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A new forecast from Juniper Research predicts that 2.1bn mobile subscribers will “pay by mobile” for digital goods downloaded to their mobile phones by 2013. Juniper defines digital goods as music (ringtones and full tracks), tickets, TV, user-generated content, infotainment and games – in fact any content bought by phone and delivered to the phone.… Continue reading Digital Goods Purchases Via Mobile Phones To Increase

The News of the World is set to relaunch its website next week, with a new football blog section dedicated to each Premier League club.The new look website will also feature more video content, add new templates and incorporate an improved search function, according to reports.Football fans and fanzine editors from unofficial club websites will… Continue reading News Of The World Set To Unveil New look Website

BBC One’s Crimewatch Solved 2008 special, a show looking at how the programme helped solve crimes such as the Nisha Patel Nasri murder, attracted more than 4 million viewers last night.The one-off programme gained a 19% average audience share between 9pm and 10pm.Channel 4’s Big Brother came second to BBC One with a 14% audience… Continue reading Crimewatch Special Stole The Show

Virgin Media added 24,800 TV subscribers during the three months ending June 30, as well as 54,600 subscribers to its cable broadband service.The group also reported an underlying operating profit of £333 million for the second quarter, with revenues of £990.5 million.The cable company posted an operating loss of £333 million in Q2, compared with… Continue reading Virgin Media Adds Almost 25,000 TV Subscribers

Andi Peters is set to host his own ‘Hot or Not’ Monday evening show on heat radio from next week.The former Live & Kicking presenter, recently a runner up on BBC One’s Celebrity Masterchef, will be reviewing the latest movies, DVDs, books, music and TV shows with celebrity guests for listeners.Peters said: “I’m looking forward… Continue reading Heat Radio Signs Andi Peters

The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is set to launch the first industry-wide standards for online video advertising, supported by its members including Sky and Bauer.The standards are being launched following concerns that advertisers are not using online video opportunities due to the varying degress of quality and different file types.The IAB hopes the standards will… Continue reading IAB Set To Launch New Standards For Online Video Ads

Virgin Media has signed a deal with digital programming provider Perform to put extra sports content on its website.The deal will see news, interviews and action from world leading football, tennis, golf, motorsport and a number of other sports and major events, delivered on demand through Virgin Media’s sport portal http://www.virginmedia.com/sport.Drawn from Perform’s Omnisport.tv Daily… Continue reading Virginmedia.com Gets More Sport Content

BSkyB has secured the British TV rights to England’s home Test matches, Twenty20 and one-day internationals until 2013 in a new deal unveiled today.As part of the deal, which is worth £300 million in total, Channel Five has also retained the right to continue broadcasting cricket highlights of England’s home Test matches.Sky has screened England’s… Continue reading Sky Retain Cricket Rights In New £300 Million Deal

Channel 4’s new series of The Secret Millionaire was a big success last night, topping the other channels with 3.8 million peak viewers between 9.45pm and 10pm.The reality programme, which saw entrepreneur James Benamor help three local groups in Manchester’s Moss Side to combat youth crime, picked up an average 14.8% audience share with more… Continue reading The Secret Millionaire Banks 3.8 Million Viewers

New data released by comScore reveals that three out of four searches are conducted on Google sites, making it the most popular search property in the UK.The UK Internet seach activity report shows that in June, Google increased its massive lead to 75.3% of all search queries, followed by eBay with 5.5% and Yahoo! with… Continue reading 75% Of Searches Conducted On Google Sites