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Orange plans to offer a UK broadband television service this year, in direct competition with BT and BSkyB’s converged television and internet product, due to be launched shortly.Orange, which recently rebranded ISP Wanadoo with the Orange moniker (see Wanadoo Makes Way For Orange Price War Brews Over Free Broadband), and Orange’s 15 million mobile subscribers… Continue reading Orange Announces “Free” Broadband TV

The chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), John Fingleton, has said current arrangements for distributing newspapers and magazines, that award local monopolies to wholesalers, may harm consumers and are difficult to justify in terms of competition law.The OFT has just published its revised draft opinion (see Newspaper Society Pushes OFT On Magazine… Continue reading OFT Examines Press Distribution

Google is planning to put a new version of its search engine on television screens with the aim of allowing viewers to “have access to everything”.Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, told Business Online that the company believes it can offer a world-beating electronic programme guide which gives viewers with a broadband connection access to… Continue reading Google’s Paid Search Could Head For Television

The BBC has signed an exclusive deal with Infront Sports & Media, the company responsible for the worldwide marketing and sales of the broadcast rights to the World Cup, to allow viewers to watch its games live on broadband.All of the BBC’s group games will be available to stream on its World Cup homepage, as… Continue reading BBC To Show World Cup Games Live On Broadband

Top Up TV, the independent company set up to offer Freeview customers the chance to ‘top up’ their channels for a small monthly payment, has gone into voluntary liquidation.The south west London based company, which was founded in 2003, has placed itself into voluntary liquidation after undergoing a corporate restructuring and name change to Minds… Continue reading Top Up TV No More

Many older people in Britain do not understand new digital technology, says recent research by media regulator Ofcom.The study, which included more than 3,000 respondents, showed 77% of people over 65 and 73% of retired people do not keep informed about new developments in technology and are the least likely group in society to understand… Continue reading Industry Not Doing Enough For Whole Of Society

Commercial broadcasters’ battle over the BBC’s licence fee bid continues, with the commercial television and radio industries sending a joint letter to Tessa Jowell, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, outlining their collective grievances.British television and radio companies have joined forces to lobby government, in a bid to protect the commercial broadcasting industry… Continue reading Commercial Broadcasters Take BBC Licence Row To The Top

Shares in ITV rose 1.2% last week, as rumours circulated that the broadcaster could be the focus of a take-over bid by US private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. This defied the downward market trend, which saw the FTSE 100 surrender all and more of Friday’s 2% gain after another session of unstable trading. Rumours… Continue reading ITV Bucks Stock Market Trend

Internet advertising revenues reached a record $3.9 billion in the first quarter of 2006, reveals a new report by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). This represents a 38% increase over Q1 2005 at $2.8 billion and a 6% increase over Q4 2005 at $3.6 billion, and follows on from the record $12.5… Continue reading Online Adspend Almost $4 Billion In Q1

First quarter figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau show commercial radio revenue fell 4% from the last quarter of 2005, with figures down from £162 million to £149 million at the start of 2005. National advertising takes a 60% share of the total revenues, up almost 3.9%, while local advertising’s share was down 2.3% and… Continue reading Radio Revenue Continues To Fall