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UK cyber shopping visits continued to gain momentum in the last week of November, up 34% versus the average weekly online shopping activity in the eight weeks prior to the start of the Christmas shopping season, according to the latest figures from comScore. The study, the second in a series of three looking at the… Continue reading UK Online Shopping Sees Seasonal Growth

Advertisers in the UK spend more money per person on internet advertising than any other country, at £33, according to Ofcom’s second annual International Communications Market Report.The regulator said that this is twice as much as France, Germany and Italy combined. At 14% of total revenues, spend in the UK on online advertising overtook magazine… Continue reading UK Advertisers Spend More Per Person Online Than Any Other Country

Advertisers in the UK spend more money per person on internet advertising than any other country, at £33, according to Ofcom’s second annual International Communications Market Report. The regulator said that this is twice as much as France, Germany and Italy combined. At 14% of total revenues, spend in the UK on online advertising overtook… Continue reading UK Advertisers Spend More Per Person Online Than Any Other Country

Whatsontv.co.uk, the soap and primetime TV listings website, has launched a dedicated Christmas section for visitors looking for TV treats.As well as a Christmas TV guide, the section will be packed with competitions, quizzes and TV features, including video packages about the forthcoming BBC Christmas drama, Oliver Twist, and how a millionaire like Peter Jones… Continue reading Whatsontv.co.uk Launches Christmas Section

Speaking at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on ‘The Future Of Radio’, Ralph Bernard, chief executive of GCap Media, said that digital radio cannot flourish unless Ofcom sets a date for switching off the analogue radio signal.He added that there is a £10 million loss per annum on digital and the industry “won’t sit and accept… Continue reading Bernard Calls For Radio Switchover Date

IPC’s Marie Claire has relaunched its website with a complete re-design, including greater depth of content and a host of new sections.The re-design, overseen by Stuart Selner, Marie Claire‘s creative director, and online editor Carla Bevan, is intended to deliver a glossier, cleaner look and provide easy navigation through its content.The new look website will… Continue reading New Look For Marie Claire Website

Although high-speed wireless data networks are available to the majority of all mobile phone users, few are migrating “desktop” activities to mobiles, according to a new report from Jupiter Research. Jupiter found that among the most common activities, e-mail is the most widely used on mobiles, but regular users are still hard to find, suggesting… Continue reading Mobile Internet Adoption Could Be Improved

Freeview is to launch a new catch-up service giving viewers the chance to watch popular programmes they might have missed and also plans to add subscription pay channels to its offering.Ilse Howling, Freeview general manager, said that the catch-up service was about giving people more value and would make Freeview a “more sophisticated” platform.She added… Continue reading Freeview To Launch Catch-Up Service

The recent unveiling of Kangaroo – the joint on-demand video service from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 – has stirred the ever-changing IPTV and VoD market.With such a wealth of content available to the three broadcast behemoths, Kangaroo is likely to be highly successful, with many suggesting it will push the likes of Joost… Continue reading Feature: Content-Rich Kangaroo Looks To Dominate VoD Market

A new report from the National Consumer Council (NCC) has called for children to be better protected from online ads on some of their favourite websites.The Fair Game report found that lots of the websites popular with children are actually targeted at older age groups, which means that some of the ads children see are… Continue reading Report Claims Children Need More Protection From Online Ads