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March 19, 2008
by David Allen
Wi-Fi is a funny thing, on the one hand it is a great way to connect to the internet while travelling around, but on the other there are many people who are saying that Wi-Fi will not get any better or more coverage than there is at the moment, which is slightly disappointing for all really.
But as ever London is bucking the trend ...
by David Allen
There is a storm brewing between ITV and Ofcom, as ITV release their programming statement which highlights their plans for programming for 2008. However it looks as if there will be a head to head on this statement as ITV have cut back on children’s programming by a third.
It was thought that ITV would be cutting back by half on the 2007 figures, ...
by Alan Harten
Respected consultancy company Euroconsult has issued a report entitled “Satellite TV Platforms, World Survey & Prospects to 2017”. In which it states there are now ninety two satellite-based pay-TV platforms operating across the globe.
These operators now reach 95 million homes, and Euroconsult forecasts that the audience for DTH (direct to home broadcasts) should ...
March 18, 2008
by Brian Turner
So I've been working like a slave recently - huge workload - mostly over. I'd been given Medieval Total War as a Christmas present and finally started playing it yesterday - but it kept crashing. Every five minutes, if not, sooner.
I did a pretty extensive Google Search and noticed lots of people talking about drivers, changing folder properties, screen resolutions, batch files, etc.
I'm on a new ...
by David Allen
With the BBC’s iPlayer making all of the headlines, people would be forgiven for not taking much notice of the rival services offered by the other channels. One such service is the ITV catch up TV which allows users to track back thirty days to find a suitable programme or something that they may have missed.
But this service is not quite as slick ...
by David Allen
With BT, Talk Talk and Virgin Media planning to implement the ad targeting software Phorm, this has created a wave of concerns from broadband subscribers who have even set up a Downing Street petition. Which at the moment has over ten thousand signatures on it, which just goes to show the amount of internet users who are against this system being used by ...
by Lin Freestone
Matthew Anderson, Sky's director of communications and brand marketing, is moving to parent company News Corp to become director of strategy for Europe and Asia. In his new post, he will lead communications, strategy, marketing and corporate and public affairs.
He follows former Sky chief executive James Murdoch who became chairman and chief ...
by David Allen
The Freeview and On demand service provided by Top Up TV are in the process of changing their viewing cards and subscribers should be receiving them in either March or April. These cards use the Nagravision System to encrypt the channels.
The swap over process is fairly straight forward and should not present any problems at all for users of this system. All ...
by Lin Freestone
By St Patrick's Day next year, 17 March 2009, the Irish government has pledged that an RTÉ channel will be available on Freesat.
Diaspora TV will be the first service for the Irish community in Britain since, due to financial reasons, Tara TV closed nearly six years ago.
The new service will be a hybrid of RTÉ One and ...
by David Allen
With over a million Irish ex pats living in the UK it’s not a surprise that since the demise of Tara TV they have been missing catching up with the news and programming from home. But as it was St Patrick’s Day what could have been better for them than the Irish Government’s Communications Minister Eamon Ryan announcing that “Diaspora ...
by Alan Harten
BSkyB has scored an amazing victory against defending champions ITV, in the cup final game for the rights to broadcast the 2009 to 2012, UEFA Champions League matches.
Rival teams that included Five and the BBC, as well as ITV were all knocked out in the final round. ITV will be licking their wounds as they ...
March 17, 2008
by Lin Freestone
Freesat is approaching its planned target of launching in spring 2008. A licence has been granted for the service's electronic programme guide.
The initial launch phase will focus on a targeted group of retailers - DSG, Comet, Argos and John Lewis - all of whom offer wide national coverage. Second phase retailers are yet to be confirmed.
Retail prices and registered ...
by Janet Harris
The Foundation for Information Policy Research (Fipr) has issued an open letter to the Information Commissioner Richard Thomas, claiming that Phorm's ad serving technology is illegal in the UK.
Phorm's technology uses anonymised ISP data to target online advertising according to a consumer's interests, as indicated by their web browsing habits.
The technology is used by major UK companies, including ...
by David Allen
Continuing its commitment to public service digital media, Channel Four is leading the investment fund by putting in £20 million into the Four Innovation for the Public (4IP) which has also managed to secure funding from other public agencies to the tune of millions of pounds. In fact the fund is set to have raised around £50 million within the ...
by David Allen
With the trend for watching video and TV over the internet set to grow it seems that the words “Unlimited Broadband” will soon disappear from all ISP adverting and packages. Most broadband users have been used to signing up for these unlimited packages and in most cases they have managed to stay within the fair use system.
However following the success of the ...
by David Allen
In the battle against pirated music and in the wake of the governments decision to force ISP’s to sanction those people who have downloaded pirated material by removing their internet connections, it is time that something was done to clarify the situation.
It would seem that there has been some movement in helping the consumer, the ISP’s and the music industry to finally ...
by David Allen
It would seem that the initial bids have been entered for the rights to show the prestigious Champions League football tournament, which is presently shown on ITV and Sky Sports. The bids have been from the BBC, ITV, Sky Sports and Setanta and the winners will get the show the games for three seasons.
With an estimated cost of around £125 million ...
by Alan Harten
Google rival Yahoo has announced its intention to adopt, in part, key standards of the "semantic web". This new technology is generally considered to be the next step forward for the now ageing, world wide web.
Yahoo stated that it will soon be including semantic web identifiers when the search engine indexes the web. This is seen as a massive ...
March 15, 2008
by Lin Freestone
Virgin Media has finally reached an agreement with Arsenal TV to broadcast all Arsenal matches, with previews and post-match analysis, reserves, ladies and under-18s games and news and phone-in shows.
The service will be on channel 542 from Tuesday 18 March in the XL TV and Setanta Sports M and L packages.
Following the launch of Virgin Media in January, ...
March 14, 2008
by Janet Harris
Entrepreneur, Neil Capel, has developed TriggerMail - an event-based e-mail system for enterprises. Event-based e-mail is triggered by a user event, e.g. signing up to a website can trigger a welcome email.
A beta version of TriggerMail was launched in November and the full version has now been released.
The company has attained a high hit rate in ensuring that event-based e-mails go ...
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Wi-Fi is a funny thing, on the one hand it is a great way to connect to the internet while travelling around, but on the other there are many people who are saying that Wi-Fi will not get any better or more coverage than there is at the moment, which is slightly disappointing for all really.
But as ever London is bucking the trend ...
So I've been working like a slave recently - huge workload - mostly over. I'd been given Medieval Total War as a Christmas present and finally started playing it yesterday - but it kept crashing. Every five minutes, if not, sooner.
I did a pretty extensive Google Search and noticed lots of people talking about drivers, changing folder properties, screen resolutions, batch files, etc.
I'm on a new ...
Virgin Media has finally reached an agreement with Arsenal TV to broadcast all Arsenal matches, with previews and post-match analysis, reserves, ladies and under-18s games and news and phone-in shows.
The service will be on channel 542 from Tuesday 18 March in the XL TV and Setanta Sports M and L packages.
Following the launch of Virgin Media in January, ...
