onwards, Nielsen’s online audience figures will be consistent with the UK online universe estimates provided by JICIMS (Joint Industry Committee for Internet Measurement Systems) on behalf of the industry.Nielsen has made… Continue reading Nielsen Online to use JICIMS Establishment Survey

The twenty largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 94% of the market – acquired approximately 1.3 million net additional high-speed internet subscribers in the third quarter of 2008, according to new figures from Leichtman Research Group. These broadband providers now account for nearly 66.7 million subscribers – with cable companies… Continue reading 1.3 Million US broadband additions in Q3

More than three-quarters (78%) of adult online consumers in the US made some type of online purchase in the past six months, according to a new study from Nielsen Online. Nielsen said that the top transaction categories were travel, credit-card management and online banking. The top online transaction category was travel, with 38% of adult… Continue reading Almost 80% of US adult online consumers made web purchases in past six months