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BSkyB has won the rights to screen Premiership football highlights on mobile platforms, in partnership with News Group Newspapers (NGN), publishers of The Sun and the News of The World.From August 2007, Sky will be able to offer mobile phone users 380 matches played every season, in a deal lasting three years, with packages including… Continue reading Sky Wins Rights To Show Premiership Football On Mobiles

New digital communications services must be made easier for consumers to engage with, according to new research commissioned by Ofcom, the communications industry regulator.The research has shown that many consumers are not confident or competent with technology and feel that cost issues prevent them from engaging with digital services.68% of consumers have the same broad… Continue reading New Digital Services Too Complex For Consumer Engagement

WPP has joined forces with LiveWorld to provide online community and social networking services to major brands worldwide through WPP’s local networks.The joint venture, to be called LiveWorld-WPP, will be equally owned by each company and will work with WPP agencies across 106 countries.LiveWorld is the leading interactive agency specialising in online customer communities and… Continue reading WPP Launches Online Social Networking Services

Emap’s outgoing chairman, Adam Broadbent, will tell shareholders at today’s AGM that advertising revenues are likely to be down as the market shows signs of softening. Broadbent will say: “Trading in the first two months of the financial year was in line with our expectations, but the trends that are now emerging make us more… Continue reading Emap Expects Ad Revenues To Fall

Global IPTV subscriptions are expected to jump from two million in 2005 to 34 million in 2010, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 60%, according to The Diffusion Group’s (TDG) latest report, IPTV 2006 – The Future of IP Media. The report says that during this time period North America will experience the… Continue reading Global IPTV Households To Near 34 Million By 2010

50% of people who subscribe to mobile phone video services in the US, and 30% of video iPod owners, never use their devices for watching video, according to a new study from Knowledge Networks called How People Use Mobile Video. The study also showed that 88% of people who download mobile video would watch an… Continue reading 50% of US Subscribers to Mobile Phone Video Services Never Use Them

BT’s revenues grew by 6% to over £19.5 billion in the past year and profit before tax and specific items grew 5% to nearly £2.2 billion. The figures were revealed today by BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland when addressing the company’s shareholders at the annual general meeting at the Barbican, London. Bland described the year… Continue reading BT Revenues Up By 6% For 2005-06

Associated Newspapers, has made three online acquisitions as part of its continuing strategy of making investments to increase its exposure to key areas of the online advertising market. AN Digital, the new-media division of DMGT, will oversee the three newly acquired website companies. According to DMGT, the AN Digital network reaches an estimated 25% of… Continue reading Associated Newspapers Strengthens Online

Ofcom has said that around 400,000 households in the UK will not be able to receive a reliable digital terrestrial television signal after switchover in 2012, with some unable to receive any signal at all. The communications industry regulator has said that although switchover will significantly improve the availability of digital terrestrial television signal, around… Continue reading Households Could Be Without TV Signal After Switchover

Two-thirds of broadband consumers purchase multiple services from the same provider, with nearly one-third buying three products, according to new research from the Yankee Group. Its 2006 European Broadband Consumer Survey, a comprehensive analysis of European broadband market trends for technology, content and entertainment products, captures consumer attitudes towards and levels of interest in emerging… Continue reading Two-thirds Of Broadband Users Buy Multiple Services