Freesat has appointed ITV executive Paul Gilshan as marketing and communications director.
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With all the problems the bidding for the West Coast Main Line received last year, Bigjigs Toys decided that its toy trains would provide a much better option than FirstGroup, and decided to tell the Department of Transport as much.
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Channel 4 and Spotify are among the latest brands to join O2 and Bauer Media’s ‘GoThinkBig’ project aimed at driving skills development and work experience for young people.
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Rara.com is opening up its subscription service to provide free music streaming trials and celebrity playlists as it looks to bolster its service to compete with rivals including Spotify and Deezer.
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Sky Sports has confirmed it will show NBA games up until the finals in June starting with NBA London Live 2013 this month, part of a new agreement for live games throughout the current season.
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The file-sharing website Megaupload.com, founded by Kim Doctom, is alleging that the U.S. government lied to a court to get search warrants for computer servers in Virginia belonging to the website. Megaupload is accused of orchestrating the... Read more
International - 06/01/2013
Under the headline "A Bit of Britain Where the Sun Still Never Sets" the New York Times has paid tribute to what may be Britain's most unexpected TV triumph ever internationally: Downton Abbey.
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International - 06/01/2013
Bottled water brand Highland Spring is to be featured within popular ITV1 entertainment show Dancing on Ice following a deal with ITV Commercial.
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BBC launches playalong game for Antiques Roadshow
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Live music company Live Nation is reported to be in talks to host gigs at East London’s Olympic stadium from summer 2013.
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Google, Openx, Yahoo and Quantcast are among the top ten ad networks to be placing the most ads on copyright-infringing sites, according to the University of Southern California's Annenberg Innovation Lab Transparency report.
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The number of apps downloaded worldwide hit 1.76 billion in the final week of 2012, according to research from Flurry.
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Bed retailer Dreams has secured sponsorship of Channel 5’s new series of Celebrity Big Brother, which kicks off tomorrow (3 January).
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BT has kicked off its first major TV campaign to promote the joint-venture catch-up TV service YouView.
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Furniture retailer DFS has struck a one-year product placement deal with ITV for its daytime show This Morning.
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Digital entertainment sales hit over £1bn in 2012, meaning a quarter of the entertainment market is now digital, according to the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA).
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Financial Times owner Pearson has made a move into the e-reader market, purchasing a five per cent stake in Barnes & Nobles’ digital book venture, Nook.
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A report by the NPD Group, which specialises in consumer market research, point-of-sale data, and expert analysis, has found that very few Smart TV owners are making full use of their televisions capabilities.
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