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MySpace and Google have signed a three-year deal together, with Google paying the Murdoch-owned social networking site around US$900 million (£470 million) in 2007, after beating Yahoo! and Microsoft for the contract.Under the deal, search behemoth Google will be the exclusive internet search and keyword advertising partner for the Fox network and its growing number… Continue reading MySpace And Google Sign Exclusive Deal

Viacom’s MTV networks has entered a partnership with Google which will see its video programming become accessible via Google’s affiliated websites and blogs.Starting as a test run at the end of the month, members of Google’s AdSense advertising network will be able to install a video player on their websites which will allow them to… Continue reading MTV In Online Video Deal With Google

Communications giant Orange has become the first company to actively promote mobile advertising to major UK brands after recruiting the likes of Peugeot and Jaguar to advertise on its mobile internet portal.According to reports in the trade press, from today each of the brands signed to Orange will have interactive banner adverts on different pages… Continue reading Orange To Promote Major Brands Via Mobiles

Ofcom has received over 600 complaints from members of the public after Channel 4 confirmed that it will be putting a previously evicted housemate back in the Big Brother house.To decide who will return to the house there will be a public vote, following which four out of nine previous contestants will enter a second… Continue reading Complaints Over Returning Big Brother Contestants

Big Brother‘s two ‘Live Eviction’ programmes were the big winners for Channel 4 on Friday night, with the second instalment of the show gaining an average of 5.1 million adult viewers for the broadcaster.A surprise double eviction was sprung on the housemates, with the 8.30pm edition of the programme attracting a 24.5% audience share, or… Continue reading Surprise Twist Lures More Than 5 Million To Big Brother

TalkSPORT, the nation’s only national commercial speech radio station, has signed Terry Christian and Kelly Dalglish for the start of the new football season.Christian, who rose to fame during the mid-nineties anchoring cult TV programme The Word, will present Final Whistle on Saturday afternoons alongside Newcastle legend Mickey Quinn from Saturday 19th August.Christian said: “I’m… Continue reading TalkSPORT Makes Two Signings For Upcoming Season

ITV could be planning to buy the rights to screen hit reality show Big Brother, according to reports in today’s Guardian.The report says that Simon Shaps, the ITV director of television, has begun courting Endemol, producers of Big Brother, before formal negotiations for the new contract begin later in the year.ITV’s own reality show, Love… Continue reading ITV Could Bid For Big Brother

ITV1 will soon be streamed live to 3.5 million mobile customers, after the broadcaster struck an exclusive six-month deal with mobile company 3.The deal will be the UK’s first live-streamed terrestrial mobile offering and will also have the largest coverage for content streaming services in the UK, covering 89% of the population.The deal, which will… Continue reading UK’s First Live Streamed TV On Mobile Phones Announced

UK broadband growth has slowed to 6.6%, with the market suffering its worst Q2 since 2004, according to new research from Point Topic. An average of 75,000 new broadband connections have been made per week in the UK since October 2004, although in the April to June period this dropped to 56,000 lines. Point Topic… Continue reading UK Broadband Growth Slows To 6.6%

People aged between 18 and 24 (GenY) spend 28% longer online than 27-40 year-olds (GenXers) and almost twice as long as 51-61 year-old Baby Boomers, according to new a new study from Forrester Research. GenYers are also 50% more likely than GenXers to send instant messages, twice as likely to read blogs, and three times… Continue reading 18-24 Year Olds Spend Longer Online