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BBC director general Mark Thompson has accused BSkyB of being opposed to the government’s plans for digital switchover and against the development of Freeview.Thomson also suggested in a speech at the Smith Institute in London that BSkyB’s chairman, Rupert Murdoch, was trying to use his influence to get the government to “put a squeeze” on… Continue reading BBC Accuses BSkyB Of Switchover Sabotage

Mobile phone company Nokia booked out every advertising space in the Evening Standard newspaper in London last night, handing out 50,000 free copies in the centre of the capital as part of a promotion for Nokia’s E61 handset.In some parts of central London, Evening Standard vendors handed out free copies of the paper to customers… Continue reading Nokia Boosts The Evening Standard’s Circulation

Carphone Warehouse has announced that it is to acquire AOL UK for £370 million. Under the agreement, Carphone Warehouse will acquire AOL’s customer base in the UK as well as the supporting management and infrastructure, whilst AOL will provide co-branded portal, content and other audience services and will manage the online advertising sales for Carphone… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse To Acquire AOL UK

The proportion of UK households with broadband will almost double, from 34% at the end of 2005, to 64% three years later, according to a new report from Point Topic. Remote rural areas where penetration is lowest at the moment will grow fastest and catch up with the rest of the country to some extent… Continue reading 64% Of UK Households On Broadband By 2008

VNU, the parent company of Nielsen Media Research, has announced that it is proposing to acquire the 39.5% stake in NetRatings that it does not already own. Nielsen is currently increasing its efforts to integrate its TV ratings systems with NetRatings online audience estimates to make a product that would enable advertisers and agencies to… Continue reading VNU Could Acquire Rest Of NetRatings

talkSPORT has secured the exclusive live commentary rights to 32 top-flight domestic football games on Saturday afternoons next season for three seasons, after winning an auction for the rights organised by the Premier League.The win makes the speech station the first national commercial radio station to broadcast live top-flight domestic football games since the BBC… Continue reading talkSPORT Wins Exclusive Football Rights

Internet search engine Google has surged ahead yet again, with the latest figures from Nielsen//NetRatings showing that 706 million searches were undertaken in the UK in August, 30 million more monthly searches than six months ago.This 4.4% increase in the use of Google in Britain means that 16,000 searches are conducted every minute in the… Continue reading Google Boosts Its Internet Dominance

The BBC’s director general, Mark Thompson, is likely to unveil a lower figure for the proposed licence fee bid, during a speech in London to outline the Corporation’s final strategy in the drawn-out process.Earlier this year, the BBC said it needed an above inflation rise in the fee to fund a variety of expenses, including… Continue reading BBC To Revise Down Licence Fee Bid

A London borough is making new free newspapers, thelondonpaper and London Lite, cut the volume of vendors that distribute the titles on its streets.Just 15 vendors for each paper are to be allowed to distribute in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea, down from an estimated 60, a council source told the trade press.… Continue reading Free Newspapers Told To Cut Vendors

The Cloud, a Wi-Fi hotspot network operator, has joined VoIP business Skype to enable the first mobile roaming Skype service on Wi-Fi handsets.The partnership gives Skype access to over 8,500 public Wi-Fi hotspots across Europe, including airports, hotels and railway stations.After registering a SMC Wi-Fi phone for Skype online, customers can use it to automatically… Continue reading Skype Goes Mobile