A growing migrant population makes Poland an increasingly important factor in UK online publishing. But what are Polish publishers doing over here and at home? In this video interview, I…

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As has already been widely reported, CBS (NYSE: CBS) is acquiring CNET (NSDQ: CNET) for $1.8 billion cash, marking the big acquisition we had anticipated and enabling CNET to avoid…

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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is unveiling its second major update to its Sky Anytime VoD platform inside the last six months - an enhanced version of Sky Anytime that includes live…

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Guardian.co.uk, which last year set up its GuardianAmerica.com US subsite, is now considering launching in several more territories. Asked what follows the US expansion: Digital content director Emily Bell told…

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Despite a wave of newsroom integrations bringing growing prominence to online newspapers, the websites are still chronically dependent on the print parents that gave birth to them. Guardian.co.uk editorial development…

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Entertainment and telecom conglomerate Vivendi (EPA: VIV) said its Q1 EBITA dropped 5.6 percent to €1.203 billion ($1.8 billion) from €1.274 billion last year. Although not exactly an indication of…

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"Father of the web” Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Martin Moore have been awarded $350,000 from the Knight News Challenge find for their Media Standards Project, a scheme to foster more…

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BSkyB’s launch plans for its digital terrestrial television pay-TV service Picnic are stuck in a holding pattern, after Ofcom announced yesterday, yet another consultation into the service and in Sky’s…

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Lycos Europe, which last month put itself up for sale after failing to offer a compelling website for several years, is hoping a US company will make an offer. In…

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The differences couldn’t be starker - on the day regional news publisher Johnston reported more falls in print classifieds, B2B publisher Centaur finds online is nicely making up for declines…

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Debt-ridden UK regional news publisher Johnston Press is buying (or rather, selling) itself a financial lifeline in the struggling regional classifieds market by taking a £212.3 ($414 million) investment from…

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This’ll ruffle some feathers amongst rival editors. ComScore claims Sun Online is the UK’s most popular news website, with 4.29 million monthly unique users in March - ahead of Guardian.co.uk…

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The ITV/C4/BBC Worldwide VoD JV codenamed Project Kangaroo is inching closer to fruition. MediaWeek reckons the consortium will name the service SeeSaw - a title that would aptly reflect both…

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Private equity firms are said to be interested in Informa, the publishing and events giant. Timesonline.co.uk reports that PE firms Apax and Carlyle are said to be interested in acquiring…

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Despite the routine lofty projections for IPTV growth, the latest, from Analysys Mason, reckons the sector’s development in western Europe will add only 3.2 percent more subscribers to pay-TV services…

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Bebo business development VP Ziv Navoth told Beet.tv’s Andy Plesser the social network is getting “over a billion” video views every month. If you haven’t read our ongoing coverage here…

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Market speculation from an Investec analyst (via Bloomberg) that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may buy voice recognition-based video search index Blinkx did wonders for the company…

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Llanelli, Carmarthenshire-based TV and interactive producer Tinopolis - which occupies what we Scarlets still call the “old Tesco building” - looks set to be bought by VC firm Vitruvian Partners…

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The BBC has refuted a report it is to abandon the Kontiki content delivery product that powers its iPlayer desktop application. C21 yesterday claimed: “The BBC iPlayer will cease using…

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-- Player X/Paramount: Mobile media producer Player X has been enlisted by Paramount Mobile Entertainment to produce games and short video series based on its formts, C21 reports, calling the…

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AOL (NYSE: TWX) has started replicating its recently launched Last.fm-powered AOL Radio in its European markets, starting with France, Germany and the UK. Despite living at radio.aol.co.uk, the site is…

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Comment of the day, at the end of the Periodical Publishers Association’s Magazines 2008 conference, must go to Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) CEO Stevie Spring, in a panel of 10…

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NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) plans to relaunch its UK-based science fiction portal Scifi.co.uk, reports NMA.co.uk. The site will roll out on Wednesday under a new content management system, and will…

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French media giant Lagardere reported earnings for the three months ending 31 March 2008 on Tuesday. Consolidated revenues for the entire group were down 4 percent to 1.8 billion euros…

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Spot Runner, which helps marketers buy TV ad spots on local cable and broadcast using its online service, has raised a big $51 million fourth round from an international group…

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