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BBC chairman Michael Grade has reinforced the BBC’s commitment to creating a vibrant interactive television market, pledging to work more closely with the industry as a whole in order to create more diverse services for viewers.Speaking at the Interactive TV Show Europe in Barcelona, Grade stated that the BBC has “a duty” to invigorate the… Continue reading BBC Pledges Continued Commitment To Interactive TV

BBC Gardeners’ World magazine has teamed up with Tourism Ireland to create a specially-branded 2005 calendar to promote the emerald isle as a tourist destination.The calendar will be covermounted on the December issue of the magazine and will feature Tourism Ireland branding on the front and back covers, as well as specially tailored advertorials for… Continue reading BBC Gardeners’ World Teams Up With Tourism Ireland

The Times is giving oversees readers the chance to access certain areas of its website free of charge in an attempt to provide advertisers with access to UK consumers abroad.Much of the Times Online website, such as the driving, travel and business sections, has already been open to oversees readers, but they will now also… Continue reading Times Online Opens Up To Overseas Readers

ITV has secured pan-European telecoms operator Tele2 as the exclusive broadcast sponsor of its latest daily tea-time entertainment series, The Paul O’Grady Chat Show.The deal, which marks Tele 2’s first significant foray into television sponsorship, includes full broadcast credits around the show, as well as branding on a new dedicated website available at www.itv.com/paulogrady.ITV claims… Continue reading ITV Secures Tele2 To Sponsor New O’Grady Show

HomeChoice, the broadband and digital television provider, is to boost the amount of interactive content available to viewers through a new deal with ICTV, owners of a powerful interactive delivery system known as HeadendWare.The new deal will see HeadendWare technology employed alongside HomeChoice’s proprietary video on demand technology to provide increased interactive services to viewers,… Continue reading HomeChoice Signs Interactive Content Deal

Cable group, NTL, has received at least 15 offers for its broadband division which could potentially sell for £1.2 billion. According to reports, sources close to the division, which includes the transmitter network for UK commercial television, said they were not entirely sure that a sale was even being considered. Last month, NTL confirmed it… Continue reading NTL Receives 15 Bids For Broadband Division

BBC chairman Michael Grade has reinforced the BBC’s commitment to creating a vibrant interactive television market, pledging to work more closely with the industry as a whole in order to create more diverse services for viewers. Speaking at the Interactive TV Show Europe in Barcelona, Grade stated that the BBC has “a duty” to invigorate… Continue reading BBC Pledges Continued Commitment To Interactive TV

The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked several US newspapers to disclose information about its circulation practices, following investigations at Hollinger International which showed figures at the publisher’s Chicago Sun-Times title had been inflated over several years. Yesterday the New York Times defended the integrity of its circulation figures after the SEC approached the group,… Continue reading SEC Investigates US Newspaper Circulation Data

Search engine giant, Google has struck a deal with internet service provider, Tiscali, to offer its web targeted advertising product on Tiscalis European websites. The agreement will see Google’s search results available on Tiscali portals in The Netherlands, Denmark, the Czech Republic and will expand to the other main countries where the ISP operates by… Continue reading Tiscali Strikes A Deal With Google AdWords

Capital Radio saw its share price rise yesterday, adding 0.44% to close at 404p. The company’s announcement that it will merge the programming content of its two Choice FM stations has been welcomed by investors, as the broadcaster seeks to present a stronger offering to advertisers.The move will create a single programming schedule to be… Continue reading Sharewatch: Capital Rises As Choice Formats Merged