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Aegis has acquired the full-service digital marketing and design agency White Sheep, which is based in Finland. Founded in 2003 and with gross assets of €0.7 million, White Sheep’s specialist services include online marketing strategy , digital media, web development and creative production. White Sheep will be rebranded as Suddenly Helsinki, becoming part of Isobar’s… Continue reading Aegis Acquires Digital Marketing Agency

Microsoft and BT have teamed up to bring together the BT Vision service and the entertainment system Xbox 360, giving all BT customers the opportunity to experience high-definition gaming, television and movies through the console.BT Vision, powered by the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) platform, plans to make this service available to customers in… Continue reading BT Vision And Microsoft In Xbox 360 Partnership

This year’s incarnation of Celebrity Big Brother – Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack – failed to win the 9pm timeslot for Channel 4 last night, with an average of over 2.6 million adults tuning in to the new format.The programme, which saw the likes of Matt Lucas of Little Britain fame perform a stint as ‘Big… Continue reading Celebrity Big Brother Reincarnation Fails To Hijack Ratings

Orange has signed a content agreement with Setanta, which will allow the mobile giant to stream live coverage of every televised match of the Barclays Premier League through mobile portal Orange World.Setanta Sports 1, Setanta Sports 2 and Setanta Golf will be broadcast on the portal, with the content deal also allowing Orange mobile customers… Continue reading Orange Signs Setanta Content Deal

Bebo has been named the top performing social networking site, beating off competition from Facebook and MySpace, in a poll published today by Computing Which? magazine.Computing Which? looked at ease of setting up and use, features and privacy protection and security of the top 10 social networking sites.Bebo achieved an overall score of 79%, with… Continue reading Bebo Named Top Performing Social Website

Motorola is launching a new handset which will allow users to watch TV on-demand while they are on the move.The Motorola Mobile TV DH01 media player has a high quality 4.3 inch wide screen that supports up to 16 million colours. It also includes a five-minute memory buffer for pause during live TV viewing.Navin Mehta,… Continue reading Motorola To Launch Mobile TV Handset

IPC Advertising has promoted Amanda Wigginton to the new role of director of insight, after she took a leading role in launching a host of new IPC Insight initiatives in 2007.As IPC’s group head of insight, Wigginton recently spearheaded the launch of The Origin Panel, a 7,500-strong women’s panel, and Green Matters, which explores consumers’… Continue reading IPC Promotes Wigginton To Insight Director

UK online ad spending will pass £3 billion in 2008, and show healthy growth despite financial and political uncertainties in Britain, according to a new forecast from eMarketer focusing on the year ahead. E-commerce will also thrive, passing £50 billion as more consumers avoid the stress of crowded transport systems and city centres to shop… Continue reading UK Online Adspend To Pass £3bn In 2008

The number of UK consumers searching for post-Christmas sales online more than trebled during the 2007 holiday period, according to new research from online intelligence service Hitwise.Hitwise said that there were 249% more UK internet searches for the term ‘sales’ for the week ending 29 December 2007 than for the comparable week in 2006.There was… Continue reading Searches For Post-Christmas Sales More Than Trebled In 2007

IPC Southbank is relaunching its leading kitchens title, 25 Beautiful Kitchens, with a new look and amended title – Beautiful Kitchens.The new version shall be available from the February 2008 edition, and will include more pages of real-life, high-end kitchens together with at least 20 case studies per issue and an informative news section.Commenting on… Continue reading IPC Relaunches Beautiful Kitchens