News International has bought internet domain names for a variety of regional newspapers, giving rise to speculation that it could expand free newspaper thelondonpaper to other UK cities.“We registered several names when we launched thelondonpaper as a matter of course but we are 100% focused on London for the foreseeable future,” a News International spokeswoman… Continue reading Thelondonpaper Owners Could Expand Free Title
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The report forecasts that new digital platforms will generate $5 billion in yearly spend by 2011, with ad skipping DVRs putting $12 billion at risk. In the Evolving Business Models for Television & Filmed Entertainment report, JupiterResearch says that the projected figures will account for 2% of advertiser and consumer spending, with 5% at risk.… Continue reading Value Of New Digital Platforms Lies In Promotion
IPTV subscribers are predicted to more than double in 2007, to 13.3 million, from an expected 6.4 million in 2006. Recent research from Informa Telecoms & Media said that there will be 36 million IPTV homes by 2011, or around seven times as many as 2006 (see 36 Million IPTV Homes By 2011). Gartner says… Continue reading Worldwide IPTV Subscribers To Reach 48.8 Million by 2010
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has put a variety of already screened programmes from its Fox network in the US onto his recently acquired social networking website, MySpace.com.With an aim to building web traffic and broadening the audience for its TV shows, the programmes will be available online for free and will run exclusively for three… Continue reading News Corp Puts TV Shows On MySpace For Free
The board of ITV has met this week to begin putting together the shortlist of candidates to replace Charles Allen, with Mike Clasper, former BAA chief, believed to be an insider favourite.Related LinksITV
ITV1’s one-off action thriller managed to gain more viewers than the debut of BBC One’s new drama series, starring Jane Horrocks.The Outsiders, featuring former Eastenders actor Nigel Harman, was watched by an average of 4.4 million adult viewers in the 9pm timeslot, taking a 22% audience share.Meanwhile on BBC One, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, a… Continue reading New Programmes Dominate Tuesday Night Telly
Digital television has reached over 70% of households in the UK, although most sales of Freeview boxes are for homes which have already gone digital, according to a new report from Ofcom.Ofcom says that during the three months to June, the proportion of households in the UK which receive digital television services on their primary… Continue reading Digital TV In 70% Of Homes
City AM, London’s free business newspaper, has launched CITY M, a bite-sized news service that is delivered direct to mobile phones.The move is a first for a daily paper and provides advertisers with a new platform in the shape of banner ads and pop-ups, which could potentially be personalised for the user.At 6pm, users of… Continue reading City AM Launches Direct To Mobile Phone News Service
Social networking site and MySpace rival, Bebo, is on target to overtake eBay as the most searched for UK brand on the internet, according to the latest analysis from Hitwise.Since May, Bebo has been the second most searched for brand in the UK after eBay, measured as a share of UK internet searches by Hitwise,… Continue reading Bebo Set To Overtake eBay As Most Searched For Brand
Just over half (52%) of Britons using the internet believe online and digital technology makes their life easier, although half (50%) say that they cannot keep up with the rapid progress, according to new research from Nielsen/NetRatings.The research shows that although 42% know what podcasting is, a third (35%) have heard of it but doesn’t… Continue reading Digital Consumers Revealed In New Research