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Chris Bennett, director of media and business development at Blyk, says globally rich, expanding businesses are building locally relevant features and making their money from local businesses, which means the mobile industry is well placed to win the hearts, minds and marketing dollars of brands…

Raymond Snoddy: If Lord Patten can handle the sometimes sulphurous politics of a major university, never mind the Tory party, then the manoeuvrings of the BBC are tame by comparison…

BT Vision customers can now watch their favourite BBC shows on demand, using the new BBC iPlayer on their TVs. The launch gives BT Vision customers the opportunity to enjoy more than 400 hours of their favourite BBC TV programmes and more than 1,000 hours of radio programmes.

According to multiple reports, Yahoo, or another large company, has approached Hulu about a possible takeover.

TouchPoints is The IPA’s unique, consumer-centric, cross-media, cross device database which was launched in 2006. TouchPoints was created to meet the needs of the communications industry. It offers agencies, media owners and advertisers unique insights into the daily life and media usage of people in Great Britain.By highlighting the habits and media moments of multiple… Continue reading TouchPoints

Ofcom is the communications regulator. It regulates the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate. Ofcom Technology TrackerThe Technology Tracker is produced by Ofcom with the objective to track the attitudes and behaviour of the general public with respect to the residential telecommunications market… Continue reading Ofcom

The Establishment Survey is a continuous survey involving approximately 52,500 household interviews a year, carried out, on behalf of BARB, by Ipsos MORI. The survey enables changes in the structure of the population to be reflected in the data that BARB produces. Establishment Survey data is used continuously in the operation of the panel.The data… Continue reading BARB: Establishment Survey

BARB was set up in 1981 to provide the industry standard television audience measurement service for broadcasters and the advertising industry. BARB is owned by BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BSkyB and the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) and is a not for profit company limited by guarantee.BARB commissions contractors to provide research… Continue reading BARB: Viewing Data

Criterion Capital Partners, the US investment company that owns Bebo, is set to buy Arqiva’s SeeSaw, according to the Guardian.

ITV has announced that its catch-up service, ITV Player, is to be available on Android devices.