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New iPhone Radio App Will Connect to 60,000 Radio Stations
From radio.about.com. Posted October 7 2008, 6.15pm
Radio for iPhone users is about to get even better. Tomorrow (10/08) RadioTime and Weather Underground will unveil a new AM/FM and Internet radio tuner application for iPhone users.... (more)

AP: Connecticut town website closes for fear of not complying with state law
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted October 7 2008, 5.46pm
Harwinton, in Connecticut, will no longer have a town website, as officials fear that they could face lawsuits if they don't comply with a new state law which requires towns to post agendas and minutes for every board and commission. (more)

CIO Connect Appoints High Profile Editor for Membership Magazine
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted September 2 2008, 12.38pm
2nd September 2008, London, UK ? CIO Connect today announced the appointment of experienced business computing journalist Mark Samuels as the new Editor of CIO Connect magazine. Mark, a long-time Editor with business technology magazine Computing, will be responsible for the continued development of the CIO Connect membership publication, which takes an in-depth look at the issues facing CIOs and their teams. ?The CIO Connect membership has a wealth of experience both in the UK... (more)

Watch this: Brits Who Made the Modern World | Would I Lie to You? | Reading and Leeds Festival | Comedy Connections
From Media Guardian. Posted August 22 2008, 12.18am
Brits Who Made the Modern World | Would I Lie to You? | Reading and Leeds Festival | Comedy Connections (more)

RNW connects with Radio Misty 94.3FM in India
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 4 2008, 10.35am
Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW), has established a partnership with first and foremost North Bengal and Sikkim FM station, Radio Misty 94.3FM. In the near future Radio Misty will air a variety of RNW music programmes ranging from European pop charts to classical, jazz and world music but also RNW radio books.   After a long-term presence in India [...] (more)

NYTimes.com launches TimesPeople to connect better to Facebook
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 18 2008, 11.00pm
NYT adds user profile pages as a web browser plug-in (more)

NYTimes.com launches TimesPeople to connect better to social networks
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 18 2008, 11.00pm
NYT adds user profile pages as a web browser plug-in (more)

CNET: Facebook and Google still not ready to connect friends
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 18 2008, 11.22am
Developers from Facebook and Google sitting on a panel at Supernova 2008 in San Francisco yesterday. CNET has them saying that its the lawyers who are keeping them from using collaboartive technology for their respective friend-connecting APIs while the developers work on ways of sharing data between social networks. Facebook blocked Google's Friend Connect service last month saying it violated the site's terms of service - the violation was redistributing user information from Facebook to other developers without the users' knowledge. What would Google have to do to not vialate the terms then? Well, that one's with the lawyers. (more)

Microsoft Executive To Face Tough Questions At Second Annual Broadband Connect Summit
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted June 17 2008, 12.43pm
Enabling fixed and wireless networks for broadband media services LONDON, United Kingdom ? 17 June 2008 ? Neil Holloway, the Vice President of Business Strategy at Microsoft International will be interviewed by CNN business journalist Adrian Finighan live on stage at the second annual Broadband Connect Summit taking place at the Courthouse Hotel Kempinski in London on 30 June 2008. Neil Holloway of Microsoft is leading several business strategies for Microsoft focussed on growth and... (more)

Myanmar cyclone Nargis victims re-connected via telecommunication
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 16 2008, 11.01am
The International Telecommunication Union has deployed 100 satellite terminals to help restore vital communication links in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis that hit Myanmar on 2 May with devastating effect in Yangon and the low-lying Irrawaddy delta region. Thousands were killed, and thousands more are injured and missing. High winds cut electricity, destroyed roads and [...] (more)

Technosummits announces Broadband Connect Summit 2008
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted May 14 2008, 11.29am
London, United Kingdom, 14 May 2008 ? An industry summit in London will provide a unique forum to discuss some of the critical issues facing media companies and network operators as a result of new online and mobile broadband services. The focus of the second annual Broadband Connect Summit is ?Enabling fixed and wireless networks for broadband media services?. The conference will include senior speakers and representatives from global brands including BT, BBC Worldwide, Virgin... (more)

