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comScore’s Video Metrix service for December 2007 has revealed that US internet users watched more than 10 billion videos online during the month, representing the single heaviest month for online video consumption since comScore initiated its tracking service. Top-ranked video property Google Sites saw substantial growth and extended its video market share gains, now accounting… Continue reading US Users Watched Over 10bn Videos Online In December

Reports in the trade press have suggested that GCap is planning to sell its majority stake in DAB multiplex Digital One.Recently appointed GCap chief executive Fru Hazlitt (see A Fresh Start For GCap With Hazlitt) is said be outlining her plans for the company to the City next Monday, where she is expected to detail… Continue reading GCap Could Sell Its Stake In Digital One

Nearly 80 million Americans (43% of the online population) have watched one of their favourite TV shows on the internet, up from 25% 12 months ago, according to new research from Solutions Research Group (SRG). A full 20% of the American online population said that they watch TV on the web on a weekly basis,… Continue reading 20% Of Americans Watch TV Online On Weekly Basis

BT Vision has seen its subscriber numbers grow to more than 150,000 since its launch just over a year ago.According to BT’s quarterly results released today, the broadband TV service finished 2007 with 120,000 customers and has since added more than 30,000.BT Vision launched in 2006 (see Long Time Coming – BT’s Vision) and recently… Continue reading BT Vision Hits 150,000 Subscribers

Facebook is set to roll-out non-English language versions of its social networking site in the coming weeks as part of an ambitious overseas expansion strategy in 2008.The move is designed to generate user uptake across Europe and other markets including Australasia.Blake Chandlee, commercial director at Facebook, told mad.co.uk that the site hopes to further expand… Continue reading Facebook To Roll-Out Non-English Language Sites

Mobile operators 3 and O2 have struck an agreement to merge their social networks.A new mobile social network, EyeVibe, will succeed 3’s SeeMeTV and O2’s LookAtMeTV, from the end this month, when the two operators have finished testing the service.The two offerings have proved valuable money-spinners for their operators and are both built on a… Continue reading O2 And 3 To Merge Social Networks

Revenues for free to view web services will rise by only £1 million from 2007 to 2008, but are expected to increase to £98 million by 2012 as commercial services pick up market share, according to a report from Screen Digest.The report predicts that over 1.5 billion television shows and specialist programmes will be downloaded… Continue reading BBC iPlayer To Aid Web TV Growth

Revenues for free to view web services will rise by only £1 million from 2007 to 2008, but are expected to increase to £98 million by 2012 as commercial services pick up market share, according to a report from Screen Digest. The report predicts that over 1.5 billion television shows and specialist programmes will be… Continue reading Revenue For Free To View Web TV Services To Rise To £98m by 2012

Google has reportedly proposed a partnership with search rival Yahoo! in an effort to escape Microsoft’s $44.6 billion hostile takeover bid.It is understood that Google chief executive, Eric Schmidt, yesterday telephoned Yahoo! founder, Jerry Yang, to propose working together.A partnership between the two could see Yahoo! outsource its search and advertising functions to Google while… Continue reading Google Goes For Yahoo! Partnership

Titan Outdoor, in conjunction with digital specialists iblink, has unveiled six new digital six-sheets at London’s Charing Cross station.The installations follow a successful trial at Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre and will replace existing scrolling six-sheet posters.The new screens, which offer an optically enhanced 65-inch high definition image, incorporate new technology which allows passers-by to view… Continue reading Titan Outdoor Unveils New Digital Six-Sheets