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A new report from independent market analyst Datamonitor expects global active memberships in social networking sites to reach 230 million at the end of 2007. The report, The Future of Social Networking: understanding market strategic and technological developments, says that infrastructure providers, social network providers and wireless players stand to profit largely in the near… Continue reading Social Networking Site Memberships To Reach 230 Million

A new forecast from eMarketer projects that worldwide mobile brand advertising will rise to $3.5 billion in 2011, up from $123 million in 2006. Mobile text messaging is more or less a mass-market service worldwide, says the online market research firm. Mobile music is climbing the rungs of the mass-market ladder, it add, and most… Continue reading Mobile Brand Ad Market Set To Grow

Last night saw the Alan Titchmarsh series The Nature Of Britain win the all important 9pm slot, with the BBC One show picking up a peak of 5.5 million adult viewers (a 26% share of the audience).It was a varied night on the box, with Heroes on BBC Two at 9pm grabbing a peak audience… Continue reading 5.5m Adults Watch Green-Fingered Titchmarsh

BBC News and BBC Worldwide are understood to have agreed a deal which will see advertising on the corporation’s international website, bbc.com.BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s commercial arm that oversees BBC.com, apparently came to an arrangement with BBC News last week, according to a report on MediaGuardian.co.uk.The report quotes unnamed sources as saying that BBC Worldwide… Continue reading BBC International Website Could Get Ads

Future Plus and O2 have launched a premium retail magazine to support sales and drive customer experience.The magazine, called blue, has been developed in conjunction with Future Plus, a specialist publishing agency which is a division of Future, the UK’s leading consumer electronics publishing house.The 70-page monthly magazine has a print run of 500,000 and… Continue reading O2 Launches Retail Magazine With Future Plus

A new report from independent market analyst Datamonitor expects global active memberships in social networking sites to reach 230 million at the end of 2007.The report, The Future of Social Networking: understanding market strategic and technological developments, says that infrastructure providers, social network providers and wireless players stand to profit largely in the near term.Ri… Continue reading Social Networking Site Memberships To Reach 230 Million

The Deloitte review into ITV’s premium rate services (PRS) has found serious editorial issues in three ITV programmes: Soapstar Superstar; Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway; and Ant and Dec’s Gameshow Marathon 2005.The Deloitte review also highlighted serious technical issues around the use of red button for voting and the late arrival of SMS text… Continue reading Deloitte ITV Review Highlights Serious Editorial Issues

The BBC’s iPlayer, the online TV catch-up service, is to include video streaming for PCs and Macs when it is launched later this year, following a deal with Adobe.The service will be available on Macintosh and Linnux, as well as Microsoft Windows. It had been initially aimed at being compatible with only Microsoft XP, causing… Continue reading iPlayer Signs Adobe Deal To Make Service More Accessible

The return of MI5 drama Spooks to BBC One lured more than 5.8 million adults to the channel last night, giving the station a 28% viewing share between 9pm and 10pm.The high adrenaline series with its far-fetched but exhilarating plot lines was the most watched programme in the timeslot, up against Britain’s Biggest Storm on… Continue reading Return Of The Spooks Lures 5.8 Million

Free high definition broadcasts on the Freeview platform could be available as early as the end of 2009, much earlier than predicted, according to Ofcom’s chief executive, Ed Richards.Speaking at yesterday’s Ofcom Annual Lecture, held by the Westminster Media Forum, Richards said that new technology could allow the Freeview platform to carry substantial amounts of… Continue reading HD For Freeview Sooner Than Planned