16 Nov 2009
| by John Reynolds
LONDON - BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has appointed ZenithOptimedia as its media...will deliver media campaigns around the BBC's key brands such as Top Gear, BBC America and Doctor Who. Its appointment comes as BBC Worldwide looks to drive significant growth outside the UK. The company hired I ...
. In April this year, MPs called on BBC Worldwide to curtail its operations. They cited its acquisition ...
13 Nov 2009
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - The BBC and Nintendo UK have teamed up to launch a new version of the BBC iPlayer...First made available through the console in April 2008, BBC iPlayer will now be available as a dedicated Wii channel to provide Wii users with the BBC's TV and radio on-demand catch-up service.The Wii Channel is expected to be available from 18 November. Since BBC iPlayer launched on the Nintendo Wii ...
13 Nov 2009
| by Sara Kimberley
LONDON - Microsoft's search engine Bing has officially launched in the UK today (13 November...products from the visual search, such as cameras, will also be linked to Microsoft-owned shopping ...
. In addition, users will be able to go to Bing.com/Twitter to look at live Twitter trends. Microsoft is also ...
20 May 2009
| by Maisie McCabe
Gateway's LED screen in Manchester and the BBC's 16 large-format screens in city centres in the UK ...
06 May 2009
| by Media Week
Last week, the BBC unveiled plans to help the regional media industry by creating partnerships...tough time at the moment, but the backbone of the proposal from the BBC seems to be assistance ...
and entertainment content. In this scenario with BBC help, however, they would not be achieving either of these objectives. Local media provides an alternative to the licence fee-funded BBC, so what we don't need ...
29 Apr 2009
Unsworth, head of newsgathering at the BBC. ...
15 Apr 2009
| by Staff
. Microsoft forecasts that, by June 2010, average internet usage will total 14.2 hours per week, against 11...Microsoft's latest Global Insights report, European Internet Trends of Today and Tomorrow, also found that, in 2008, Europeans spent on average 8.9 hours per week using the web, up 27% from 2004. So ...
%. Microsoft also found that online video has established itself as the most popular online entertainment ...
09 Apr 2009
| by Sue Unerman
. And, of course, there are the Bettes: Bette Midler, Bette Davis and the formidable Elizabeth 1 ...
25 Mar 2009
| by Elliot Muscat
, Microsoft, Platform-A and others. While there is no doubt the user preference manager, the network ...
25 Mar 2009
| by Sue Unerman
and money does not change hands. Last week, BBC Radio 4 presenter Eddie Mair interviewed someone who used ...