Digital media: Why ministers need to make the right online connections
From The Independent. Posted April 28 2008, 12.00am
The mainstream media is a gloomy place at the moment, obsessed with the credit crunch and potential economic downturn. The business press is equally dour, as it predicts the cataclysmic impact on different market sectors. Luckily, there's one part of the media industry where joy is unconfined. The new media industry, rightly for an industry powering the biggest changes in the media landscape since the explosion of commercial TV in the late 1950s, is a gleaming beacon of positivity in UK business. (more)

SES Astra signs agreement for distribution Of Astra2Connect in Belgium and Netherlands
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 23 2008, 12.00pm
SES Astra has signed a framework contract with the Belgium-based provider Satelliet Electronics for the marketing and sales of its satellite based two-way broadband service Astra2Connect in Belgium and the Netherlands. For the provision of a high-quality and competitive Voice over IP (VoIP) service, Satelliet Electronics has entered into a cooperation scheme with Siemens, the [...] (more)

Weak showing for BBC Three's 'Dis/Connected'
From Digital Spy. Posted April 1 2008, 4.53pm
BBC Three teen drama Dis/Connected is watched by an unimpressive audience of 71,000. (more)

Phoenix Wi-Fi Radio Connects Faster to Thousands of Internet Radio Stations
From radio.about.com. Posted March 17 2008, 12.00am
We love Internet radio but we hate being stuck at our computer when we want to listen. One of the newer solutions to this problem is the Phoenix Wi-Fi Radio... (more)

Reporter tracks down local connection at university shooting
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 19 2008, 5.00am
Facebook and friendship brings Telegraph man the inside track on American tragedy (more)

Digital TV connected to nearly 22 million main sets, while consumers continue to convert second TVs
From Ofcom. Posted December 19 2007, 10.04am
News release published 19|12|07 (more)

Press breaks down wall of silence over gunman's political connections
From Hold the Front Page. Posted December 14 2007, 12.00am
Persistence pays off for Yorkshire newspaper which revealed links with MSP (more)

Former HK unit chief reconnected to Asia
From Financial Times. Posted December 7 2007, 10.01pm
James Murdoch's expanded responsibility for News Corp's international operations reconnects him to Asia, where he was posted from 2000 to 2003 as head of Star TV, the Hong Kong-based satellite broadcaster (more)

83% of Dutch households connected to the Internet
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 3 2007, 1.15pm
Figures released today by the European statistical bureau Eurostat show that the Netherlands has the highest proportion of households connected to the Internet - 83% - in the EU. The average for the whole EU was 54% in the first quarter of 2007. The lowest-ranked EU country is Bulgaria, where just 19% of homes are connected. The [...] (more)

New Research Uncovers Convergence Disconnect
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted November 28 2007, 10.04am
Independent survey highlights convergence strategies of major global service providers Bristol, UK, 28 November 2007: Subscriber management, controlling identity across multiple access networks, and delivering sophisticated data services, number among the biggest convergence challenges facing service providers - according to a wide-ranging global report launched today. The independent research, sponsored by Apertio, questioned over 70 global communication service providers on convergence issues. The Data Consolidation report highlights a glaring disconnect between the demands of the... (more)

US news sites' comments to be connected with user's social networks
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 28 2007, 12.00am
Pluck will add comments and ratings from WaPo, Reuters and USAToday to Facebook readers' social network profiles    (more)

£7.35m tabled for midlands winners in Connect Midlands Investment Challenge
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted October 16 2007, 10.29am
Nine Midlands companies were last week (October 10) announced as winners in the Connect Midlands £5 Million Investment Challenge. The East Midlands winners were Nottingham-based CellAura Technologies and Pacemaker UK, SAKS Electronics from Derby, SynchroPulse Ltd from Lincoln and Daventry-based Green Energy Options and the West Midlands winners were Coventry-based Opscape and PPL Party, RedWeb Security from Tamworth and Aldridge Piling Equipment from Cannock. The Challenge, sponsored by BT Business, offers up to £5 million... (more)

Virgin puts up call connection charge
From Digital Spy. Posted September 22 2007, 5.02pm
Virgin Media is to increase its call connection charge by a penny in November. (more)

SES Astra starts roll-out of Astra2Connect in Ireland
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 6 2007, 10.19am
SES Astra has signed another service provider to its satellite based broadband service Astra2Connect. The contract partner National Broadband Services will specialize in offering Astra2Connect in Ireland. Astra2Connect is a fully satellite-based two-way service solution for broadband access that can deliver dual- or triple-play services without the need for terrestrial support. This satellite solution offers a [...] (more)

