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Network Rail is seeking bids for a publisher to produce and distribute a free afternoon paper at ten of London’s busiest stations.The paper could rival Associated Newspaper’s freesheet Metro, as well as the company’s paid-for evening paper The Evening Standard. It is planned to be distributed between 3pm and 9pm on weekday afternoons, prime commuting… Continue reading Bids Wanted For New Commuter Newspaper

The top 20 broadband providers in the States bagged more than 3 million new subscribers in the first three months of this year, in what has proved to be a record quarter for broadband additions. These 20 big players now control 94% of the broadband market – a massive 46 million broadband subscribers – according… Continue reading Broadband Bonanza For US Providers

Vodafone has reported an overwhelming take-up for their mobile TV service, launched last year with BSkyB. Sky Mobile TV, which is streamed straight to mobiles so it doesn’t need to be downloaded, has signed up over 100,000 subscribers, and now experiences over 70,000 streams per day.Speaking to delegates at MEM2006, the annual Mobile Entertainment Forum… Continue reading TV To Go

The number of global broadband subscribers rose to over 221 million at the end of 2005, according to analysis released by Telegeography Research. The figure grew from around 162 million from a year earlier, an increase of 37%. In 2003 the figure was nearer the 106 million mark. Telegeography predicts that the total number of… Continue reading Global Broadband Subscriber Increase

Text messaging football fans should be careful that their thumbs don’t drop off, after a staggering 120 million messages were sent on FA Cup final day (May 13) and a whopping 124 million on Champions League final day (May 17).Figures revealed by the Mobile Data Association (MDA), show that 104 million texts were sent per… Continue reading Text Messaging Continues To Grow

Google has added video to its current catalogue of text, static image, banner and flash animation ads, which it provides to other sites. The search engine colossus plans to place online video ads on the many websites in US, Canada and Japan where it sells advertising, though for the moment they will not appear on… Continue reading A Commercial Break For Google

Business magazines have retained their position as an invaluable source of information despite the boom in online publishing, new research commissioned by Royal Mail reveals.The survey of UK business decision makers saw 92% say that printed magazines are as relevant as ever, stating that print copies would be their chosen route for receiving industry information… Continue reading Businessmen Prefer Print

Vodafone has reported an overwhelming take-up for their mobile TV service, launched last year with BskyB. Sky Mobile TV, which is streamed straight to mobiles so doesn’t need to be downloaded, has signed up over 100,000 subscribers, and now experiences more than 70,000 streams per day. Speaking to delegates at MEM2006, the annual Mobile Entertainment… Continue reading TV To Go

Google has added video to its current catalogue of text, static image, banner and flash animation ads, which it provides to other sites.The search engine colossus plans to place online video ads on the many websites in US, Canada and Japan where it sells advertising, though for the moment they will not appear on Google’s… Continue reading A Commercial Break For Google

Digital Cinema is to be rolled out on a wide scale from 2007 in a bid to maintain the experience gap between cinema and home entertainment systems such as HDTV, according to the latest report from Screen Digest. During the second half of 2005, following on from the release of the technical specification for d-cinema,… Continue reading Digital Cinema Rollout Edges Nearer