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During the first 19 days of November this year, total online retail spending in the US reached $6.35 billion, marking a 23% increase versus the corresponding days in 2005, according to a new report from comScore Networks. Gian Fulgoni, chairman of comScore Networks, said: “With 23% growth versus the same days last year, online holiday… Continue reading US Online Retail Increases In November

Social networking site MySpace is looking for mobile partners to launch and promote MySpace mobile services across Europe.Earlier this week, the company appointed former business development manager at Vodafone, Jean-Paul Sanchez, to the position of vice president of mobile for Fox Interactive in Europe (see MySpace Takes A Step Closer To Going Mobile), and he… Continue reading MySpace Searching For Mobile Partners

BSkyB’s holdings in ITV will reduce competition and raise plurality concerns in the UK media market, which is not in the public interest, according to a statement released by NTL.The company also said it is “considering all of its options” following ITV’s rejection of the cable group’s takeover approach yesterday (see ITV Board Rejects NTL… Continue reading BSkyB’s Acquisition Of ITV Not In The Public Interest, Says NTL

Celtic’s 1-0 Champion’s League victory over Manchester United lured an average of 5.6 million adult viewers to ITV1 last night, giving the channel a 26% audience share between 7.30pm and 9.30pm.Following on from the match at a slightly later time than usual, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here dropped more than two million… Continue reading Triumphant Celtic Victory Lures 5.6 Million To ITV1

Specials and old favourites will be key to the BBC keeping its viewing figures up during the festive season.The Corporation will screen special editions of Doctor Who, Little Britain, This Life and The Vicar of Dibley, whilst EastEnders will see the “dramatic” exit of one of the soap’s original characters, Pauline Fowler.Little Britain star Matt… Continue reading Specials And Nostalgia Key To BBC’s Festive Programming

October saw viewing shares fall year on year across most terrestrial channels, with BBC One and ITV1 both seeing dips of over 1 percentage point.In digital homes, viewing shares remained relatively static year on year, with BBC Two seeing the greatest change, with an increase of 0.8 percentage points.All ViewingITV1 saw its viewing share fall… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – October 2006

The ITV board has unanimously rejected a merger bid by NTL, claiming there is “little, if any, strategic logic for ITV to combine with NTL “.For each ITV share, the US cable giant had offered 105p in cash and new NTL shares, which were worth 17p at the close of business on 9 November. The… Continue reading ITV Board Rejects NTL Merger Bid

I’m A Celebrity… attracted a peak audience of 8.2 million adults (a 36.3% audience share) to ITV1 last night, no doubt all eager to see what would happen when the jungle dwellers were split into two teams.The show did not disappoint, with a raucous ruck over a task to win some cheese and biscuits the… Continue reading I’m A Celebrity… Brings Back The Viewers

As more than half of the world is now logging on to the web, Alex Burmaster, European internet analyst at Nielsen//NetRatings, discusses the mushrooming popularity of video-sharing websites like YouTube, and why more and more people are turning to this platform for information and entertainment…Over half of the world’s population now has access to the… Continue reading The Rise Of Online Video

National Grid Wireless (NGW) will apparently make a bid for the national commercial digital radio multiplex, which is to be advertised by Ofcom this month.According to reports in the trade press, NGW will formally announce its plans to bid for the licence today and is believed to be about to advertise for partners to join… Continue reading NGW Could Bid For Second Multiplex