Carphone connects with Virgin Media
From Daily Telegraph. Posted September 6 2007, 12.01am
Carphone Warehouse has struck a deal to resell Virgin Media's broadband, digital TV, home phone and mobile services in its stores. (more)

Virgin in expansion bid with French connection
From The Scotsman. Posted August 13 2007, 11.42am
SIR RICHARD BRANSON'S Virgin Media group has launched talks with overseas cable operators as it bids to expand across Europe. (more)

Over 5 million broadband Internet connections in the Netherlands
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 23 2007, 2.21pm
The Dutch broadband market grew by 4.7 percent during the fourth quarter of 2006 and by 21.5 percent during 2006 to end the year with 5.042 million connections, compared with 4.15 million on 31 December 2005, according to Telecompaper’s quarterly Dutch broadband report. The broadband penetration per household increased to 70.8 percent at the end [...] (more)

Nearly half of UK connected to digital TV
From SkyDigi Online. Posted March 14 2007, 11.41am
Nearly half of the 60m TV sets in the UK are connected to a digital device. (more)

Almost half of UK television sets are connected to digital
From Ofcom. Posted March 14 2007, 10.01am
A new item from the Ofcom website. (more)

'Slight rise' in Virgin disconnections
From Digital Spy. Posted March 5 2007, 8.55am
Virgin Media reveals a slight rise in customer disconnections since Sky's basic channels were withdrawn. (more)

Joseph Rowntree trust sells Reed stake over arms fairs connection
From Media Guardian. Posted February 12 2007, 12.00am
5.45pm: Charity says subsidiaries of the publishing giant behind Farmers Weekley and New Scientist have continued to organise arms exhibitions. By Katie Allen. (more)

BBC Trust well connected in media world
From Media Guardian. Posted February 9 2007, 12.00am
8am: The BBC Trust's register of interests reveals that the trustees are particularly media-savvy. By Tara Conlan. (more)

Connect FM moves to Peterborough
From Radio Today. Posted January 9 2007, 8.22am
Connect FM, the radio station serving Kettering, Corby and Wellingborough in Northamptonshire is set to leave behind their studio base in Kettering and move outside their own broadcast area to co-locate with sister station Lite FM at the group headquarters of parent company Forward Media. (more)

Sony Connect Settles!
From ASMeC - Association of Streaming Media Companies. Posted October 13 2006, 11.58am
They're dropping like flies! Sony Connect settles in the well-covered Copyright Tribunal. Only a few left - watch this space! Read MCPS/PRS press release below. A further company operating in the UK digital music market has reached a settlement relating to the royalties paid to composers, songwriters and music publishers for the digital delivery of music for online and mobile use. (more)

VCCP on alert as £50m IPC Connect reviews
From Brand Republic. Posted August 24 2006, 8.08am
LONDON - IPC Connect is talking to advertising agencies about its portfolio of women's weekly titles, which includes Pick Me Up, Chat, Now, Woman's Own and Woman. The titles are backed by a combined £50m adspend. (more)

Sarah Summers appointed to new digital role at IPC Connect
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 14 2006, 2.00pm
New director to give women's weeklies an online push (more)

Summers moves into digital role at IPC Connect
From Brand Republic. Posted June 8 2006, 3.06pm
LONDON - IPC has appointed In Style publisher Sarah Summers to the new role of publishing director of digital for IPC Connect. (more)

French Connection returns to TV and cinema with sex and violence creative
From Brand Republic. Posted February 9 2006, 12.02pm
LONDON – French Connection is launching its first TV and cinema push for two years with a controversial creative featuring a violent martial arts fight between two women who end up kissing, which is likely to face a pre-watershed or outright ban. (more)

New SIRIUS Receiver Connects to Multiple Radios and Home Audio Systems
From radio.about.com. Posted January 6 2006, 8.45am
The Satellite Radio services continue to jockey for your attention. Yesterday, SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced its subscriber base increased 190% in 2005 to 3,316,560 at year end. SIRIUS is also introducing the SiriusConnect™ Home tuner - a new satellite radio... (more)