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Internet call waiting, a feature introduced just three years go, now faces serious threats from broadband technologies, according to research from IDC. Internet call waiting allows users who access the internet via a telephone dial-up line to be alerted when another call is incoming. However, broadband access services, such as DSL, use a separate technology… Continue reading Internet Call Waiting Technology Threatened By Broadband

Investors in ITV companies Carlton and Granada have yet to see positive results from the ITV rebrand (see ITV Rebrands As ITV1), as share prices remain unresponsive. Carlton saw shares drop 2.44% to close at £3.10 yesterday, a loss of 7žp on the previous day, while Granada was down 2.05% to finish at £1.43, 3p… Continue reading Sharewatch

Global marketing communications group, Cordiant, has bought 92.6% of International Business Information (IBI), a leading business communications consultancy in Japan, for Y1.3 billion (£7.5 million). IBI is based in Tokyo and has more than 100 employees. Its business deals with domestic and international clients in the areas of investor relations, public relations and corporate communications… Continue reading Cordiant Acquires Japanese Communications Consultancy

By the end of 2005 half of all UK households will have Digital TV (DTV) and more people will use interactive TV (iTV) to connect to the internet than PC’s, according to the latest Internet Audience Measurement report from Jupiter MMXI, released today. The report shows that of the current 7 million homes that have… Continue reading Half Of UK Homes Will Be Digital By 2005, Says Jupiter

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BlowUP Media UK, an outdoor company which specialises in giant poster sites, is to run a campaign for the new MG Rover on three of the largest poster sites in the UK. The main poster will be at the site on London’s A40 Westway, which the company installed earlier this year (see BlowUP Installs Giant… Continue reading BlowUP Wins Car Deals

The IPA released its Q2 2001 Bellwether report today, drawing unsurprising conclusions about UK marketing spend. Leaving aside the much-discussed move away from television the IPA reveals a shift towards ‘below-the-line’ activities when decisions are made about marketing spend.Bruce Haines, president of the IPA commented: “What this report shows is that advertising expenditure is settling… Continue reading Few Surprises In Bellwether Report

The Wireless Group (TWG) has announced that Phil Seddon is to become head of digital development at the company.Seddon, previously operations director of TWG’s local and regional stations will take on responsibility for operational mamanagement of the company’s digital investments. These include 42.5% of the London II multiplex, 20% of the London III multiplex and… Continue reading Seddon To Head Up Digital At TWG

The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that the underlying rate of inflation for June has remained at a two-year high, increasing 2.4% on June 2000 due to increasing food prices.Month on month comparison reveals that the headline rate of inflation actually declined in June. The fall, to an annual rate of… Continue reading Underlying Rate Of Inflation Remains At A Two Year High

There were 26 million internet users in Germany as of June this year, according to data from Forsa, the German society for social research and statistical analysis. This represents a significant growth on the 8.8 million that were online just two years earlier. Around 40% of Germans over the age of 14 are users and… Continue reading Cheap Access Drives Net Usage In Germany