LONDON - Almost as many people are accessing television via their iPhone or PlayStation 3 as via a Mac computer, BBC data has revealed.
25 Nov 2009
| by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - TiVo, the digital video recorder company, is having a second run at the UK market after signing a deal with Virgin Media to release co-branded set top boxes.
Marketing directors from brands such as Durex and lastminute.com are featured in these video highlights of Marketing's acclaimed conference on engaging young people.
17 Sep 2009
| by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert and chief executive of Shine Group, is teaming up with the former chief executive of Bebo, Joanna Shields, to form a new company that will look at how television and social networking can benefit each other.
20 Aug 2009
| by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - 'X Factor' viewers will be able to issue 'Gladiators'-like "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" ratings on contestants as part of the redesigned website, launching to coincide with the start of the sixth series of ITV1's Saturday night hit.
23 Jul 2009
| by Rachael Gallagher
LONDON - Bebo, Endemol and Samsung Mobile UK are celebrating the success of their joint venture -- online music entertainment programme Beat -- which Bebo claims has received over 3.2m video views since its launch in June.
15 Jul 2009
| by Ben Bold
LONDON - Carphone Warehouse is holding internal discussions about potentially launching a television service, following its £236m acquisition of Tiscali UK.
10 Jul 2009
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - The Nelson Mandela Foundation and global HIV/Aids awareness and prevention campaign 46664 have launched Mandela Day TV to allow users to watch next week's Mandela Day concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York live online.
Filmed at Marketing's 2009 B2B conference, this video features backstage interviews and presentations from the highest-rated speakers present. These include representatives of organisations such as IBM, Allianz and Nectar Business.
15 Jun 2009
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - Warner Brothers has signed a deal with Blinkbox to stream its content on the video-on-demand website, making it the first live UK service to offer paid streaming for blockbuster titles such as 'The Dark Knight', and TV shows such as 'Gossip Girl'.