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News No one can seem to agree whether ITV Digital - the company formerly known as ONDigital - has been subject to a bid from NTL. According to the Sunday Telegraph, Barclay Knapp, chief executive of NTL, was seen visiting... [16 Jul 2001]
The Tim Henman of the tech world...
Comment Another silicon.com reporter went to the launch of ITV Digital on Wednesday, ITV Digital being the company formerly known as ONDigital (before it realised it had better rebrand itself in an attempt to... [13 Jul 2001]
BT hits back at cut-price competition
News Nonetheless, BT Consumer is investing £10m in a joint marketing campaign with BSkyB Digital and ITV Digital (formerly ONdigital), offering BT customers a £30 bung to sign up with one of their TV partners. [11 Jul 2001]
BT dips toes in discounted digital TV waters
News BT is set to do a deal with ITV and BskyB which will see everyone's favourite telco offer discounted subscriptions to the two companies' digital TV offerings. The news comes on the day that ONdigital will be relaunched... [11 Jul 2001]
FA Cup finalists meet again in web venture
News Premiership football clubs Liverpool and Arsenal are included in the deal along with ITV's Formula One and Football interests. The four sites joining lastminute.com in the venture - Arsenal.co.uk,... [03 Jul 2001]
3G heebie jeebies and being nice to BT
Comment Still in the land of mobile, former Formula One driver and current ITV presenter Mark Blundell made his own expensive telephony blunder last weekend. Any telecoms freaks out there may remember that back in January, the... [31 May 2001]
It's mayday for Gameplay
News Gameplay also pulled out of the ITV shopping platform Open today, on worries that it may leave orders unfulfilled. Video game e-tailer, Gameplay, saw its depleted shares plunge nearly 40 per cent. The company had... [30 May 2001]
Harry Potter keeps web users spellbound
News ITV's super-hyped pop group 'Hear'say' scored record visits on the official site popstarsonline.net - equalling the Big Brother phenomenon that swept across the country last year. Figures from Nielsen//NetRatings show... [15 Mar 2001]
Olympic resolve: Why sports dot-coms are jumping through rings for media accreditation
Comment At the moment, these organisations don't want to upset existing partners such as NBC and ITV, according to Forrester's Ulph. In a sector dominated by global players - TV heavyweights such as the BBC, NBC and News Corp,... [14 Mar 2001]
Paying for it: Would you pay to watch Big Brother?
Comment Whether it was Bubble taking on Mick, or Helen versus Charlotte the Harlot, Channel 4's Big Brother, and its less successful ITV rival Survivor, have raked in the cash for their creators. ITV's Survivor... [16 Feb 2001]
SMS: The neglected mobile platform
Comment In the UK, ITV (with the aforementioned Popstars), Channel 5, and Channel 4 (through its E4 offshoot) are starting to integrate programmes with SMS messaging, using it to encourage viewer voting and to deliver... [30 Jan 2001]
Popstars launches a wave of SMS overload
News Aerodeon, a start up company behind a campaign for ITV promoting the network's Popstars programme, said these messages allow programmers and brands to reach key demographics for a low cost and a high response. [30 Jan 2001]
Analysts fear ITV.co.uk faces bleak future
News Olivier Beauvillain, analyst at Jupiter MMXI, said itv.co.uk's obvious move would be in the provision of news. Itv.co.uk will also lose out in revenue terms to existing portals and ISPs. There is the... [29 Jan 2001]
BBC comes under fire over digital TV licence fees
News Described as a "digital poll tax", BSkyB, ITV, Cable & Wireless, Granada, Carlton, Pace, NTL, Telewest and United Broadcasting Entertainment have appointed an unnamed law firm to deal with the planned approach to the... [09 Aug 1999]
Chain email brings Red Cross aid to hurricane survivors
News They broadcast two appeals on the UK's BBC and ITV terrestrial television channels, and raised over £2.5m. A chain of emails working its way around the Internet has resulted in money pouring into the Red Cross' Hurricane... [15 Nov 1998]
