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GCap has reported a fall in profits with annual pre-tax revenue to the end of March down 40% to £22.2 million. On a statutory basis, including the effect of amortisation and other charges, the company made a loss before tax of £47.9 million.One of the main reasons for the slump is said to be the… Continue reading Revamp Renders GCap Profits Down

UK ISP Wanadoo will become Orange in a re-branding exercise by France Telecom costing an estimated £130 million.As part of the plan to homogenise the brand, there will be advertising campaigns across the media platforms to say goodbye to Wanadoo and welcome Orange. Three variants of the ads have been created to market the combined… Continue reading Wanadoo Makes Way For Orange

Sony USA is currently producing 750,000 Blu-ray DVDs every month, with production expected to rise to over five million discs per month by October of this year. The increase will be made possible by the adding of more production lines to the three already in existence, which have a capacity of 25,000 single-layer 25GB Blu-ray… Continue reading Sony Blu-ray Production Grows

Google held on to the top place yet again in the US monthly search engine league, increasing its market share further in April.According to comScore Networks’ qSearch analysis for last month, 43.1% of all American searches were performed on Google’s sites. The search engine, which is so dominant that it has even spawned a new… Continue reading Google Giant Keeps On Growing

In the four weeks ending May 20, older people, or ‘silver surfers’, made up 15.7% of visits to all categories of website, according to the latest analysis from Hitwise UK, the online competitive intelligence service. Silver surfers – people aged 55 or over – were attracted most to Google, followed by MSN Hotmail and then… Continue reading Favourite Websites Of The Silver Surfers

An independent study, commissioned by ITV, has hit out at the BBC’s bid to increase the licence fee by 2.3% above RPI.The study, by Indepen Consulting, said that the BBC, now headed by director general Mark Thompson who famously criticised the Corporation for being “awash in a jacuzzi of cash”, was deliberately underplaying its predicted… Continue reading BBC Berated For Huge Cash Claim

The UK has been named the most digital country in Western Europe, in research by Informa Telecoms & Media. The Converging Media (CM) Index, published quarterly by Informa, gives the UK an index of 30.5 at ther end of 2005, compared to second place Finland’s 23.1. Steve Mullins, editor of Informa Telecoms & Media’s research… Continue reading UK Named Most Digital Country In Western Europe

JCDecaux has continued its strong start to 2006 by retaining its outdoor advertising contract with BAA, in a deal worth £500 million (see JCDecaux Sees Strong Start To 2006).JCDecaux inherited the account in 1999, when it bought out Sky Sites. The new contract, which could last up to ten years, begins in April 2007 and… Continue reading BAA Continues With JCDecaux

Active home internet users dropped by about 0.5% over April, according to a report by Nielsen//NetRatings, which follows on from the 2.2% increase recorded in March. The decline was blamed on a drop of about 1.8 million home internet users in Germany, Australia, Brazil, Spain and the U.S.A. Germany recorded a 2.5% drop between March… Continue reading Internet User Numbers Decrease in April

Peripatetic information-junkies with WAP-enabled phones are now able to access Teletext’s digital TV service via their mobiles. Headlines, sport, weather, competitions and more will be available across all mobile networks, with personalised homepages allowing ease of access to favourite sites.Opportunities for advertisers will include banner advertising, sponsorship and tenancy, in a bid to reverse the… Continue reading Teletext On The Move