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Telecoms giant BT has announced that it is slashing the price it charges rival internet service providers to use its local broadband exchanges by 70%, ahead of a wide-ranging investigation by OfcomThe price cuts are for the local loop unbundling (LLU) products – the last mile of cooper wire connections linking households to telephone exchanges,… Continue reading BT Reveals Plans To Slash Broadband Price For Rivals

The News Of The World is to raise its cover price by 5p this weekend as the latest figures show a dip in the paper’s circulation, despite a series of high profile exclusives.The newspaper, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News International, will now cost 75p in newsagents, equaling the price of Trinity Mirror’s The People and… Continue reading News Of The World To Boost Cover Price

BBC Two has today significantly beefed-up its cultural credentials by announcing the appointment of Roly Keating as its new controller in an attempt to rediscover its highbrow roots.Keating is credited with launching the new digital channel BBC Four as ‘a place to think’ and has since earned himself a reputation as a champion of serious-minded… Continue reading BBC Two Chooses Keating To Replace Root As Controller

Britain will top the league of broadband-enabled G7 nations by the end of the year, according to the latest research from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.The report, entitled The Development of Broadband Access in Rural and Remote Areas, examined the availability of high-speed access across the G7 countries both now and according to… Continue reading Britain On Track To Lead Broadband Nations

Media planners have welcomed the Independent‘s decision to go completely tabloid from next Monday, in a move that will bring an end to more than twenty years of publishing the broadsheet edition.The paper revealed yesterday that the number of people buying the traditional broadsheet version was now so small that it no longer made business… Continue reading Media Planners Welcome Independent’s Tabloid Move

Satellite superpower Sky has announced a £250,000 jackpot to the creators of the most innovative and imaginative interactive advertisements in a move to encourage use of the medium.The challenge, dubbed Out of the Box, invites agencies to create advertisements demonstrating the relevance and usefulness of interactive TV spots, simultaneously hoping to promote greater understanding of… Continue reading Sky Boosts iTV Advertising With £250k Prize

Kelvin MacKenzies’s national talkSPORT radio station has secured a deal with skin care brand Nivea to become the exclusive on-air sponsor of its Euro 2004 coverage in a deal worth around £500,000.The deal will see the cosmetics giant sponsor talkSPORT’s live match commentaries throughout the event, as well as supporting a range of promotions and… Continue reading TalkSPORT Nets Sponsor For Euro 2004 Coverage

Telecoms giant, British Telecom, today announced that it is slashing the current broadband access price for rival broadband providers by 70%. The price cuts are for the local loop unbundling (LLU) products – the last mile of cooper wire connections linking households to telephone exchanges, which are used by rivals such as Telewest, to provide… Continue reading BT Set To Slash Broadband Price

Pan-European broadcasting giant RTL has hired investment bank JP Morgan as it considers the possibility of increasing its majority shareholding in the UK’s smallest terrestrial broadcaster, Five.It is understood that RTL will ask the bank to consider all the options for its stake in Five, including off-loading its shareholding if there is deemed to be… Continue reading RTL Hires JP Morgan To Help Boost Stake In Five

Personal video recorders (PVRs) are finally making headway, says a new report from market research firm Instat/MDR, as worldwide shipments tripled to 4.6 million last year. The report says, that an increasing number of consumers are becoming aware of the benefits of time-shifted TV viewing and expects 11 million PVR shipments in 2004. Combination DVD/PVR… Continue reading PVRs Finally Making Headway