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Dermot O’Leary has been chosen to replace recently axed Kate Thornton as presenter of X-Factor.The presenter currently hosts Channel 4’s Big Brother’s Little Brother and is said to be flattered by the two-series offer.Speaking about his appointment, O’Leary said: “I’m really looking forward to working with Simon and the team on the kind of Saturday… Continue reading Dermot Has The X Factor

BT Vision has attracted just 5,000 customers since it launched in December 2006, although the telecoms giant says that this is entirely in line with expectations.The investment bank Morgan Stanley estimates that 40% of the 5,000 customers are employees of BT.The service launched to a sample of users on December 4 last year (see BT… Continue reading BT Vision Begins Slowly

Chrysalis Radio’s LBC 97.3 has brokered a sponsorship deal with the health food brand Alpro to promote the Soya-based product on its weekday lifestyle show presented by Jim Davis at 1pm.The sponsorship, which is intended to raise awareness of Alpro as a positive lifestyle choice, will run for three months from Monday April 2.The exclusive… Continue reading LBC 97.3 Signs New Sponsorship Deal

The impending merger between US satellite radio companies XM and Sirius will create a monopoly which would potentially violate US antitrust regulations, according to a recent report. The independent study by Criterion Economics claims to offer “concrete evidence and analysis to some of the most important questions that have plagued lawmakers since the merger was… Continue reading Opposition Grows Against US Satellite Radio Merger

The UK economy is expected to grow by 2.75% in 2007, with growth moderating by just under 0.25% points in 2008, according to the latest report from the Euroframe – European Forecasting Network. Inflation has eased slightly from the highs recorded at the turn of the year and the Network expects it to moderate further,… Continue reading 2007 Growth Forecast For UK Economy

Cable operators and Vonage are driving continuing growth in the US residential Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone market, according to new figures from In-Stat. According to data from the market research firm’s US Residential VoIP Market Tracker service, more than 10.6 million US households now have at least one active VoIP user, up from… Continue reading US VOIP Market Continues To Grow

Google accounted for 43% of the £2 billion spent by marketers on online advertising last year, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). Last year, Google made $1.6 billion (£872 million) in the UK, which is around 43% of the £2 billion spent last year by UK marketers. In 2005, Google’s $878 million UK revenues… Continue reading Google Increases Grip On UK Online Adspend

Merrill Lynch (ML) is raising its global online advertising growth forecast from 24.1% & 17.5% in 2007 and 2008 respectively, to 25.5% and 18.8%. The financial analyst said that online growth for 2006 came in at around 36%, compared to its previous estimate of 34%, adding that this was driven by international strength in particular.… Continue reading Merrill Lynch Raises Global Online Ad Forecast

A new report from eMarketer says that, by many measures, Britain has become Europe’s leading online economy. The UK Online report says that as telecom competition drives down prices, growing numbers of Britons are upgrading to broadband speeds. According to eMarketer, the UK now boasts the fifth-largest broadband population in the world. With 12 million… Continue reading Britain Becoming Major Online Economy

BT has signed a range of new deals for its BT Vision Download Store. The Download Store is a non-exclusive online video store available to all of the UK’s 14 million broadband customers – regardless of which internet service provider they use.New content announced includes Warner Bros’ titles such as the entire film series of… Continue reading BT Announces New Deals For Download Store