The EU’s Telecommunications Council has approved a plan to counteract illegal content on the Internet. The aim is to increase the use of screening mechanisms to filter out illegal content and thus protect children and minors. A campaign to raise awareness will be conducted among parents and teachers.
The all-party House of Commons select committee for culture, media and sport has called on the UK Government to create a Department of Communications, which would have responsibility for telecommunications, broadcasting, media, and the Internet, and would be overseen by a single Communications Regulation Commission, replacing all the existing statutory regulatory bodies.
Mirror Group’s share price this morning rose 22.5p to 240.5p after the disclosure that it is in takeover talks with German newspaper group Axel Springer. Springer has issued a statement saying that it is considering several opportunities, one of which is believed to be a takeover of the UK media group.The news immediately sparked off… Continue reading Mirror Shares Jump On Takeover Talk
A decision on the planned digital-TV joint venture between Kirch Group and CLT-Ufa, the two German media groups, may be delayed by the European Commission. The German media company Bertelsmann has a 40 per cent stake in CLT-Ufa, and confirmed that the two sides had sought to obtain a compromise with the Commission, which has… Continue reading EU: German digital venture on or off?
Auto Trader Interactive has been issued with its second ABC //electronic certificate, showing that during April the http://www.autotrader.co.uk/ site received 2.646 million page impressions. This is up from 1.030 million for August last year.ABC //electronic: 01442 870 800
Associated New Media’s This Is London website has won the grand prix award at the New Media Age Effectiveness Awards event.The award, which is selected from the winners in each category, is aimed at reflecting a range of new media “ideals”, such as online promotion, design, build, targeting, branding and interactivity. Judges described Evening Standard… Continue reading This Is London Scoops Top New Media Award
Haymarket has announced the acquisition of IPC’s suspended Goal magazine (see IPC To Close Two Titles). The title will be merged into Haymarket’s FourFourTwo from the July issue, which is released on June 3.FourFourTwo‘s circulation currently stands at just over 88,000 and has been increasing steadily.Haymarket: 0181 943 5000
http://www.peugeot.co.uk/The Peugeot website, designed by UK web developer Brann Interactive, is a lesson in how to produce a first-class website.It is a big site, containing all the information one could possibly desire when thinking about buying a Peugeot: specifications of all the models (down to colours available and type of trim); where to find your… Continue reading Website of the Week – Peugeot
Euromoney Publications has today announced its best ever financial results for the six months to March 31. Pre-tax profits rose from £12 million to £14.1 million while turnover increased from £49.496m to £86.035m.Euromoney: 0171 779 8888
