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Sky is set to launch a new online music service later this year with Universal Music.The service will be available to both Sky subscribers and non-subscribers for a single monthly subscription, offering both streamed tracks and downloads to keep.It will be operated by a new joint venture company, in which Sky will be the majority… Continue reading Sky To Launch Online Music Service

Facebook.com accounted for 45.3% of UK internet visits to social networking sites during June 2007, according to a new report from Hitwise.Bebo.com, which was the market leader last year, was the second ranked social networking site in the UK during June, with a market share of 25.5%. MySpace.com ranked third with a market share of… Continue reading Facebook Is Largest Social Network In UK

Serious sports fans comprise 19% of overall online users in the US and represent one of the most lucrative audiences online, according to a new report from JuniperResearch. The report, titled Serious Sports Fans: Programming for a Lucrative Audience, found that 21% of serious sports fans, who tend to be younger males between the ages… Continue reading US Sports Fans Avid Consumers Of Online Media

Telegraph Media Group is set to reveal its new-look website this week, with simplified navigation, more spacious story layout and added links.Telegraph.co.uk has been redesigned to encourage users to view more stories per visit, with present views at an average of 16 pages a month.It is the first major project to be produced by its… Continue reading Telegraph Set To Unveil New Website

Amazon.com is launching a new streamed video-on-demand service offering 40,000 TV shows and films, according to reports.The new service streams the video as soon as a customer has paid for it, unlike the online store’s existing video download service Amazon Unbox which requires users to download a video to their hard drive before watching it.Speaking… Continue reading Amazon Launches Streamed On-Demand TV And Movie Service

Erik Huggers has been appointed director of BBC future media & technology, replacing Ashley Highfield.Huggers, currently group controller of the division, takes over from Highfield, who left the BBC to become CEO of video-on-demand service Kangaroo (see Highfield To Leave BBC For Kangaroo).In his new role, effective from 1 August 2008, Huggers joins the BBC… Continue reading BBC Appoints Erik Huggers Director Of Future Media

Global IPTV subscriber numbers have more than doubled for the second year running with an increase of 53% in the 12 months to 31 March 2008, according to a new report from The Broadband Forum. It also found that worldwide broadband subscribers have reached over 370 million with DSL remaining the most dominant access technology… Continue reading Global IPTV Subscribers More Than Double

Google search properties accounted for 87.34% of all UK searches for the four weeks ending 26 June 2008, research firm Hitwise has announced.This represents a 10% increase compared to June 2007. By comparison, Yahoo! search properties accounted for 4% of UK searches in June 2008, a slight decrease on May 2008. There was no change… Continue reading Google Accounted For 87.4% Of UK Searches In June

Worldwide spending on internet advertising will total $65.2 billion in 2008, representing nearly 10% of all ad spending across all media, according to IDC’s Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast. IDC projects 15-20% annual growth throughout the forecast period, with this share reaching 13.6% by 2011 as internet ad spending grows to $106.6 billion worldwide. “Compared… Continue reading Global Online Adspend To Total $65.2bn In 2008