Government and Phorm in contact over legal issues

The Home Office has been accused of working with the targeted advertising firm Phorm over whether its advertising solution was legal. The Home Office totally denies that it has colluded with.. more

Virgin Media gets to the point

Broadband and entertainment firm Virgin Media has added the creative agency Spike to its roster of brand and advertising agents, to help get Virgin out there and in front of potential.. more

Freeview gets a new marketing man

The free to view digital TV provider Freeview has appointed a new director of marketing communications. Tim Hunt will replace Rob Farmer who has left Freeview to take up a similar.. more

Sky launches on-demand adverts

Satellite broadcaster Sky is at last looking to offer on-demand advertising, accessed through the green button on the remote control. This service will go live during June and will allow Sky’s customers to watch extended advertising that can range from a short two minute advert,.. more

Living snaps up Wurzer

The satellite channel Living has snapped up the head of development at Target TV as the new commissioning editor for the channel. Sophie Wurzer replaces Sophie Morgan who left Living to take up a post at rival Reef Television. She has many year experience in.. more

Borders to sponsor Sky Arts 1

Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 1 HD have signed a sponsorship deal with the magazine, book and entertainment retailer, which will introduce the tag “Let’s Escape” and a logo that is a butterfly made from the page of a book. The indents will be.. more

Be Broadband offer ends on the 30th April

The latest offer from internet service provider, Be Broadband, runs out tomorrow. This offer will give new customers signing up on a twelve month contract three months completely free of charge. Customer saving could be as much as £64.50 over the term of the contract.. more

SanDisk Announces Updated Enterprise USB Flash Drives

Central Management and Control (CMC) Software Version 3.0 increases security and enables more flexible data management of SanDisk’s Cruzer enterprise product line; all Cruzer Enterprise Secure flash drives are now FIPS certified Continue reading

Set-top box market to peak in 2012

The market for pay-TV set-top boxes (STBs) will peak within the next three years, according to market analysts. Annual unit sales will grow from 104 million in 2008 to a projected peak of127 million in 2012, said UK-based research firm Screen Digest. By 2012 the.. more

Livestation adds Al Arabiya to channel list

Internet TV broadcaster Livestation has added Dubai-based 24-hour news station, Al Arabiya, to its channel list. Al Arabiya joins an already heavyweight line up of Arabic news channels on Livestation, which include Al Jazeera, BBC, France 24, Russia Today, and Euronews. Matteo Berlucchi, Livestation CEO,.. more