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More than £1billion will be spent over the next fortnight by football crazy fans eager to see their heroes bring back the biggest prize in sport via state-of-the art equipment.New research by Direct Line Home Insurance says that one in five football fans (18%) in Britain will be splashing out on over a million widescreen… Continue reading World Cup Fever Grips Widescreen Viewers

BT’s Q4 results, released this morning, show that its new wave revenue – comprising networked IT, mobility and broadband – has continued to grow and is 28% higher than last year, at £1,851 million. Networked IT services revenue grew by 22% to £1,214 million, broadband revenue increased by 44% to £421 million and mobility revenue… Continue reading BT’s New Wave Revenue Continues To Grow

The board of Aegis has decided not to support the nominations of two external candidates put forward for election at the group’s annual general meeting. However, the board believes that shareholders should be able to express their views and they will therefore put forward resolutions for shareholders to vote on at the AGM. Because of… Continue reading External Candidates For Aegis Board

The number of large US companies using online news feeds looks set to double by the end of the year, according to a report by Jupiter Research. At present just 29% of companies in the $50-million-plus annual-revenue bracket publish content using Really Simple Syndication (RSS). By the end of December 2006, this could rise to… Continue reading Stateside companies opt for RSS

Many of the best-known modern movies are to be available on a pay-per-view basis from BT Vision, the new video-on-demand service, following a deal forged with DreamWorks SKG.This comes hot on the heels of the announcement last month that BT Vision had struck deals with leading music video content providers to bring hundreds of concerts… Continue reading Dream Deal For BT Vision

Channel 4 is to litter the airwaves with swearwords this summer, as foul-mouthed chef Gordon Ramsay returns with the F-Word, while new animation show Modern Toss brings its own brand of expletive-fueled comedy to the channel’s summer schedule.As in previous series, Ramsay’s new programme will feature culinary tips, as well as consumer stories telling viewers… Continue reading F-Word Returns To Spearhead Channel 4’s Summer

Market-research organisation Ipsos, new owners of opinion-pollsters MORI, has announced revenue figures of €188 million (£128 million) for the first quarter of 2006. This represents a 31% increase on the same quarter last year and the highest quarterly figures in five years.The 31% increase includes organic growth of just over 9%, but the impressive figure… Continue reading Revenues Rise For Researchers

US search engine Google is the most loved brand, according to a survey carried out by the communications company Joshua in conjunction with Marketing Magazine.It gained 31.6% of the vote, with Tesco in second place on 28.6%, while budget supermarkets Lidl and Kwik Save were the least popular stores.Mathew Howells, a director at Joshua, said… Continue reading We All Go Ga-Ga Over Google

Rookie TV-commercial producers now have an up-to-the-minute bible to see them through the minefield of ad-making, from budgeting and briefing to payments and post-production.Trade associations ISBA (representing advertisers), the IPA (representing agencies) and APA (representing commercial producers) have just released their updated version of Producing Advertising Commercials (PAC), the jointly-published guide that details best-practice in… Continue reading ISBA Does It By The Book

Britain looks set to take a another step towards high definition, broadband utopia, with the announcement by Avanti Screenmedia that its new satellite will provide hundreds of TV channels in eye-popping clarity, as well as high speed internet to remote areas out of reach for current internet providers.The company has begun development of the Hylas… Continue reading Satellite Broadband To Piggyback HD Signals