Revolution articles from July 2002

Revolution archives from July 2002

Sports.com newswire chief readies pounds 500,000 buyout.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Sports.com's content and syndication subsidiary, European Sports Agency (ESA), is subject to a bid from its director, Simon Burrell, who has raised more than pounds 500,000 from private investors to acquire and run the operation as a going...

Football365 in site revamp to increase traffic.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Football365, the sporting web site founded by sports writer and broadcaster Danny Kelly in 1998, is to undergo a brand and site revamp that will see the introduction of .com to its moniker. The football site will be revamped by its owner,...

Profero forges relationship with Haygarth.(The Haygarth Group)
July 3, 2002... Digital marketing agency Profero has formed a revenue-sharing relationship with global marketing firm The Haygarth Group. Profero, which has handled online marketing campaigns for firms including BT and Buena Vista International, will...

Sunny Delight runs SMS work as part of pounds 2m S Club tie-up.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Procter & Gamble soft drink Sunny Delight is to launch an SMS campaign in conjunction with kids' favourites S Club as part of a pounds 2 million tie-up with the pop group. The campaign backs an on-pack promotion and is part of a pounds 12m...

Online betting start-up allows users to buy wagers as gifts.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... A start-up is launching into the online betting market with a 'bets as gifts' strategy. The venture, dubbed Flipem (www.flipem.com), allows consumers to buy a bet (called a Flip) on a news, sport or entertainment-related topic. They then...

Virgin.net and Virgin Trains set up festival site.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Virgin.net has teamed up with Virgin Trains to launch a summer music festival microsite (www.virgin.net/festivals). The site includes information on how to get to festivals using Virgin Trains. Users can look for the best train fare using a...

Nissan pushes cars with iTV campaigns.(interactive TV )(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Nissan is launching two interactive TV campaigns on Sky digital to push its Almera and five-door Primera models. The executions were designed by Sky Interactive and are based on the theme of the car manufacturer's terrestrial TV ads, 'the...

UMTV and Capital FM online team up to promote party CD.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Universal Music UK's catalogue and compilations label, UMTV, is teaming up with Capital FM online to push the album release of Party in the Park. The 7 July concert, in aid of The Prince's Trust, will feature pop bands such as Atomic Kitten and...

Associated New Media works on sales drive with Penguin.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Associated New Media (ANM), the digital division of Associated Newspapers, has struck a five-figure deal with Penguin, aimed at increasing sales on Penguin's web site (www.penguin.co.uk) and raising the book publisher's profile. The six-month...

Co-operative Bank Financial Advisers wins access approval.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Co-operative Bank Financial Advisers (www.cbfa.co.uk) is the first company to be awarded the 'See It Right' logo as part of the accessible web site initiative launched by the Royal National Institute of the Blind and Standard Life in February....

PA to supply racing content to attheraces.(news agency)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... National news agency PA has signed a deal with horseracing venture attheraces to supply racing content. The three-year deal covers the supply of data, editorial and photography for all attheraces platforms, including its web site...

The Barbican offers real-time ticketing online.(arts centre)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... London arts centre The Barbican (www.barbican.org.uk) is offering customers real-time ticketing online for its shows, which will indicate how many seats are still available for performances. The site's system, developed by brand consultancy...

Freeserve launches two-way SMS service.(TextMail)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Freeserve is launching a two-way SMS service called TextMail. It will allow users to send messages from their PC via the web to mobile phones, and vice-versa. It will also allow users to send a text to a group of friends at the same time.

Bloomberg to offer financial services on Sky digital.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Financial broadcaster Bloomberg is to offer interactive financial services to Sky digital TV subscribers. The service, which was developed by the News Corporation's digital TV development arm, NDS Group, will allow users to create personalised...

Nominet UK calls for domain name records to be updated.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Domain name registry Nominet UK is asking ISPs and registration agents to update their records. It particularly wants to update registrations made before August 1996, in the first stage of a project to clean up the .uk database. It claims there...

