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The BBC’s free to air high definition channel BBC HD is now available via BBC iPlayer, allowing users to stream HD programmes for up to seven days after broadcast.BBC iPlayer users will now be able to download and watch a wide range of high definition programmes from across other BBC channels, with up to five… Continue reading BBC HD comes to iPlayer

ISBA is set to back Project Canvas, the video-on-demand venture proposed by the BBC, ITV and BT, as “an important commercial counterbalane” to the BBC’s iPlayer service.Regulators are currently in the process of reviewing the proposed service, which would use an open internet connection to deliver on-demand viewing to television screens.Project Canvas follows the joint… Continue reading ISBA endorses BBC’s Project Canvas

Press Gazette, the newspapers’ trade magazine will continue to publish under its new owner Progressive Media.Earlier this month, the title’s former parent company, the Wilmington Group, announced that the magazine would cease printing after the May edition due to the current economic conditions (see Press Gazette to close after 40 years).At the time, a company… Continue reading Press Gazette lives on

Paul Maskell, research director at Ipsos MediaCT, examines YouTube’s impact on traditional media for delivering music videos…

Yahoo! warns it could cut 5% of its global workforce despite posting pre-tax profits of nearly $80 million in the first quarter of 2009.Yahoo!’s chief executive Carol Bartz said the company “is not immune to the ongoing economic downturn” when she unveiled the search engine’s financial results last night.Last October, the company announced it would… Continue reading Yahoo! warns of job cuts as Q1 figures are released

Despite the credit crunch, the internet is continuing to prove the medium of choice for more European advertisers as they seek to maximise return on investment. According to a report from the European Interactive Advertising Association, 70% of advertisers claim that their allocated online ad spend is increasing in 2009. The survey was conducted online… Continue reading Online continuing to be the medium of choice for European advertisers

Global Radio is understood to be on the verge of selling eight of its Midlands stations to Bauer Media in a deal worth £30 million. Global said last August that it would be selling the stations to quell fears expressed by the Office of Fair Trading over its £375 million takeover of GCap Media. Bauer… Continue reading Global Radio on verge of selling Midlands stations to Bauer Media

New research has found that UK internet users are spending less of their online time shopping and more time browsing online media. During March 2009, 8.6% of all UK internet visits went to online retail websites and 9.8% to social networking websites, according to research from online intelligence firm Hitwise. Robin Goad, Hitwise’s director of… Continue reading UK internet users spending less time shopping online

While audience fragmentation is continuing, viewing of video content – including via the television set – is growing, according to the second Accenture annual Global Broadcast Consumer Survey. The survey, of more than 13,000 consumers in 13 countries, found that consumption of video content has risen during the past year in virtually every age range… Continue reading Consumers increasingly watching video content on multiple platforms

Almost half (48%) of US adults have either a MySpace or Facebook page, with 16% of adults updating their page at least once a day. Meanwhile, just 5% of Americans are currently using Twitter, according to a poll from Harris Interactive. The Harris poll surveyed 2,220 US adults online nationwide between March 31 and April… Continue reading Almost half of Americans have a Facebook or MySpace account