New Media Age
29 August - 4 September
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Ad watch: The brand wins in Old Spice's popularity contest
Fri, 9 Sep 2011
Pilar Barrio, Head of Socialyse, MPG Media Contacts
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AIME sources feedback on new premium rate directives
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
Mobile content trade organisation AIME is canvassing its members after regulatory body PhonepayPlus (PP+) introduced its latest Code of Practice and Industry Registration Scheme yesterday.
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AOL backs TechCrunch founder's VC fund
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
TechCrunch-founder Michael Arrington is to quit his role as editor of AOL-owned technology blog to begin a venture capital fund backed by the US behemoth.
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Blyk names new CEO
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
Blyk has appointed its former COO Eric Kip as chief executive to further bolster its global expansion in the Netherlands, UK and India.
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British Airways launches city travel guide Facebook app
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
British Airways has launched a city guides Facebook app, which allows staff and customers to give reviews and advice on major destinations around the world.
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Broadcasters won’t back Google TV until YouView is off the ground
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
UK broadcasters are unlikely to throw their weight behind Google TV until their own multi-million-pound web-connected TV brainchild YouView is fully fledged.
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Channel 4 drops Seesaw content deal
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Channel 4 has dropped its content deal with TV catch-up aggregator SeeSaw.
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Channel 4 to recruit players of Million Pound Drop online game as contestants
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
Channel 4 is to recruit contestants for its latest series of The Million Pound Drop Live from players of the online game.
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Channel 4 unveils first TV catch-up viewer ratings
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
Channel 4 has revealed its first video-on-demand viewing figures, showing a total of 242m programme views across its TV catch-up player 4oD this year - up 20.9% year-on-year.
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Channel 5 prepares Facebook voting for regular Big Brother
Mon, 5 Sep 2011
Channel 5 is planning to launch Facebook-based voting in time for the regular Big Brother series, which follows Celebrity Big Brother to launch this Friday.
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Chicago Town launches first major digital campaign to promote X Factor pizza
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
Chicago Town is to launch its first major digital campaign to promote its Takeaway X Factor Pizza, to drive trial of the product.
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CNBC launches connected TV news app
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
CNBC, the business and financial news channel, has launched a real-time news app for connected TVs in the UK and EMEA regions.
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Connected TV manufacturers form app standards alliance.
Mon, 5 Sep 2011
Connected TV manufacturers including LG and Philips are working together to establish a common standard for apps on their platforms.
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Daily Mail loyalty scheme set for expansion after more than half a million members register since launch
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Mail Rewards, Mail Online and The Daily Mail’s loyalty scheme, is set to become a key marketing focus for the title after garnering more half a million registered members since its launch in June.
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Digital Spy on hunt for ecommerce partner ahead of launch of tech section
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
Hearst Magazines UK’s Digital Spy is searching for an ecommerce partner, ahead of the launch of a technology section later this month.
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Domino's launches on iPad, iPhone sales top £10m
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
Domino’s Pizza has launched an iPad app after sales generated by its iPhone app topped £10m within eight months of its launch.
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ESPN kicks off rugby World Cup coverage
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
ESPN has kicked-off its coverage of the IRB Rugby World Cup including video content sourced from ESPN Classic screening on its dedicated rugby website.
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Everything Everywhere announces management restructure
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Everything Everywhere has announced a new leadership structure, headed up by former non exec board member Olaf Swantee as CEO.
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Facebook ends daily Deals trial
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
Facebook “remains committed” to location-based offers, despite closing its daily Deals platform after just four months.
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Facebook relaxes rules for gambling brands
Mon, 5 Sep 2011
Facebook has relaxed the regulations it had placed on gambling brands using the site to reach customers.
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Facebook set to launch music offering in September
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Facebook is readying the launch of a music service to launch later this month, according to reports.
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FT premium apps pulled from App Store
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
The FT’s apps have been removed from the App Store in an apparent row over Apple’s in-app subscription policy, according to reports.
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Future Publishing to relaunch tech review title T3
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Future Publishing is to relaunch its technology news and reviews title T3, ahead of the official launch of Gizmodo UK later this month.
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HTC and Samsung unveil devices ahead of Q4
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
HTC and Samsung have unveiled their latest device ranges ahead of the potentially lucrative Christmas shopping season and the launch of the first Windows-based Nokia smartphone.
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ICO launches push for information and data rights to be taught at school
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called on schools to teach children about information rights and threats to their privacy online.
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Ilana Fox: Stop pandering to customers on social media
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Let’s tell whiny, attention-seeking customers to grow up and use the correct customer service channels.
