• Olympics Were More Mobile Than Social
    At its beginning, the 2012 Games were being labelled as the 'social Olympics'. New research from Vodafone, however, has rebranded them the 'mobile Olympics' as Brits broke their own record for streaming content. Previously, spikes were witnessed during New Year's Eve in 2011 and the Royal Wedding; although the Olympics eclipsed these, with Bradley Wiggins' time trial victory being among the most popular.
  • Q Magazine Preps Launch Of IPad Edition
    Due for release on 28 August the iPad edition will draw on the music magazine brand's 25 year heritage to deliver an engaging digital experience for tablet readers. As well as the full magazine content, additional artist interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and video and audio content will be available on the iPad.
  • Virgin Media's Spotify App Offers Latest Album Reviews
    Virgin Media has today launched a new app for digital music service Spotify, extending the pioneering partnership between the two companies. Designed to bring music fans the latest playlists and album reviews curated by Virgin Media's expert music editorial team, the new app can be found in Spotify app finder at open.spotify.com/app/virginmedia, and can be enjoyed by all users of Spotify whether they are Virgin Media customers or not.
  • N.Y. Times To Tap Thompson's Digital Experience
    With a new job, outgoing BBC boss Mark Thompson will face the same enemy he had back in Britain, Rupert Murdoch, who publishes the Wall Street Journal. The US company, which owns television stations as well as newspapers, said the 55-year-old's experience with digital media "on a global scale" made him the "ideal candidate". Thompson said it was a "privilege" to lead the Times, which also publishes The Boston Globe.
  • Briton Gets 4 Years For Online Piracy
    A 38-year-old Briton who made GBP35,000 a month through a website that linked to pirated copies of films and TV shows has been sentenced to four years in prison. Anton Vickerman, whose surfthechannel.com website had around 400,000 users a day, was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to defraud in June following an eight-week trial at Newcastle crown court. He is the first British man to be jailed in the UK for a website that linked to illegal copies of films and TV shows.
  • BBC Updates IPlayer App To Support Retina Display
    Video playback quality has been enhanced to take advantage of the tablet's technology, and numerous big fixes have been introduced. Users of other Apple devices will also benefit from the update, with smoother playback and improved support for voice commands having been incorporated. The BBC reported record viewing figures during the Olympic Games. Its televised coverage reached 51.9 million viewers, and video content across all digital platforms saw a whopping 106 million requests.
  • Digital Radio Channel Debuts IPad App
    Children's digital radio station, Fun Kids, has launched a free-to-download iPad app, which targets children under 10 and their parents. Developed by Surrey, England-based Big Orange Software alongside Folder's in-house development team, the app features content from 50 podcast channels, the app also extends the brand into non-radio content. Users will also be able to access a magazine-style section with news, videos, book reviews and events information, get in touch with the station, and enter the station's competitions.
  • OFT Green-lights Facebook Instagram Grab
    It is the first time the OFT has ever made a ruling about a social network business and brings the social network one step closer to completing its acquisition of Instagram. The OFT had to decide whether the acquisition would be anti-competitive and lead to a "substantial lessening of competition in the UK". There was the concern that Facebook's purchasing of Instagram could restrict people from uploading photos from the popular app to sites other than the huge social network, such as Twitter.
  • Digital Push: Iliffe May Replace Sub-editing Function
    In an internal memo, editorial staff were told: "Although individuals will still be working in groups we are proposing to introduce a more streamlined print production approach that would, for example, replace the current sub editing function." The Cambridge Evening News publisher said this would mean "re-defining a number of key job roles pivotal to the management of editorial content generation and the processing of it through to both print and digital platforms".
  • UK Regulators At Odds Over VOD Liability
    The Authority for Television On Demand had earlier ruled that, by allowing its satellite TV subscribers to watch MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central shows on-demand via its Sky Anytime internet TV service, BSkyB should be held editorially responsible for those shows. But Ofcom on Tuesday highlighted a counter-ruling in which it said it is quashing that decision. It is instructing ATVOD to reconsider the case because, since the original ruling, Ofcom has given new guidance on how ATVOD should interpret matters.
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