21 Sep 2011
| by Maisie McCabe
International-owned Comedy Central to its highest-ever audience last night, with more than 800,000 viewers....According to unofficial overnight figures supplied by Comedy Central, an average audience of 803,000 viewers watched the half-hour show between 9pm and 9.30pm, giving the channel more viewers than Channel 5 ...
for Two and a Half Men by an impressive 54%.
Jill Offman, managing director, Comedy Central, said ...
07 Sep 2011
| by Sarah Johnson
The robot arm was set up in a glass booth in Stockholm Central Station where passersby could watch 1000 items of clothes being splattered with lingonberry jam, chocolate drink and tomato ketchup.
The robot was controlled via a Facebook page, which anyone living in Denmark, Finland, Norway or Sweden ...
15 Apr 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
The Government is to pass legislation implementing the revised EU directive requiring web users give consent to the use of cookies by 25 May, but has signalled it wants a period of breathing space on enforcement to explore more options with the online industry and browser manufacturers.
08 Apr 2011
| by Staff
A Government spokesman has said it would be "ludicrous" to call its new digital chief, who will be paid £142,000 a year, a Twitter Tsar.
18 Mar 2011
| by Gemma Charles
Outgoing permanent secretary Matt Tee has recommended scrapping the Central Office of Information (COI) today (18 March) in favour of a centralised unit composed of government marketers from the department.
The plan outlined in the report will see around 1,000 jobs slashed, a reduction which ...
25 Feb 2011
| by Maisie McCabe
Chris Patten, the former Conservative minister and governor of Hong Kong, has been confirmed as the Department for Culture Media and Sport's preferred candidate for the position of chairman of the BBC Trust.
24 Jan 2011
| by John Reynolds
-store activities and events. The brands will disclose their individual activities in the coming weeks.
Central ...
14 Jan 2011
| by Staff
BEIJING - The Chinese government is turning to microblogging in a big way with hundreds of public security bureaus launching their own accounts, according to a Wall Street Journal is report.
06 Dec 2010
| by Maisie McCabe
and Skills (BIS) body Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) will build a central digital point in rural communities ...
18 Nov 2010
| by Sarah Shearman
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has backed plans for a two-speed internet, which could see internet service providers charging content producers and customers for "fast lane" internet access.