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IMRG: Tablets top smartphones for m-commerce
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Online shoppers are more likely to make a purchase on tablet devices than on smartphones according to research released by online retail trade body IMRG.
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Industry moves 05.09.11 Jemm Group; Hearst Magazines UK; Nugg:ad; MCBX
Mon, 5 Sep 2011
Appointments in the industry today
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Is Google taking the right route with deals?
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
On Wednesday Google made an incredibly rare move when it promoted its daily deals service, Google Offers, on its famously bare homepage.
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Jones takes on head of digital role for Prime Minister's and Cabinet Office
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
The Central Office of Information’s interactive director Nick Jones has stepped up to the role of interim head of digital for the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office.
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Lovett on Media: Publishers better for social commerce than Facebook
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
Facebook might be taking the lion’s share of display advertising spend (it generated 68.69bn display ad impressions in Q3 2010 according to Comscore), but as a shopping platform, it’s still struggling to gain traction.
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McEleny on Social: Facebook closing its daily deals trials proves it is a hard model to get right
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
Turning deals into a social or sharable experience is not an easy task, as demonstrated by Facebook’s closure of its daily Deals trial this week.
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Mobile accounts for three quarters of Absolute Radio podcast listening
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
Absolute Radio saw over three quarters (76%) of all its podcasts downloaded via mobile phones in July.
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nma explains: Operator Billing
Thu, 15 Sep 2011
In a nutshell, operator billing is a way of letting users pay for items or services via their mobile phone bills, either via the mobile internet or over premium SMS. The service has been in place for the digital content sector, such as selling mobile games or music tracks, for several years.
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Nokia content chief exits to head investment fund
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
Nokia content and services chief Tero Ojanperä is to leave the handest manufacturer after 21 years at the company to head-up investment fund Vision+.
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NSPCC and SBTV Final Verse campaign reaches almost 1m views
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
NSPCC’s user generated content campaign, starring rapper Devlin, reached almost 1m views and had over 1000 submissions.
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Q&A: Amit Rahav, VP marketing of DG/MediaMind
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
New media age speaks to Amit Rahav, VP marketing of DG and Mediamind on the newly-merged firm’s acquisition of veteran ad tech company Eyewonder earlier this week.
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Q&A: Mark Foster, MD, Deezer UK
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Ahead of next week’s public launch of French music streaming service Deezer in the UK, MD Mark Foster told new media age why the company has shunned an ad funded option.
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Radioplayer in talks with radio industry to collaborate on measurement
Thu, 1 Sep 2011
Online radio aggregation service Radioplayer has kick-started talks with radio broadcasters to encourage the sharing of listening data in a bid to drive transparency of multi-platform listening via a common metric.
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Radioplayer launches on Facebook
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
Online radio aggregator Radioplayer has launched on Facebook as it looks to increase the social appeal of radio.
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SeeSaw’s designated chairman Michael Jackson departs
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
Former Channel 4 CEO Michael Jackson has decided to not take up his prospective role of SeeSaw chairman, offered to him by new owner Criterion Capital Partners, according to reports.
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Site inspection: Lookk
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
Owner: LookkAgency: In-house
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Site inspection: wish.co.uk
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
Owner: Richard Kershaw and Stephen PavlovichAgency: in-house
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Ted Baker plans m-commerce launch ahead of renewed digital push
Mon, 5 Sep 2011
Ted Baker is poised to double its digital spend in the next year in a strategy that could see the installation of Wi-Fi networks in its retail stores.
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Telefonica launches in-app billing support
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
O2-parent Telefonica has launched an in-app payment service that charges downloads to users’ phone bills as part of its developer programme BlueVia.
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Twitter appoints head of global public policy
Tue, 30 Aug 2011
Twitter has appointed US-based telecoms policy expert Colin Crowell as its head of global public policy.
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Vevo UK appoints marketing and commercial chiefs
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
Online music platform Vevo has appointed former Carat Global director Christian Kimberley-Bowen and Microsoft’s Jonathan Lewen as UK ad sales marketing director and commercial director respectively.
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VisitBritain Facebook check-in volume five times bigger than Foursquare
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
Facebook Places check-ins outnumber Foursquare check-ins five to one, according to data from VisitBritain’s Love UK Facebook campaign.
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Vouchercloud gets update on Android
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
Invitaion Digital has updated the Android version of its Vouchercloud app as its total user base is nears 2m.
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Westfield launches viral video to promote its East London site
Fri, 2 Sep 2011
Westfield, the shopping mall group, has rolled out a viral campaign ahead of the launch of Westfield Stratford City.