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The BBC’s free to air high definition channel BBC HD is now available via BBC iPlayer, allowing users to stream HD programmes for up to seven days after broadcast.BBC iPlayer users will now be able to download and watch a wide range of high definition programmes from across other BBC channels, with up to five… Continue reading BBC HD comes to iPlayer

ISBA is set to back Project Canvas, the video-on-demand venture proposed by the BBC, ITV and BT, as “an important commercial counterbalane” to the BBC’s iPlayer service.Regulators are currently in the process of reviewing the proposed service, which would use an open internet connection to deliver on-demand viewing to television screens.Project Canvas follows the joint… Continue reading ISBA endorses BBC’s Project Canvas

Press Gazette, the newspapers’ trade magazine will continue to publish under its new owner Progressive Media.Earlier this month, the title’s former parent company, the Wilmington Group, announced that the magazine would cease printing after the May edition due to the current economic conditions (see Press Gazette to close after 40 years).At the time, a company… Continue reading Press Gazette lives on

Paul Maskell, research director at Ipsos MediaCT, examines YouTube’s impact on traditional media for delivering music videos…

Yahoo! warns it could cut 5% of its global workforce despite posting pre-tax profits of nearly $80 million in the first quarter of 2009.Yahoo!’s chief executive Carol Bartz said the company “is not immune to the ongoing economic downturn” when she unveiled the search engine’s financial results last night.Last October, the company announced it would… Continue reading Yahoo! warns of job cuts as Q1 figures are released

Despite the credit crunch, the internet is continuing to prove the medium of choice for more European advertisers as they seek to maximise return on investment. According to a report from the European Interactive Advertising Association, 70% of advertisers claim that their allocated online ad spend is increasing in 2009. The survey was conducted online… Continue reading Online continuing to be the medium of choice for European advertisers

Wikipedia has become the latest publisher to block online advertising system Phorm from tracking users across its portfolio of sites.The system, which builds profiles of users by scanning keywords on websites they visit and then assigns relevant ads, has been up against tough opposition over the past few weeks.Wikipedia released a statement, which said: “The… Continue reading Wikipedia to block Phorm

Independent News & Media has postponed publishing its annual results for a second time while debt talks continue.INM was due to release its 2008 figures this Friday but the company’s management will continue to hold talks about reducing its £1.3 billion debt until it announces its results next Thursday.Reports suggest that the company was hoping… Continue reading Independent News & Media delays annual results announcement

Global Radio is understood to be on the verge of selling eight of its Midlands stations to Bauer Media in a deal worth £30 million. Global said last August that it would be selling the stations to quell fears expressed by the Office of Fair Trading over its £375 million takeover of GCap Media. Bauer… Continue reading Global Radio on verge of selling Midlands stations to Bauer Media

New research has found that UK internet users are spending less of their online time shopping and more time browsing online media. During March 2009, 8.6% of all UK internet visits went to online retail websites and 9.8% to social networking websites, according to research from online intelligence firm Hitwise. Robin Goad, Hitwise’s director of… Continue reading UK internet users spending less time shopping online