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Mobile gaming and downloading is becoming increasingly popular, with the number of US households using mobile phones to play games rising by nearly 70% over the past 12 months, reaching almost 28 million, according to a new survey by Ziff Davis Media. A new report from NPD Group confirms this growth, revealing that 27% of… Continue reading US Mobile Gaming Users Hits 28 Million

Commercial speech radio, talkSport, has won the commentary rights for Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool Champions League matches, marking the first time the radio station has struck a deal with Liverpool.The deal will see talkSPORT cover UEFA Champions League fixtures for all three clubs on a national basis as well as Premiership home games by Chelsea… Continue reading talkSPORT Wins Rights To Liverpool Matches

Guardian Media Group Radio this morning announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in Reading 107 FM.The radio group has increased its shareholding in the Berkshire-based station from 37.8% to 60.3% with immediate effect, securing control of the station, which covers an area of 257,000 potential adult listeners across Reading.The station currently relies on a… Continue reading GMG Radio Takes Control Of Reading 107 FM

Tomorrow will see the beginning of the 30th annual Edinburgh International TV Festival, sponsored by the MediaGuardian, with this year’s MacTaggart Lecture by former BBC director general Lord Birt promising controversy in spades.Birt’s address is expected to support top-slicing of the BBC licence fee, a move which will ruffle feathers amongst those still employed by… Continue reading Edinburgh TV Festival Promises Controversy From Birt

Virgin Radio has announced plans to make its second show available via podcast this Sunday, making its newest programme, The Tim Lovejoy Show, available to download.Like The Pete & Geoff Breakfast Show, which currently has an impressive 85,000 downloads every month, The Tim Lovejoy Show downloads will be free, thanks to the show’s sponsorship by… Continue reading Virgin Radio To Launch Second Podcast Show

Guardian Media Group Radio this morning announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in Reading 107 FM. The radio group has increased its shareholding in the Berkshire-based station from 37.8% to 60.3% with immediate effect, securing control of the station, which covers an area of 257,000 potential adult listeners across Reading. The station currently relies… Continue reading GMG Buys Controlling Stake In Reading 107 FM

Publisher of the Daily Mail, Daily Mail and General Trust, has acquired Zambeasy Ltd, publisher of Top-Consultant.com and Office Recruit Ltd publisher of officerecruit.co.uk in a deal worth £4.1 million. Top-Consultant.com is the number one UK recruitment site for management consultants, while Officerecruit.co.uk publishes classified listings of vacancies for secretaries, administrators, customer service and telesales,… Continue reading DMGT Buys Online Recruitment Sites

The continued adoption of consumer electronics and internet access is predicted to enjoy significant growth over the next five years, with new research from Forrester claiming that by 2010, 62% of US households will have broadband access to the internet. The State of Consumers and Technology: Benchmark 2005 also found that by the end of… Continue reading Strong Growth Continues In Electronics And Internet Uptake

Cable giant ntl has announced the first stage in its £190 million investment in next generation broadband networks over the next three years, equipping the heart London with a high-speed, IP-based infrastructure to allow voice telephony, higher speed broadband, video, multimedia applications, as well as new services in the future.The high speed network promises to… Continue reading C&W Launches Next Generation Broadband In London

Text messages leapt to a remarkable 2.7 billion in July, marking the highest ever total, according to the latest figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA). Person to person texts sent across the UK GSM network operators during July showed an increase of 23.5% on the total sent during the same period in 2004,… Continue reading Over 100 Billion Texts Sent Across The UK