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May 12, 2008
by David Allen
With a change of senior management in both camps, it would to be a great time for the two sides to start talking, in an attempt to try and sort out the dispute over the Sky’s channels once and for all.
There is no doubt that Virgin Media are suffering, whether or not this is as a direct result of the loss of channels, in particular Sky News and ...
by David Allen
With the ink still wet on the billion pound cheque from Best Buy, there are plans already being made to spend it.
The founder of the Carphone Warehouse Charles Dunstone has confirmed that the company have put in an offer for the UK division of Tiscali.
However the offer for Tiscali UK only requires half of the money from Best Buy, the offer being £550 million, leaving a nice ...
May 9, 2008
by David Allen
Having taken the sponsorship over from the Carphone Warehouse, Virgin Media have once again decided to continue with their Mobile division sponsoring the Big Brother reality programme for series nine.
Carphone Warehouse pulled out of the deal with Big Brother when, in the celebrity show in early 2007, the Indian actress Shilpa Shetty suffered abuse at the hands of Jade Goody and some of the other contestants.
Sponsoring this type ...
by David Allen
The owner of Channel Five, RTL, have been experiencing some problems with their advertisers as the market would appear to have dropped slightly for the first quarter of 2008.
But RTL do have anything up to seventy channels across Europe and are reporting that the down turn in advertising revenues is not just restricted to the UK, it is a Europe wide problem.
This is good news for the ...
May 8, 2008
by David Allen
The communications and media regulator, Ofcom, has finally come up with the amount that ITV will be fined for some of the most serious breaches of the broadcasting code and even their own terms and conditions.
ITV will be fined a record breaking £5.68 million by Ofcom for the misuse of premium phone lines for competitions related to TV programmes.
However despite the hefty fine, there were in fact ...
by David Allen
With the talk of usage and penalties for when a user goes over their allotted limit, sometimes users may be getting too close for comfort.
For many users, not knowing how much time they spend surfing, it is hard to know how close they are getting to their limit.
Luckily the internet service provider PlusNet has created a broadband calculator.
This is where a user can put in their ...
by David Allen
Always looking to expand into new territories, the Carphone Warehouse has signed a £1.1 billion deal with the US electrical retail giant Best Buy.
The deal will see the existing Carphone Warehouse stores in the UK and across Europe stocking up with cheap electrical goods, such as computers and TVs.
In this agreement it will see Best Buy take a fifty per cent ownership in the retail division.
It ...
by David Allen
For some time this method of providing super fast broadband, by feeding the cables through the sewers and drains, have been bounced around, but finally a decision has been made.
The first place to benefit from being connected to a network that is capable of obtaining speeds of up to 100 Mbps, is going to be the town of Bournemouth which is situation on the south coast.
The work will ...
May 7, 2008
by Janet Harris
Salesforce.com, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) specialist, and venture capital firm, Eden Ventures, have announced the £1 million Force.com Investment Challenge.
The challenge, which is a UK first, aims to encourage independent software vendors (ISVs) to develop SaaS applications on the Force.com Platform.
Force.com is the world’s first Platform as a Service (PaaS). It allows developers to create business applications on-demand and without software, enabling companies to quickly translate their ideas ...
by Grant Draper
Talisma® Corporation , has announced its cost effective email management tool which is said to manage large volumes of email, reduce reponse times, while still increasing a personal and accurate response.
Talisma® Corporation will be helping Park Retail, who have up to 2,000 incoming emails a month, on a on going basis, with customer service management, within the email ...
by Grant Draper
Atheros communications will be introducing a hardware and software combination of Radio-on-Chip for GPS systems, which identifies mobile phones, Personal Navigation Devices and Personal Media Players.
The GPS receiver is single chip using an ORION V3.0 software suite. This will now allow technology such as mobile phones and Navigation systems, to incorporate advanced features, and products from Atheros communications will be launched, mid ...
by Grant Draper
Entertainment Company i.d.e.a.s., which did a half hearted launch of SalsaDynasty.com innovation in Febuary, has announced the official launch of its exclusive salsa store, with retailers all over the world, on May 16th, for its debut in June 2008.
SalsaDynasty allows social networking users to share and upload files including videos, instructional videos, and personal profiles, as well as exclusive access for articles, picture galleries, school directories, and calendar ...
by David Allen
In the wake of the Freesat launch, the COO of BSkyB, Mike Darcey, has been putting the case for Sky against that of the Freesat version, which is a partnership between BBC and ITV, although there are other channels either involved or planning to get involved soon.
The issue is going to be when ITV launch their HD version; they have said that they will not just give this ...
by David Allen
The coverage of 3G throughout the country is being put under the microscope once more, with claims that the 3G signals cannot work properly inside buildings.
By doing this it is believed that the whole aspect of mobile broadband will become more appealing.
This comes from the research firm In-Stat, who are claiming that this is the biggest challenge that faces 3G at the moment.
While there is only a ...
by David Allen
With only a day gone by since the official launch of the joint venture between ITV and the BBC, Freesat has been giving some clear indications as to their intentions for the future.
Not content with offering a free satellite channel to anyone willing to pay the initial up front payment, they are looking at broadband too; this will be available through the Ethernet port that has been built ...
by David Allen
The Webby Awards are quite prestigious these days, and to take the one that is voted for by the public has to be one of the best, as there can be no talk of loyalties and preferences when there are juries involved.
This year's awards will be given out in New York this June, and the BBC will be there to pick up a total of three awards.
The ...
May 6, 2008
by David Allen
It has been some time since BT left the mobile communications sector in favour of concentrating on what they do best.
But tomorrow will see BT announcing that they are back in the mobile business with the launch of their new Blackberry style PDA which will enable the user to access email and mobile internet.
BT has watched their old division, O2, really take on the telecommunications sector; they ...
by David Allen
As the mobile broadband price war heats up, 3 have stepped in with some severe price cuts, with their existing customers being able to get a 2.8 Mbps mobile broadband connection for the low price of just £5 per month.
The Broadband Lite service as it is known, will give the user a limit of 1 Gb of downloads and a free Huawei E169G HSDPA dongle, provided the user ...
by David Allen
It has been estimated by some, that only around two per cent of the population cannot receive satellite TV, which is a good reason for launching the Freesat system at this precise time.
In a similar way to how satellite from Sky works, all a customer needs do is pay up front for the equipment, which includes dish, set top box and of course installation.
The difference between Freesat ...
by David Allen
In a recent survey it has been found that the UK beats the USA when it comes to broadband. The research comes from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
The UK came in 13th out of the 30 countries on the list, with the USA coming in at 15th however the study was based on a basic scoring system and took into consideration the penetration rate, download speed ...
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With a change of senior management in both camps, it would to be a great time for the two sides to start talking, in an attempt to try and sort out the dispute over the Sky’s channels once and for all.
There is no doubt that Virgin Media are suffering, whether or not this is as a direct result of the loss of channels, in particular Sky News and ...
Having taken the sponsorship over from the Carphone Warehouse, Virgin Media have once again decided to continue with their Mobile division sponsoring the Big Brother reality programme for series nine.
Carphone Warehouse pulled out of the deal with Big Brother when, in the celebrity show in early 2007, the Indian actress Shilpa Shetty suffered abuse at the hands of Jade Goody and some of the other contestants.
Sponsoring this type ...
