The UK lags behind the rest of Europe in broadband application awareness and adoption, according to new research from Motorola. The research reveals that France and Germany lead awareness of VoIP, Italy and Spain lead on video calling, downloading content and desire for Fixed Mobile Convergence. 2,500 respondents were surveyed across, France, Germany, Italy, Spain… Continue reading UK Lags Behind Rest Of Europe In Broadband Awareness And Adoption.
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Thanks to a surge in advertising in the last quarter, Avanti Screenmedia has been able to exceed its budget for the period by 10%. David Williams, Avanti chief executive, said of the advertising performance: “We believe that this is partly as a result of increased market acceptance of our medium, following sustained ground work by… Continue reading Avanti Screenmedia Exceeds Budget
NTL Telewest has completed its £962.4m takeover of Virgin Mobile, and says it will provide consumers with their first opportunity to buy a ‘quadruple-play’ of TV, internet and fixed and mobile telephony services from a single operator. The two companies will continue to operate as separate organisations until early 2007, when they will start marketing… Continue reading NTL Completes Acquisition Of Virgin Mobile
Orange may win the auction to buy AOL UK, the internet business owned by Time Warner, the US Media conglomerate, according to reports in the Sunday Telegraph. The paper says that the bid from the France Telecom owned company is motivated by fear of its rival, BSkyB, getting hold of it. Carphone Warehouse’s offer of… Continue reading Orange And BSkyB In Battle Over AOL UK
In the US, in-car passenger entertainment is expected to take off in the coming years, with industry analyst Frost & Sullivan projecting that by 2011 more than three million vehicles will be equipped with mobile satellite TV systems. These figures come as passenger entertainment really takes off in the States. According to JD Power and… Continue reading In-Car Media And Satellite Radio To Take Off In US
Last week’s announcement that UBC Media would invest in digital music technology that allows listeners to buy music from radio stations via a handheld mobile device, received a positive boost today at the annual Radio Festival in Cambridge.In a session discussing radio’s future funding, the ability of radio stations to offer instant opportunity to purchase… Continue reading Mobile Purchasing Is Key To Digital Radio’s Future
Orange may win the auction to buy AOL UK, the internet business owned by Time Warner, the US Media conglomerate, according to reports in the Sunday Telegraph.The paper says that the bid from the France Telecom owned company is motivated by fear of its rival, BSkyB, getting hold of it.Carphone Warehouse’s offer of free broadband… Continue reading Orange And BSkyB In Battle Over AOL UK
This year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival could be the last to focus solely on TV, according to Alison Sharman, 2006 advisory chair and ITV director of factual and daytime, who reflected on the festival’s possible direction for the future at the event’s launch this morning.With the dramatic and rapid evolution of broadcast that is… Continue reading MediaGuardian TV Festival Could Have Future Focus On All Media
Fru Hazlitt, chief executive of Virgin Radio, announced today at the Radio Festival that Virgin will be renewing its national analogue licence on “substantially reduced terms”, saying that it was a great day for the digital future.Virgin, talkSPORT and Classic FM have all applied to Ofcom to have their analogue licences renewed in the coming… Continue reading Ofcom To Reduce Radio Analogue Licences
Coronation Street attracted a peak audience of 7.6 million adult viewers to its 8.30pm edition last night, ahead of its nearest rival Eastenders, which peaked at 7.3 million.The average audience for the 8.30pm Coronation Street was 7.2 million adults (a 40% audience share), while the earlier edition, at 7.30pm, brought in an average of 6.9… Continue reading Coronation Street Edges Out Eastenders