ITouch signs two for mobile content drive.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Mobile services firm iTouch UK has signed up high-street retailers Vodafone Retail and Phones4u to join Carphone Warehouse in its partner programme, which aims to push mobile content to consumers. The programme claims to help retailers...

ACCOUNTS: New accounts this week.(Charles Tyrwyhittshirts)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... E-commerce specialist Snow Valley is to redevelop the online store of Charles Tyrwhitt shirts, which generates pounds 5 million in online sales a year. Snow Valley plans to improve the performance of the web site (www.ctshirts.co.uk), increase...

Jupiter Media Metrix to go after sell-off.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Jupiter Media Metrix is to liquidate and dissolve itself following the proposed sale of the assets of its Jupiter Research and Events businesses to INT Media Group for dollars 250,000 (pounds 163,000). The company's European arm, Jupiter...

Former Acequote trio launch IT exchange.(Matt Bowen, Leon Hardwick, Imogen Bailey)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Three former employees of business-to-business IT market Acequote have set up an online IT information exchange called boffin (www.thisisboffin.com). Acequote's former sales manager Matt Bowen, marketplace manager Leon Hardwick and...

ANM portal ties with MoneySupermarket.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... ThisIsLondon is to introduce a range of personal finance comparison tools and products in a partnership with financial aggregator MoneySupermarket. Associated New Media's London portal will initially offer its users access to...

JUST BREAKING: Top 10 new campaigns by number of impressions (14 June - 20 June 02).(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... 1 TotoPools Predict England v Brazil 2 BT Get on the ball 3 Debenhams Splash out on summer 4 Nationwide Send message to England team 5 MVC Audiovisual equipment...

Durex debuts on interactive TV with Easy-on condom brand ad.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Durex is to launch its first interactive TV execution as part of the debut new-media campaign for its Easy-on brand. The condom firm is running an interactive banner on digital music television channel Music Choice. Viewers who press...

M&S Financial Services links with AOL UK.(Marks and Spencer Financial Services)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Marks & Spencer Financial Services has signed a deal with AOL to promote personal loans and other financial products across its network in the UK. The deal will include the provision of integrated financial information, including an online...

UCI promotes kids' site with nick.co.uk.(United Cinemas International Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... UCI Cinemas is launching a banner campaign on children's TV channel Nickelodeon's nick.co.uk web site to drive traffic to its new interactive kids' service, UCIcinemagic.co.uk. Due to kick off later this month, the banners will coincide...

MSN adds channel in dotmusic link-up.(MSN.co.uk)
July 3, 2002... MSN.co.uk has signed a one-year deal with BTopenworld's music site, dotmusic, to launch a music channel. Dotmusic will provide the portal with features including 50 news stories a week, exclusive web chat transcripts and interviews, music...

Monopoly charges for customisation online.(board game)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Toy and games manufacturer Hasbro is launching a web site that lets users design and buy customised Monopoly boards. MyMonopoly.com, which was designed by digital agency Monitor Media, lets users change property and station names on the...

NEC-Mitsubishi to sell display IT range online.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... NEC-Mitsubishi, the electronics giant, is to launch an e-commerce web site for its display technology accessories, such as monitor arms, screen guards and stands. The site will aim to cut costs for IT departments, particularly those with...

EDITOR'S COMMENT: V.Shop has shown that kiosks can be more than just a fad.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 3, 2002... The digital world has seen more false dawns than the England football team, but the fuss and hype surrounding new ways of accessing the same old content - aside from the PC - has often been mystifying. Basically it is a question of how do...

DIGITAL DIARY: Don't begrudge the portals - generating content is hard work.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... It can be hard work - if immensely rewarding - running a web site like Friends Reunited. But it does have one major advantage. Like a viral marketing campaign, where users do most of the work promoting your brand, it is the users who...

