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UK On Top In Mobile Data Downloads
Computer Business Review
An Ofcom report reveals that 16% of all website traffic in the UK was through a mobile device. The UK was found to have one of the highest penetrations of mobile technologies with 58% owning a smartphone while fewer than 19%own a tablet. Over 50% of UK consumers used a laptop to connect to the internet while another 12% used smartphones and other connected devices to access the internet. The report revealed that only 37% of people actually use a desktop computer as the most frequent way of accessing the internet.
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Belgium's Google Deal May Profit Publishers
The Drum
A deal reached today between Google and a group of Belgian newspaper publishers and authors could be a boon for publishers worldwide, desperate to get more revenue when their newspaper articles are published online. The deal settles a six-year dispute over copyright and could be a model for resolving similar clashes around the world, said the San Jose Mercury News, in a Reuters report.
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Microsoft, Marie Claire In Windows Phone 8 Effort
Red Rocket Media
In amongst the content marketing strategy will be several advertorials in the 'Marie Claire' printed publication, reports mediaweek.co.uk, with editors showing how they have personalised their Windows Phone 8 start-screen to suit their personality. The campaign will also appear on the marieclaire.co.uk website, where users will see the homepage morph into a Windows Phone 8 screen, with adverts starring brand ambassador Holly Willoughby also due to appear on the online portal.
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1 Million Downloads For BBC IPlayer Radio App
Digital Spy
Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 Breakfast Show is the most popular live show among users, while Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue is the most listened-to on-demand programme. The BBC revealed that on-demand listening peaks during evening, with Radio 1's dance music show hosted by Annie Mac and Pete Tong performing strongly. Radio 4's average live listener figures overtake Radio 1 after 10pm thanks to the popularity of programmes such as Book at Bedtime.
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Nine Inch Nails Founder Bows Music Service
Computer Business Review
Trent Reznor has partnered with Beats Electronics to introduce a new streaming music service known as Daisy to compete with digital music service Spotify. Expected to launch in 2013, the new music service will be based upon a technology platform built by Beats subsidiary MOG. Speaking to The New Yorker, Reznor said: "Here's 16 million licensed pieces of music,' they've said, but you're not stumbling into anything. What's missing is a service that adds a layer of intelligent curation."
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Brits, Yanks Won't Sign; UN Telecoms Treaty Talks Off
The Telegraph
The British delegation called the proposals, meant to update an international telecoms agreement signed in 1988, "a bad agreement that does nobody any favours and makes nobody happy". The Americans said the draft treaty was an attempt to increase official influence online at the expense of the existing "multi-stakeholder" model of internet governance, whereby private firms, NGOs and other organisations have equal sway.
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Last.fm Struggles To Turn Profit For CBS
GigaOm
The economics of personalised online radio seem as challenged as ever, with Pandora recently calling for lower royalty rates. The service, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary currently, will in 2013 require subscription for the "radio" features of its desktop client in the US, UK and Germany, and will stop offering the service elsewhere in the world except Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Brazil (announcement). Curiously, web radio will remain free.
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