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Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) is in talks with Germany’s GfK over a nil-premium merger which would create the world’s second largest market information group by revenue. The merged group would have a combined valuation of over £1.4 billion and would be renamed GfK-TNS. Shareholders of GfK and TNS would each hold 50 percent of the… Continue reading TNS And GfK In Merger Talks

Hitwise, the online intelligence service, has revealed that the top 100 Google internet properties sent over one third of all internet traffic to websites in the UK during March 2008. A custom category consisting of the 100 most visited web properties in the UK that are owned by Google accounted for 36.55% of upstream traffic… Continue reading Over One Third Of UK Internet Traffic Comes From Google Sites

Global demand for mobile phone handsets remains strong, according to new research from consultancy firm Strategy Analytics. It said that 282 million handsets were shipped worldwide in the first quarter of 2008, up 14% year on year. Strategy Analytics said that the growth was driven by rising demand in markets such as Africa and Asia.… Continue reading Mobile Handset Demand Remains Strong

Mobile instant messaging is set to cannibalise texting and eventually email from PC, a survey from TNS Technology has found. The TNS Global Telecoms Insight study, which interviewed 17,000 respondents across 30 countries, found that once mobile users adopt mobile instant messaging (MIM) it overtakes other messaging tools with potentially dramatic consequences for service and… Continue reading Mobile Instant Messaging To Takeover From Texting And Email

Mobile instant messaging is set to cannibalise texting and eventually email from PC, a survey from TNS Technology has found.The TNS Global Telecoms Insight study, which interviewed 17,000 respondents across 30 countries, found that once mobile users adopt mobile instant messaging (MIM) it overtakes other messaging tools with potentially dramatic consequences for service and network… Continue reading Mobile Instant Messaging To Takeover From Texting And Email

Global demand for mobile phone handsets remains strong, according to new research from consultancy firm Strategy Analytics.It said that 282 million handsets were shipped worldwide in the first quarter of 2008, up 14% year on year.Strategy Analytics said that the growth was driven by rising demand in markets such as Africa and Asia.It added that… Continue reading Mobile Handset Demand Remains Strong

ITV1 was the big ratings winner last night, with a peak of 7.5 million adults tuning in for the return of Midsomer Murders at 8pm.The two hour crime drama, which saw John Nettles investigating yet another murder in the sleepy village, had an average of 7.2 million viewers, a 30.9% share of the audience.It easily… Continue reading 7.5m Tune In For Return Of Midsomer Murders

RAJAR is to pilot a new online system of recording radio listening and abandon its trial of electronic device alternatives to its diary-based system.The two-year trial of portable people meters as due to continue until the beginning of 2009 but will now end in June.The new survey is intended to give the radio industry more… Continue reading RAJAR To Pilot Online Diary

Alex Donelly, a former EMI executive, has joined Channel 4 as head of music for its digital radio operations.Donelly will work across all of 4 Radio’s stations and have responsibility for their music output.He will work alongside Channel 4 director of radio Bob Shennan in order to develop a launch and music strategy.Shennan said: “Alex… Continue reading Channel 4 Appoints Head Of Music

Publisher Trinity Mirror is to close eight loss making newspapers in Derby and Peterborough. The titles are all free weeklies and include the Derby Trader and the Peterborough Herald and Post. According to a report in the Guardian, 23 employees will be made redundant, six of them in editorial positions. Trinity Mirror said it does… Continue reading Trinity Mirror To Close Eight Papers