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iPlayer enabled Freeview boxes should be available for Christmas, with HD Freeview boxes ready to launch in time for next year’s World Cup.Ilse Howling, managing director of Freeview, said that almost 14 million homes have HD-ready televisions adding that she believes there will be significant demand for the upgraded boxes.“Freeview HD is what people are… Continue reading iPlayer Freeview boxes to launch for Christmas

Blinkx has signed a deal with the digital TV software company Miniweb that will see its search and interactive services added to set-top boxes across the UK.The deal will give the online video search service a chance to integrate the diversity of web video and the functionality of web search with TV sets in homes… Continue reading Blinkx signs new set-top box deal

The Wall Street Journal is set to start charging casual users for access to individual online articles following owner Rupert Murdoch’s plans to expand the pay model.WSJ‘s managing editor Robert Thomson said the micro-payment system will apply to non-subscribers who want to read individual articles and will give existing subscribers access to premium niche markets,… Continue reading Wall Street Journal to implement new payment system

BBC Radio 5 live has unveiled its new weekend schedule with a fresh new look to its Saturday and Sunday morning slots.Danny Baker is set to host the Saturday 9-11am programme, with a focus on the day’s sport, which will include listener stories, comedy, fans on the road, interactive games, special guests and supporters’ issues… Continue reading BBC Radio 5 live unveils new weekend line-up

Advanced TV advertising in the United States is poised to generate modest growth starting in 2010, according to a new report from Magna. Magna’s definition of advanced TV advertising includes Video on Demand (VOD), requests for information (RFIs), long-form showcases, DVR advertising, interactive program guide advertising, addressable advertising, creative versioning and advanced trafficking systems. It… Continue reading US advanced TV advertising to generate modest growth in 2010

New research from Hitwise has revealed that Google accounted for 72.4% of all US searches conducted in the four weeks ending 25 April 2009. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com received 16.3%, 5.7%% and 4%, respectively. The remaining 49 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.4% of US searches. Percentage… Continue reading Google increases share of US searches in April

Carphone Warehouse has agreed a £236 million deal to buy the UK operations of Italian internet service provider Tiscali. Carphone Warehouse, which currently provides broadband services under its TalkTalk brand and also owns AOL UK, will be the UK’s largest home broadband provider with 4.25 million subscribers when the deal is finalised at the end… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse to buy Tiscali’s UK operations

Financial services sites are the most popular among European mobile subscribers older than 55, according to a report from comScore. comScore found that teenagers are more likely to visit social networking, entertainment and even comic sites on their mobile devices. Unsurprisingly, younger users tend to access any internet content much more frequently than their older… Continue reading Financial services sites most popular among older European mobile subscribers

The Evening Standard will be distributed across London for free on Monday in a bid to promote its relaunch.The newspaper, which usually runs with a coverprice of 50p, is set show off its new-look with 650,000 free copies, which will be handed out across the capital.The freebie move follows a teaser ad campaign that has… Continue reading Evening Standard to go free for a day

Daily Newspaper Market Overall, the daily newspaper market was down by almost 5% year on year in April, although the Daily Star bucked the general downward trend and reported impressive year on year growth.The Independent suffered the largest circulation decline, although other daily titles also recorded significant falls. National Newspaper ABC Figures – April 2009… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2009