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UK internet shopping reached a new all time high in October, according to new research from the Interactive Media In Retail Group (IMRG). The IMRG says that sales for October were estimated to be worth £2.73 billion, with e-retail growing at its fastest ever rate in 2006, increasing by an average of £50 per month… Continue reading UK Internet Shopping Reaches October High

MySpace has taken a step closer to going mobile after Fox Interactive appointed its first European mobile chief in a bid to increase the social networking site’s audience by offering its services to mobile users.Jean-Paul Sanchez has been poached from his role as business development manager at Vodafone to become vice president of mobile for… Continue reading MySpace Takes A Step Closer To Going Mobile

BBC One’s Children In Need programme was watched by an average of around 6.2 million adult viewers over Friday evening, indicating the tried and tested format is still popular with the British public.I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here on ITV1 managed to take an average adult audience of 5.9 million, a 27% viewing… Continue reading Children In Need Proves Popular With TV Viewers

The BBC has unveiled its team to lead the Corporation’s new multimedia division, BBC Vision, which launches today.Simon Nelson will lead the team as controller of multi-platform and portfolio, having moved from his role of controller of radio and music interactive at the BBC. He will oversee the strategy for multi-platform services and content and… Continue reading BBC Restructures For Multi-Media Team

Sir Richard Branson, NTL’s biggest shareholder, is set to challenge BSkyB after the satellite giant bought an almost 18% stake of ITV late on Friday, in a deal worth close to £1 billion.NTL has said that it will complain to the competition authorities, including the OFT, the European Commission and Ofcom, about Sky’s £940 million… Continue reading Branson Bites Back At Sky’s Swoop On ITV

Ofcom executives are said to be discussing BSkyB’s shock acquisition of an almost 18% stake in the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, ITV.Following the acquisition of the stake, Ofcom will have to decide whether the move constitutes a “change of control” at ITV and whether it would compromise the commercial broadcaster’s obligations as a public service… Continue reading Ofcom To Discuss BSkyB’s ITV Acquisition

Shares in ITV have dropped 5% after BSkyB acquired a 17.9% stake in the broadcaster for £940 million. The move by Sky now makes a possible takeover by NTL of ITV (see NTL Telewest Could Merge With ITV) unlikely. The BBC quotes Sir Richard Branson, NTL’s biggest shareholder, as saying of the Sky deal: “BSkyB’s… Continue reading ITV Share Price Falls After BSkyB Acquires Stake

RTL Group, which is rumoured to be interested in acquiring ITV, has announced that it has sold its remaining 25% shareholding in Sportfive, the European sports rights marketing firm, to Lagardère SCA. Last week it was reported that RTL, Europe’s largest broadcaster, was in talks with private equity backers on a possible £5 billion bid… Continue reading RTL Sells Sportfive Stake To Lagardère

More people in the US will watch more TV and video content in the future, not less, according to a new report from eMarketer. The US DVD and VOD Usage report explores the ways viewers watch television and states that viewers will consume content in a variety of different ways in the future, for example… Continue reading US Viewers Will Watch More TV And Video Content

The percentage of households with HDTV equipment had increased from 2% in February to 6% in July, an installed base of just over 1 million, according to a new report from Continental Research. Continental Research’s Autumn 2006 Digital TV Report says that over 1 million people already have HDTV-enabled TV sets, with another 3.5 million… Continue reading HDTV Households Increase To Over 1 Million