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More than 120 MPs have backed a plan to introduce a UK-wide local channel on the Freeview digital platform.The proposed local television network, Channel 6, put forward by a coalition of local TV operators and campaigners called United for Local Television, could carry local news, programming and advertising. It would also run ‘networked’ public service… Continue reading MPs Back Local Freeview Channel

The results of a new study from comScore show that non-newspaper readers in the US are likely to be younger than average online news consumers, while heavy newspaper readers are more likely than average to engage with traditional print news brands online. Heavy print newspaper readers show a strong skew towards older age segments, while… Continue reading Heavy Online News Consumers Are Not Newspaper Readers

GCap Media has acquired a majority stake in local social networking website welovelocal.com for £450,000.The deal will also see GCap pay for the existing cash in the company and will make further staged payments of £150,000 in total to the vendors as deliverables are met over the coming weeks.The welovelocal.com site helps people find the… Continue reading GCap Acquires Majority Stake In Local Social Networking Site

More than half of online social networkers between the ages of 13 and 49 never trust marketing material they receive and almost half say that internet advertising is driving them “insane”, according to a poll conducted by Facebook on behalf of Kyp Systems.Pop-ups are a particular source of irritation and 90% of the 800 people… Continue reading Social Networkers Don’t Trust Internet Advertising

Nearly 31 million people in the UK were surfing the web over the fourth quarter of 2007, according to figures released by BMRB. Although this is not a significant rise over the past few months, it is a 5.9% rise on the same period last year.This is reflective of the general theme of the figures… Continue reading Online Usage Round-Up Q4 2007

ITV has signed a deal to show all of this season’s Formula 1 races live on its broadband TV service.Beginning with this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, the broadcaster will be offering new and exclusive interactive action and news plus post race highlight packages, located at itv.com/F1.As part of the deal, itv.com will stream live simulcasts… Continue reading ITV To Show Formula 1 Online

An estimated 13.2 million households received an IPTV service in 2007, with nearly 8.4 million IP-enabled set-top boxes shipping worldwide, according to a new study from IMS Research. The IPTV: A Global Market Analysis – 2008 Edition report also forecast that IPTV households will grow 52.2% annually though 2012. This new study examines the worldwide… Continue reading 13.2m Households Received IPTV In 2007

Ofcom is to auction a large portion of radio spectrum for services such as mobile TV.The provisional deadline for applications is 10 April, with the auction likely to start at the end of April.Ofcom said the 1452-1492 MHz band, the so-called “L-Band”, could potentially be used for mobile multimedia services such as mobile TV, satellite… Continue reading Ofcom To Auction Radio Spectrum To Make Way For Mobile TV

American digital video recording system, TiVo, has forged a deal with YouTube that will allow US viewers to watch the video-sharing website through their television.Viewers will be able to search, browse and watch YouTube videos directly on their TV sets, but they must own a TiVo Series3 DVR that is broadband connected.Users will also be… Continue reading US Viewers To Get YouTube Through TV Sets

AOL is to buy leading social networking website Bebo in an $850 million (£417 million) cash deal.Bebo, founded by Michael and Xochi Birch in 2005, claims to have 11.4 million unique users in the UK and a worldwide membership of more than 40 million.In a statement released this afternoon, AOL said that the deal would… Continue reading AOL To Buy Bebo For $850m