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Telegraph Media Group is set to reveal its new-look website this week, with simplified navigation, more spacious story layout and added links.Telegraph.co.uk has been redesigned to encourage users to view more stories per visit, with present views at an average of 16 pages a month.It is the first major project to be produced by its… Continue reading Telegraph Set To Unveil New Website

Global IPTV subscriber numbers have more than doubled for the second year running with an increase of 53% in the 12 months to 31 March 2008, according to a new report from The Broadband Forum. It also found that worldwide broadband subscribers have reached over 370 million with DSL remaining the most dominant access technology… Continue reading Global IPTV Subscribers More Than Double

IPC Connect’s Pick Me Up has unveiled a refreshed look and format backed by a significant marketing investment.The new look Pick Me Up has a larger format, a new glossy cover, a cleaner logo, refreshed layouts and new editorial franchises alongside existing favourites.The design elements have been over-seen by IPC Connect group creative director Lottie… Continue reading Pick Me Up Unveils New Look

Amazon.com is launching a new streamed video-on-demand service offering 40,000 TV shows and films, according to reports.The new service streams the video as soon as a customer has paid for it, unlike the online store’s existing video download service Amazon Unbox which requires users to download a video to their hard drive before watching it.Speaking… Continue reading Amazon Launches Streamed On-Demand TV And Movie Service

Erik Huggers has been appointed director of BBC future media & technology, replacing Ashley Highfield.Huggers, currently group controller of the division, takes over from Highfield, who left the BBC to become CEO of video-on-demand service Kangaroo (see Highfield To Leave BBC For Kangaroo).In his new role, effective from 1 August 2008, Huggers joins the BBC… Continue reading BBC Appoints Erik Huggers Director Of Future Media

The Sun is set to raise its weekday cover price to 30p, up 5p, in London and the south-east region from Monday, following its 0.8% year on year increase in the latest ABC figures.The paper slashed its cover price from 35p to 20p in the Carlton ITV region, London and the south-east last September but… Continue reading The Sun Ups Its Cover Price

ITV1’s new glossy medical drama, Harley Street, lost out to BBC One’s On the Fiddle by over one million viewers last night.The pick of the day, starring Paul Nicholls, Suranne Jones and Kim Medcalf, only pulled in a 17.6% audience share between 9 and 10pm, with an average of 3.8 million viewers.ITV1’s new series, which… Continue reading On The Fiddle Leaves Harley Street Feeling Sick

Following TNS clinching the BARB data contract at the end of the year, it has today bolstered its team with two new appointments.Chris Balch will become managing director of the BARB service team within TNS Media Research. Previously, he has held the role of director of operations at TNS Worldpanel UK for the last 11… Continue reading TNS Bolsters Team Ready for BARB

Time Warner has stepped up talks about the possibility of merging or selling AOL to Yahoo! ahead of Yahoo’s shareholder meeting on August 1.Details of the potential deal has not yet been revealed, however one propsosal involves Time Warner taking a minority stake in a merger of the two companies.If Time Warner completed a deal… Continue reading Time Warner Steps Up Talks With Yahoo!