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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

iPhone users surpass all others in mobile media usage, with more than 80% of iPhone users in France, Germany and the UK using the device to browse news and information on the mobile Web, compared to 32% of other smartphone users, according to a new report from comScore M:Metrics. The report found that even on… Continue reading iPhone Users Top Mobile Media Usage

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

Time Warner has stepped up talks about the possibility of merging or selling AOL to Yahoo! ahead of Yahoo’s shareholder meeting on August 1.Details of the potential deal has not yet been revealed, however one propsosal involves Time Warner taking a minority stake in a merger of the two companies.If Time Warner completed a deal… Continue reading Time Warner Steps Up Talks With Yahoo!