The Competition Commission has been forced to extend the deadline for its investigation into Project Kangaroo until next January, because ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide failed to submit information on time.The commission requested details from the partners of the broadband joint venture, so it could assess whether the project will result in a merger… Continue reading Investigation Into Project Kangaroo Pushed Back To 2009
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Blinkx, the online video search engine, has made a $1.20 per share bid for digital media firm MIVA. MIVA (formerly known as FindWhat), operates in North America and Europe and has two core divisions running consumer destination sites and interest-specific toolbars and a third-party contextual Pay-Per-Click ad network. Blinkx has been working with MIVA as… Continue reading Blinkx To Buy Digital Media Firm MIVA
Andi Peters is set to host his own ‘Hot or Not’ Monday evening show on heat radio from next week.The former Live & Kicking presenter, recently a runner up on BBC One’s Celebrity Masterchef, will be reviewing the latest movies, DVDs, books, music and TV shows with celebrity guests for listeners.Peters said: “I’m looking forward… Continue reading Heat Radio Signs Andi Peters
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is set to launch the first industry-wide standards for online video advertising, supported by its members including Sky and Bauer.The standards are being launched following concerns that advertisers are not using online video opportunities due to the varying degress of quality and different file types.The IAB hopes the standards will… Continue reading IAB Set To Launch New Standards For Online Video Ads
Virgin Media has signed a deal with digital programming provider Perform to put extra sports content on its website.The deal will see news, interviews and action from world leading football, tennis, golf, motorsport and a number of other sports and major events, delivered on demand through Virgin Media’s sport portal http://www.virginmedia.com/sport.Drawn from Perform’s Omnisport.tv Daily… Continue reading Virginmedia.com Gets More Sport Content
A new forecast from Juniper Research predicts that 2.1bn mobile subscribers will “pay by mobile” for digital goods downloaded to their mobile phones by 2013. Juniper defines digital goods as music (ringtones and full tracks), tickets, TV, user-generated content, infotainment and games – in fact any content bought by phone and delivered to the phone.… Continue reading Digital Goods Purchases Via Mobile Phones To Increase
The News of the World is set to relaunch its website next week, with a new football blog section dedicated to each Premier League club.The new look website will also feature more video content, add new templates and incorporate an improved search function, according to reports.Football fans and fanzine editors from unofficial club websites will… Continue reading News Of The World Set To Unveil New look Website
BBC One’s Crimewatch Solved 2008 special, a show looking at how the programme helped solve crimes such as the Nisha Patel Nasri murder, attracted more than 4 million viewers last night.The one-off programme gained a 19% average audience share between 9pm and 10pm.Channel 4’s Big Brother came second to BBC One with a 14% audience… Continue reading Crimewatch Special Stole The Show
Virgin Media has outperformed analyst expectations, reporting an underlying operating profit of £333 million for the second quarter of 2008. The company reported revenues of £990.5 million, with average revenue per subscriber slightly down to £41.63. It saw an operating loss of £333 million in the second quarter, compared with a £3 million profit in… Continue reading Virgin Media Reports £333m Underlying Profit
Virgin Media added 24,800 TV subscribers during the three months ending June 30, as well as 54,600 subscribers to its cable broadband service.The group also reported an underlying operating profit of £333 million for the second quarter, with revenues of £990.5 million.The cable company posted an operating loss of £333 million in Q2, compared with… Continue reading Virgin Media Adds Almost 25,000 TV Subscribers