interactive media in news
2012 Olympics 'like a digital Queen's coronation'
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum event in London today, Ben Gallop, head of interactive for BBC Sport, said that 13 per cent of viewers had watched the Beijing Games over broadband, compared to no more than three per... [23 Oct 2008]
Microsoft makes a Move on web TV
News In April, the American Fork raised $46m from a stellar line-up of investors, including Benchmark Capital, Cisco Systems, Comcast Interactive Media, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Steamboat Ventures. [26 Aug 2008]
Beeb appoints new iPlayer chief
News Huggers will have responsibility for Auntie's iPlayer and other online output, along with the likes of interactive TV and mobile. The BBC has appointed former Microsoft employee, Erik Huggers, as the new director of its... [18 Jul 2008]
Microsoft unveils web tool betas
News Coming soon after the company's recent bid for Yahoo, Microsoft says these product enhancements will bridge the developer-to-designer workflow gap and help to build more interactive applications for the desktop, the web... [09 Mar 2008]
Microsoft Silverlight makes pact with Nokia
News All the main features of Silverlight, including video and interactive web application development, will be included in all mobile versions. Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in will be bringing videos and other rich... [04 Mar 2008]
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News According to the organising committee's new media head, it will also make full use of interactive web services and social networking to help spectators and fans get the most out of the Games. In the face... [19 Dec 2007]
London 2012 embraces web 2.0 and green IT
News Work on the main IT infrastructure supporting the 2012 games won't begin until after the Beijing Olympics next summer but the London Organising Committee (Locog) is already looking at a range of interactive web 2.0-based... [01 Aug 2007]
Microsoft "hell-bent" on building ad business
News Silverlight is a download for displaying media and interactive content in web pages. Hefty investments in online services and consumer electronics will let Microsoft maintain its historically rapid... [27 Jul 2007]
In brief: Google university boost, Xerox print advance and graduate jobs
News The five most popular sites for the 15 to 24 age group mirrored those for the general population - except for fifth position, snatched by Fox Interactive Media - which owns MySpace. Trinity College... [12 Jun 2007]
Adobe gets AIR-headed over web apps
News Like Adobe's Flash, Silverlight runs interactive web-based applications, including those that integrate media such as video. Typically, a developer will use AIR to write a desktop application that links... [11 Jun 2007]
eBay makes $75m bid for StumbleUpon
News In related acquisition news, CBS announced a $280m purchase of music social network Last.fm, and Fox Interactive Media confirmed its long-rumoured acquisition of image-sharing site Photobucket. eBay has... [31 May 2007]
Microsoft splurges $6bn to boost ad clout
News Microsoft said the deal will help it support more-advanced advertising products and technologies across areas including media planning, video-on-demand and IPTV.aQuantive produces the Atlas Media Console... [18 May 2007]
Microsoft to mash-up its web services strategy
News The company will release a beta and website dedicated to Silverlight, its cross-platform multi-browser plug-in for writing media-rich interactive web applications. in web advertising businesses and seeks... [30 Apr 2007]
Microsoft plotting to steal Adobe's thunder
News Microsoft is today expected to launch a web browser plug-in - called Silverlight - for playing media files and displaying interactive web applications at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)... [16 Apr 2007]
Spam king slapped with MySpace suit
News The company, part of Fox Interactive Media, has also sued Scott Richter charging violations of state and federal anti-spam laws. MySpace.com has filed suit against Sanford Wallace, seeking to bar the... [28 Mar 2007]
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