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The Sportsman has apparently been attracting interest from potential buyers and could soon come out of administration, according to reports in the trade press.The reports claim that Dermot Desmond, owner of London City Airport and Celtic FC’s largest shareholder, may be interested in acquiring the title.The sports betting paper, which launched just four months ago,… Continue reading The Sportsman Attracts Interest From Buyers

Digital set-top box shipments could exceed 200 million units worldwide by 2011, according to new forecasts from the business intelligence service IMS Research. According to the report, The Worldwide Market for Digital Set-Top Boxes & iDTVs – 2006 Edition, IMS suggests that the market for digital decoders is headed towards strong growth as satellite, cable… Continue reading Digital Set-Top Box Shipments Rising

Eastenders was back on top last night, attracting a peak audience of seven million adults (a 44% audience share) in its 7.30pm timeslot.The BBC One soap brought in an average of 6.6 million adult viewers (a 42% audience share) across its half hour, many of whom stayed with the channel to watch The Inspector Lynley… Continue reading Strong Night For BBC One As Love Island Continues To Struggle

Mobile users across Australasia will be able to download clips from BBC programmes such as The Office, Little Britain and Doctor Who, after the conclusion of a deal between BBC Worldwide and Vodafone in New Zealand and Australia.Classic clips, stills, and ring tones from these series and others, including The League of Gentlemen, Goodness Gracious… Continue reading BBC Mobile Video For Australasia

BSkyB’s annual revenues rose from £3.84 billion to £4.15 billion, as it added 77,000 new subscribers during the last quarter and 389,000 for the year, according to the broadcaster’s results for the year ending 30 June.The rise in subscriber numbers over the past financial year takes BSkyB to 8.18 million subscribers. The company’s expansion into… Continue reading BSkyB’s Revenue And Subscriber Numbers Up

Digital set-top box shipments could exceed 200 million units worldwide by 2011, according to new forecasts from the business intelligence service IMS Research.According to the report, The Worldwide Market for Digital Set-Top Boxes & iDTVs – 2006 Edition, IMS suggests that the market for digital decoders is headed towards strong growth as satellite, cable and… Continue reading Digital Set-Top Box Shipments Rising

BSkyB’s annual revenues rose from £3.84 billion to £4.15 billion, as it added 77,000 new subscribers during the last quarter and 389,000 for the year, according to the broadcaster’s results for the year ending 30 June. The rise in subscriber numbers over the past financial year takes BSkyB to 8.18 million subscribers. The company’s expansion… Continue reading BSkyB’s Revenue And Subscriber Numbers Up

The BBC is launching vodcasts (video podcasts) of the Ten O’Clock News and Newsnight for viewers to watch on the move as part of a 12-month trial.Viewers are now able to download Ten Weekly, the best of the week’s Ten O’Clock News packages, as well as subscribe to top Newsnight reports and investigations.In the first… Continue reading BBC Launches Vodcasts For News On The Move

An independent ratings system for in-game advertising has been devised by US-based firms Interpret LLC and IGA Worldwide, Inc, which they claim is the first in the world.Gameasure gets its data from thousands of gamers of both sexes aged 13 and over. Gamers play for a minimum of one hour per week and range from… Continue reading US Rating System For In-Game Ads

The UK will be a key market for broadcast mobile television, with revenues to reach US $989 million by 2011, according to a new report from Juniper Research.Japan is predicted to lead the market with revenues reaching $2.9 billion, followed closely by the States at $1.8 billion. Total worldwide revenues are forecast to reach $11.7… Continue reading UK To Be Key Market For Mobile TV