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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

Google has said that Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo! raises “troubling questions” about the underlying principles of the internet.Writing on the official Google blog, David Drummond, Google’s chief legal officer, said that “Microsoft plus Yahoo! equals an overwhelming share of instant messaging and web email accounts. And between them, the two companies operate the… Continue reading Google Raises Competition Questions Over Microsoft/Yahoo! Deal

Two final panellists have been confirmed for MediaTel Group’s forthcoming ‘Future of Online’ seminar, with Richard Firminger regional sales director, Northern Europe, at Yahoo!, and Louise Ainsworth, MD EMEA Nielsen Online, completing the line-up.The pair will add further weight to the event, joining Sheryl Norman, digital director at Omnicom Media Group, Adam Freeman, commercial director… Continue reading ‘Future Of Online’ Line-Up Finalised

Last week was jam-packed with city news, as Microsoft announced that it was making a bid for Yahoo! and the government decided that Sky must reduce its stake in ITV.On Friday it was revealed that Microsoft had launched a $44.6 billion takeover bid to buy Yahoo!, saying that it is confident of delivering up to… Continue reading Media In The City: Microsoft Makes Move On Yahoo!

The largest stateside national audience measurement panel ever is to be developed, meaning information can be gathered on total viewing, including live and time-shifted (DVR) viewing of programs and commercials at a second by second interval.DIRECTV Inc. the US’ leading satellite television service provider with more than 16.6 million customers, and TNS Media Research, a… Continue reading Audience Measurement Panel To Provide Important Insights Into Multiplatform Viewing