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A new study from META Group, the World E-Commerce and Internet Market Report, predicts that Finland, Iceland and the Netherlands have the highest ecommerce potential outside of the US based on a number of ‘new economy’ indicators. The report included 47 countries and examined various criteria by which to guage the potentional of each, these… Continue reading New Index Ranks ‘Computer Savvy’ Nations

European internet and mobile sports data provider, Sports.com, has bought the Daily Star website, MegaStar, from United Business Media (UBM) for an undisclosed sum. MegaStar has over half a million unique users and 14 million page views per month, according to Sports.com. Its audience is primarily UK-based 18-45 year old males.MegaStar was launched in 1997… Continue reading UBM Sells MegaStar Site To Sports.com

Viewers are not convinced that the larger choice brought by digitalisation and convergence will mean a better offering, according to new research from the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC). In addition, viewers want more respect for their interests, intelligence and privacy from broadcasters. Lord Dubs, chairman of the BSC, said, “Broadcasters and regulators should ensure that… Continue reading BSC Study Reveals Public Attitudes To Regulation

Viewers are not convinced that the larger choice brought by digitalisation and convergence will mean a better offering, according to new research from the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC). In addition, viewers want more respect for their interests, intelligence and privacy from broadcasters. Lord Dubs, chairman of the BSC, said, “Broadcasters and regulators should ensure that… Continue reading BSC Study Reveals Public Attitudes To Regulation

European interactive television (iTV) penetration is to reach 44% of households by 2007, up from just 11% currently, according to a new report from Forrester Research. Forrester says that four countries will drive iTV growth, with the UK taking 45% of Europe’s iTV penetration, whilst France, Spain, and Italy will share 44%. The rest of… Continue reading European Interactive TV Penetration To Hit 44% By 2007

The planned merger between Attic Futura owners PMP and the Independent Print Media Group (see Attic Futura To Be Sold Off By Parent Company) is said to have been called off, after it was found that the concessions necessary to please Australian authorities would reduce the value of the deal.This means that the future for… Continue reading Attic Futura Parent Company Merger Called Off

Global market research group, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), has this morning announced the acquisition of Adscope, a provider of advertising tracking services in the US, for an undisclosed sum. TNS will run the Oregon-based business as a division of CMR, the US’ largest provider of advertising tracking services, acquired by TNS in June last year.… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Buys US Ad Tracking Service

Viewers are not convinced that the larger choice brought by digitalisation and convergence will mean a better offering, according to new research from the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC). In addition, viewers want more respect for their interests, intelligence and privacy from broadcasters.Lord Dubs, chairman of the BSC, said, “Broadcasters and regulators should ensure that the… Continue reading BSC Study Reveals Public Attitudes To Regulation

ITV’s first major bid to attract large scale web traffic has been declared a success by the company after its online Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? game achieved 45m page impressions during its first three weeks of operation.Comparing itself to last year’s TV/web success Big Brother, which averaged 3m page impressions per day on… Continue reading ITV’s Millionaire Proves Major Online Ratings Winner

Reuters announced yesterday that its bid to acquire some of the assets of Bridge Information Systems had been declared “highest and best” by Bridge. The company’s business operations were put up for auction following reorganisation proceedings.The Reuters bid was primarily for Bridge’s content and trading applications for US institutional securities businesses. It is thought that… Continue reading Reuters Shares Boosted By Bridge Information Systems Purchase