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BSkyB added 92,000 net new customers in the three months to the end of June, taking its total base to 8.98 million, with group revenue for the year growing 9% year on year to £4.9 billion.The fourth quarter saw the company add 200,000 net broadband subscribers, taking its total subscriber figure to 1.62 million.It also… Continue reading BSkyB Adds 92,000 New Customers

Investment bank Cowen has lowered its estimate for US online ad market growth to 16% year on year, from its previous projection of 19%.Cowen forecasts that the US search market will grow 22%. With Google predicted to account for 45% of the incremental growth in the US online ad market in 2008, compared with 12%… Continue reading US Online Ad Market To Grow 16%

The video search engine, blinkx, has launched a new remote search tool, which enables users to find and watch their favourite TV shows, from any channel, free online.blinkx’s Remote service searches the web to find all legal episodes of television programmes from the catch-up services, including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five and other channels.The company… Continue reading Blinkx Launches New Web TV Search Tool

Investment bank Cowen has lowered its estimate for US online ad market growth to 16% year on year, from its previous projection of 19%. Cowen forecasts that the US search market will grow 22%, with Google predicted to account for 45% of the incremental growth in the US online ad market in 2008, compared with… Continue reading US Online Ad Market To Grow 16%

eBay has launched an international business division at its headquarters in Bern, Switzerland, in an attempt to encourage advertisers to take advantage of the site’s global reach.The division will be responsible for looking after clients who want to reach eBay’s global audience, which is estimated to be at around 80 million users, according to reports.Advertisers… Continue reading Ebay Sets Up New International Advertising Division

Guardian Media Group’s pre-tax profits for the year ending March 30 hit £306.4 million, up from £97.7 million in 2007. GMG said that this was due to the £334.8 million sale of its 49.9% stake in Trader Media Group to private equity firm Apax Partners in March 2007. GMG went on to partner with Apax… Continue reading GMG Profits Above £300m Following Trader Media Sale

ITV2 is to undergo a revamp with a new look logo and interstitials, according to a report.The August 20 revamp will coincide with the start of the channel’s new autumn schedule, said Media Week.A spokesman told the magazine that ITV2’s viewers most closely associated the lime green colour of the channel’s idents with the channel.Other… Continue reading ITV2 To Get New Look

The latest quarterly figures from the Mobile Data Association reveal that 1.4 billion text messages are sent every week in the UK.Mobile internet has seen steady growth in the UK; 16.5 million people accessed the mobile internet in May 2008, representing a 25% growth since May 2006, indicating an average 4,500 new users every day.Picture… Continue reading 1.4bn Text Messages Sent Each Week In The UK

The chief executive of Guardian Media Group has said that regional newspaper businesses will have to be “financially recalibrated” because they will have substantially smaller margins in the future.Speaking to the Financial Times, Carolyn McCall said that although she now had different expectations of GMG owned titles such as the Manchester Evening News, she was… Continue reading GMG Boss Predicts Substantially Smaller Margins For Local Press

Ofcom has fined the BBC a total of £400,000 for faking winners and misleading audiences in phone-in competitions on shows including Comic Relief and Children in Need.It is the highest financial penalty to be imposed by Ofcom against the BBC, though falls well below the £5.675 million that Ofcom hit ITV with in May for… Continue reading Ofcom Fines The BBC A Record £400,000 For Latest Competition Scandal