12 Apr 1996
editor, handling food and consumer features.
Media issues for a new century
The Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom has organised a one-day
conference on 18 May called Media and Democracy - the real share issue
which will address media policies in the 21st century.
Stables ...
04 Sep 1998
| by IAN DARBY
BSkyB, ONDigital and Cable and Wireless Communications are backing
a new digital channel aimed at community interests. The Community
Channel will take up issues and campaigns supported by the UK s 350,000
voluntary organisations. It will broadcast on all three digital
platforms - cable, satellite and...
14 Sep 2001
in a year' (The Daily Telegraph, 7/9) had the media
digging deep for its best hyperbole ...
04 Feb 2000
| by STEPHEN ARMSTRONG
The Guardian s web site, Guardian Unlimited, is to be made
available as content via mobile phones, handheld computers and digital
television.
28 Jan 2000
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
IPC is to provide content for BT s new generation of mobile phones.
BT s Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) phone service, launched this
week, will allow users to access information on the internet. IPC has
agreed to provide a WAP compatible version of Unmissable TV, its TV
listings and entertainment...
26 Nov 1999
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
ITN has signed a deal with the Orange mobile telephone network to
broadcast its news service on mobile phones. The ITN text news reports
are drawn from the ITN web site, allowing users to scroll through
full-length reports on their mobile phones. It is the first time
internet and mobile technologies...
31 Oct 2003
CNN: Broadcaster CNN has linked up with Nokia to make its news and information alert service, CNNlive, part of the standard sales package for one of the mobile phone manufacturer's handsets. Users can subscribe following an initial free period, during which they will receive the top ten news stories...
14 Dec 2001
WORLDPOP: Worldpop, the youth marketing company that went into
receivership (PRWeek, 16 November), has been acquired by iTouch, the
mobile phone business. Worldpop shifted from being a pop content
provider online to concentrate on services for 16 to 35-year-olds, such
as SMS and e-mails, earlier...
06 Oct 2000
| by ADAM HILL
BT s broadband internet service, BTopenworld, is planning to boost its editorial content across all areas from finance, news, technology and travel to children, games and music.
01 May 1998
| by RACHEL BAIRD
The restrictions preventing public telecoms operators (PTOs), such
as BT, from offering broadcast entertainment nationally are to be lifted
by 2001. The announcement was made by Margaret Beckett, President of the
Board of Trade, last week.