BIMA launches call for entries for the BIMA 2004 Awards

The British Interactive Media Association (BIMA), today, announce the call for entries for the 20th annual awards. The final deadline for entry into the awards (Known as the BIMAs) is the 30th of June. Once again, the BIMAs are hosted in association with Revolution magazine. Recognizing creativ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 24th May 2004

Where did your time go?

***Have you spent 3 years searching for the remote control, 11 months looking at yourself and 3 months obsessing about celebrities?*** London – 24th May 2004 – The chances are, if you are a typical 30 year old, single, time starved man, you will have spent around 4.2 years suffering from hangov...
Published on: 12:00AM on 24th May 2004

Cheapflights creates new role - site director an architect

London 24 May, 2004: Cheapflights Ltd., the leading independent network of travel websites, (Cheapflights.co.uk; Cheapflights.com; Cheapaccomodation.com and Cheapholidaydeals.co.uk), has created the role of Site Director and Architect. Alan Arnfeld has been appointed to the new position effective...
Published on: 12:00AM on 24th May 2004

Zendor’s Research Identifies That Two Thirds of Clothing and Footwear Retailers Are Yet to Offer Online Shopping Despite Buoyant Market

Research carried out by Zendor, the fulfilment and e-business expert, shows that only a third of clothing and footwear retailers have a transactional website in the UK. This is despite recent predictions by the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) that by 2009, a quarter of all UK purchases w...
Published on: 12:00AM on 24th May 2004

William Hill to launch television channel on Sky

William Hill PLC (‘William Hill’) has signed an agreement with Digital Interactive Television Group Limited (DITG) to launch a William Hill branded television channel on the Sky digital platform. The channel is targeted for launch in late 2004 and will eventually offer a variety of editorial pro...
Published on: 12:00AM on 20th May 2004

Neo One and Text-A-Pro Gives Rapid Response to UK Pet Owners with Text-A-Vet Service

Neo One, a provider of consumer-driven interactive managed services, announces the launch of its Text-A-Vet service (www.textavet.com), which is delivered through its Text-A-Pro text messaging system. Text-A-Vet means pet owners can send questions by SMS to a qualified vet, and receive a response...
Published on: 12:00AM on 19th May 2004

IAB Europe adopt industry standard metrics for measuring electronic media

Industry united in driving accountability for electronic media The Strategy Council that governs IAB Europe has agreed that IAB’s across Europe will unite behind a single set of standard metrics for measuring electronic media. The standard metrics that will be adopted by IAB Europe are already...
Published on: 12:00AM on 19th May 2004

ADVFN proves genius with addition of Irish stocks and indices

***Leading European private investor Website further extends global market coverage*** ADVFN (www.advfn.com) is now providing free Irish Stock Exchange prices. Private investors are able to obtain quotes and view streaming intraday and historical charts for Irish stocks on the site for free. U...
Published on: 12:00AM on 18th May 2004

UK consumers embrace m-coupons

***Oxford University research reveals massive increase in mobile voucher redemption*** ***UK businesses ideally placed to profit from approx. £11bn couponing industry by turning to mobile*** LONDON, May 18, 2004 – A study by ActiveMedia Technology, designers of real time m-voucher authenticatio...
Published on: 12:00AM on 18th May 2004

Babel beefs up management team

Specialist games service company Babel has strengthened its management team by bringing in Stephen Foy as Head of PC/Console QA and Adam Chapman as Audio Product Manager. The move continues Babel's strategy to deliver a range of quality services to its customers on a global basis. The company re...
Published on: 12:00AM on 18th May 2004

No-frills airlines facing ever increasing competition from traditional carriers online

London, 18th May 2004: Hitwise, the world’s leading online competitive intelligence service, today releases analysis on the performance of the airline industry online*. In the past few weeks, no-frills airlines have been under increasing scrutiny amid concerns about the impact of intense compet...
Published on: 12:00AM on 18th May 2004

Founder of lagest search business in Europe joins WSPS to head next major evolution in search marketing

Nick Hynes, recently-exited MD and President of Overture Europe is known for discovering the ‘next big thing’. WSPS, the UK’s largest search engine marketing company, has today announced the appointment of Nick Hynes as CEO. Hynes is known for seeking out businesses that are set to ‘take-off’ in...
Published on: 12:00AM on 14th May 2004

PlusNet helps connects Milton Keynes in broadband trial

PlusNet is taking part in a trial that may ultimately allow a million more homes and businesses throughout the UK to get broadband ADSL. Up to one thousand volunteers in the Milton Keynes area are now being sought, to see if they can successfully receive ADSL service during the large-scale testin...
Published on: 12:00AM on 13th May 2004

Babel expansion continues with first US office

Specialist games services company Babel has opened its first office in North America. Based in San Diego, Babel Media USA Inc. represents an integral part of the company's strategy to deliver services to its customers on a global basis. Babel's US operation will be directed by co-founder Ben Wi...
Published on: 12:00AM on 13th May 2004

Object 1 plays ACE at KM UK 2004

***Delegates can visit Knowledge Advisory Centre to benefit from Object 1’s Advanced Content Exploitation (ACE) approach*** London, May 12 2004 - Object 1 is providing independent advice on all aspects of knowledge, enterprise content, document and asset management at the Knowledge Advisory Cen...
Published on: 12:00AM on 12th May 2004

8 in 10 mobile users open to SMS marketing and promotions

***Operators missing out on key revenue opportunity as marketers fail to drive potentially lucrative revenue stream*** 84% of European mobile users are willing to receive SMS marketing and promotional offers on their handsets, yet the marketing community is failing to capitalise: just 18% of mar...
Published on: 12:00AM on 12th May 2004

Orange and Enpocket again lead the mobile industry - taking Gold and Silver at 2004 CRM Industry Awards

Orange and Enpocket, the leading mobile marketing solutions provider, picked up the 'Best application of an innovative CRM concept' Award for the Orange Open Access programme at the 2004 CRM Industry Awards held in London on 27th April. This is the first time an SMS-based CRM programme has been r...
Published on: 12:00AM on 12th May 2004

Macromedia Delivers Breeze Solution Accelerators for Web Communications Integration

***Free solution kits speed integration with existing enterprise applications, lower cost of ownership*** Bracknell UK - May 10, 2004 - Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced the immediate availability of solution accelerators for Macromedia Breeze that enable enterprise developers to fully l...
Published on: 12:00AM on 10th May 2004

Ariadne Capital expands global investor network to 24 with new investors

***$3 Million into Six Portfolio Companies from Ariadne Capital*** London (10 May, 2004): Ariadne Capital Ltd. announced eight new investors rounding out a European shareholder base of two-dozen successful entrepreneurs. New investors include Mark Blandford, founder of Sportingbet; Finn Helmer, ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 10th May 2004

Orange develops market leading roaming offering

***Seamless customer experience now stretches across 40 different countries*** Orange, The UK’s most popular mobile phone service, has extended its global reach to enable Pay As You Go (PAYG) customers to their phones the same way as they do at home, in more countries than with any other operato...
Published on: 12:00AM on 10th May 2004