Posted by Steve Kennedy on 20 November 2008 | Tagged as: Business, UK, Mobile
FOM (Future of Mobile) is an event run by Carsonified who also run FOWA (the Future of Web Applications) previously reported by Digital Lifestyles. It took place on Monday and Tues this week (17/18th Nov) in Kensington.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 18 November 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Sky, UK, Financials
We’ve just had notice that the UK side of Sky’s operation, British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, are raising around $600 million through a private Bond issue.
They’ll be paying 9.5% interest, it will mature in 2018 and they hope it to close on or about 24 November 2008.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 11 November 2008 | Tagged as: Business, UK, BBC
It’s only been four months that Ashley Highfield has been with Project Kangeroo, the UK independent TV answer to the BBC’s iPlayer, but it’s been reported that he’s leaving - before it’s even publicly launched.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 4 November 2008 | Tagged as: Distribution, Business, Content, Sky, UK, Legal
Finally Sky and Virgin Media are holding hands again following their bust up dating back to Feb 2007.
The overview? Sky will carry some of Virgin’s channels on their service and Virgin will carry some of Sky’s channels - both agreements last until 2011. They’ll both drop the outstanding High Court actions against each other.
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Posted by Mike Slocombe on 14 October 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Research
White coats flap as boffins predict disagree on the outlook for IT spending.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 14 October 2008 | Tagged as: Business, UK
Consumer survey says people are still spending big time on electronic devices, while Carphone Warehouse hatches big plans.
Posted by Simon Perry on 8 October 2008 | Tagged as: Services, Advertising, Music, Software, Reviews
For a long time, one option for the music business to save themselves has been to offer an ‘all you can eat’ option for music - pay a monthly fee and listen to all of the music you fancy.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 2 October 2008 | Tagged as: Services, Business, UK, Music
A new way of getting music has launched in the UK.
As Nokia launches their ‘music with phones’ offering today and T-Mobile/Google offered music for the G1, we’ve heard of another company using music to tempt people towards their product.
Nectar, who provide a loyalty card which gives points against purchases, have launched Nectar Music Store in […]
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 22 September 2008 | Tagged as: Business, UK
Takeover bid of Tiscali UK would make Carpet Warehouse Britain’s biggest.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 17 September 2008 | Tagged as: Advertising, Research
Web advertising continues to grow, but traditional media spending falls.
