19 Dec 1998
| by STEVE BELL
America Online, one of the UK s largest internet service providers,
is to become the first web firm to market its service specifically on
the basis that it protects children from pornography on the
internet.
19 Dec 1998
| by RAYMOND SNODDY
It was inevitable that the BBC would produce a mission statement
for the next century. The only surprise is that a multi-purpose,
multi-faceted, bi-media task force is not already at work on a mission
statement for the century after that.
19 Dec 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Associated New Media s Soccernet site, www.soccernet.com, has
signed a co-branding deal with planetfootball.com, publisher of official
sites for 18 of the UK s leading football clubs. Soccernet will feed a
division-branded ticker to the 18 club sites, giving users instant news
about the Carling Premier...
18 Dec 1998
- Coral Racing, one of the UK's leading bookmakers, has appointed Grey Interactive to explore the development of interactive TV-based betting services.
18 Dec 1998
- Coral Racing, one of the UK's leading bookmakers, has appointed Grey Interactive to explore the development of interactive TV-based betting services.
17 Dec 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
Cable s Life, as part of the campaign.
17 Dec 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
London book chain Books Etc has developed its own coffee bar,
called Coffee Etc, to strengthen its brand in the competitive UK book
retailing market.
17 Dec 1998
| by MARK PATTERSON, Managing Director, BJK&
UK consumers will spend an extra pounds 400m on media brands and
services in 1999, according to a new report by the Henley Centre.
17 Dec 1998
| by BINNUR BEYAZTAS
ICO Global Communications, the pounds 5m sponsor of Richard
Branson s latest attempt to travel around the globe in a balloon, has
set up a site to record the live launch in the coming weeks. The site,
located at www.icoglobal.com, will also provide a message service that
will allow users to interact...
17 Dec 1998
| by BINNUR BEYAZTAS
Rover is to launch a dedicated global web site to support the
launch of the new Mini in 2000, and is overhauling its current Mini site
to give it a UK focus.