The BBC plans to launch six new video channels on YouTube for its Global News service by the end of the year.The channels, which are set to feature clips in a number of languages, including Spanish, Arabic and Urdu, will add to the BBC’s existing World News channel on the video sharing site, according to… Continue reading BBC Is Set To Launch Six News Channels On YouTube
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The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) has announced two new chairs from The Telegraph and The Economist, to replace the current chairman Simon Waldman.Speaking at the AOP’s annual conference in London, Waldman named the two new candidates as Alison Reay, digital media director at Telegraph Media Group, and Mike Seery, chief information office at The… Continue reading AOP Appoints Two Co-Chairs
The Telegraph Media Group has signed a deal with blinkx to show the group’s TV footage through blinkx’s video search engine.Telegraph video footage, including breaking news clips, original weekly shows and business analysis, was previously only available at Telegraph.co.uk but users can now access it at www.blinkx.com.Advertising revenue its expected to be shared between the… Continue reading Blinkx Is Set To Feature Telegraph TV Content
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Worldwide subscriptions to IPTV services are on pace to reach 19.6 million subscribers in 2008, a 64.1% increase from 12 million subscribers in 2007, according to the latest Gartner research. The report found that worldwide IPTV revenue is projected to total more than $4.5 billion this year, a 93.5% increase from $2.3 billion total revenue… Continue reading Worldwide IPTV Subscriptions Are Set To Grow 64% This Year
Guardian News & Media has today committed to releasing data on the new ABCe six month certificate.The data covers the Guardian News & Media portfolio together with a number of its regional sites including: manchestereveningnews.co.uk, manchesteronline.co.uk, getreading.co.uk and thejobsmine.co.uk.The certificates detail monthly, weekly and daily unique user/browsers, listing all the top level domains that have… Continue reading Guardian News & Media Commits To Six-Monthly ABCe Audits
Three major national newspaper websites saw a huge increase in traffic over the month of August. According to figures released by ABCe, millions of new users were reported to be logging on to the top three sites over this typically quiet period. It seems that Team GB’s efforts in Beijing are responsible for generating this… Continue reading Olympic Fever Sees Online National Newspapers Figures Soar
Top Up TV, Freeview’s pay TV provider, is set to expand its video-on-demand service by adding over 400 hours of extra content a year, after signing a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN.The Top Up TV Anytime service will now feature shows like Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost and Desperate Housewives.The new deal was brokered by Disney-ABC-ESPN Television’s… Continue reading Top Up TV Adds Disney Programmes To Its VOD Service
Google’s new web browser, Chrome, gained market share within its first 24 hours, although it has since given back some of these gains to the market leaders Internet Explorer and Firefox.According to internet measurement firm Net Applications, Chrome grabbed 1% of the market but as of last week had fallen to 0.77%.Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice… Continue reading Google’s Chrome Faces Battle For Market Share
AOL’s digital advertising business Platform-A is to launch a self-service ad exchange next year in an attempt to give advertisers more control in managing display advertising campaigns.Called BidPlace, the self-service marketplace exchange will let advertisers dynamically bid on and manage display inventory across Platform-A’s network.Lynda Clarizio, president of Platform-A, said: “BidPlace unleashes the industry’s most… Continue reading Platform-A To Launch Self-Service Ad Exchange