Ask Jeeves UK signs up retail partners for bargains channel.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Search engine Ask Jeeves UK is launching a special-deals channel with high-street brand partners including HMV, Heal's, Woolworths, Comet and The John Lewis Partnership. The channel, called Ask Jeeves Special Offers, will offer bargains,...

BT buys assets and business of Scoot.(British Telecommunications acquisition details)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... BT has snapped up the assets and business of troubled directory service company Scoot for pounds 5 million. The telecoms giant will also take on about pounds 3.2m of debt, subject to Scoot shareholder approval. It plans to integrate...

Telegraph site to offer funds service online.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Money.telegraph.co.uk is to offer unit trust and OEIC (open ended investment company) investment funds online for the first time. The 1,600 listed fund prices featured every day in The Daily Telegraph will now be available on...

THE NEW DEALS: Deal of the week.(T-Mobile service details)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Mobile communications giant T-Mobile is to offer small businesses and entrepreneurs a pay-as-you-go 24-hour live PA and secretarial service, after striking a deal with personal assistant and virtual office provider alldaypa. It will send alerts...

VITAL STATISTICS: This week - There has been a significant fall in the amount of cash invested in technology firms.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... When it comes to obtaining capital funding for a technology venture in today's climate, the words 'blood' and 'stone' spring to mind. Many dotcoms that have closed blame the flat investment market for their downfall. Venture capitalists...

Granada prepares to expand iTV services.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Granada has hired Eckoh Technologies, formerly 365 Corporation, and IT company Red Fig to increase the range of interactive services it can offer through its television programmes. The appointment will strategically align the broadcaster's...

NUS in site overhaul to tempt advertisers.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... NUS Services, the company that co-ordinates the trading activity of student unions in the UK, has revamped its web site to ramp up advertising opportunities and allow members to trade online. The site (www.nussl.co.uk), which was developed...

Enpocket secures pounds 2m-plus funding to support expansion.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Wireless media sales house Enpocket has secured a multi-million-pound financing round through GrandBanks Capital and Nokia Venture Partners. As part of the deal, GrandBanks Capital's venture partner, Mike Perlis, joins the Enpocket board. ...

Performance index.
July 3, 2002... The Revolution Keynote Performance Index measures the performance of 20 representative sites from across the digital economy in terms of speed of loading and site availability. The top 10 are featured each week, and the worst performing site is...

Sportingbet to offer peer-to-peer betting.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Online bookmaker Sportingbet is launching a person-to-person betting exchange next month in association with UK p2p technology firm Trading Sports. Users will be able to click through to the exchange, which will be branded...

Tiscali sites to feature listings from Overture.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Search company Overture is teaming up with ISP and portal Tiscali to provide pay-for-performance listings to Tiscali's properties across Europe. In a two-year deal, Overture will provide full listings to Tiscali UK, as well as listings on...

PEOPLE: Appointment at HMV UK.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... HMV UK has promoted Helen Gourley from internet buyer to internet manager. She will manage daily trading on the retailer's site (www.hmv.co.uk) and co-ordinate both online and offline marketing and content. E-commerce IT manager Gary Coller has...

PEOPLE: Appointment at Wordsearch.(Philip Redding)
July 3, 2002... Philip Redding, previously chief executive at new-media agency Wheel Group, has been appointed managing director at architecture and communications agency Wordsearch. Redding will support chairman Peter Murray, and take a financial stake in the...

PEOPLE: Appointment at Wheel Group.(names new account director)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Susanna Hurley has joined the Wheel Group from web agency Nettec. As an account director, Hurley will work with clients including Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) and National Savings. Her wider brief will be to develop Wheel:Financial's...

PEOPLE: Appointment at Band-X.(chairman named)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Band-X, the online business-to-business exchange for the telecoms and internet traffic industry, has appointed Richard Elliott company chairman. Elliott left the securities division of investment bank Kleinwort Benson after 11 years to co-found...

PEOPLE: Appointment at Opodo.(names chairman)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Travel portal Opodo has hired David Coltman as independent chairman. He is also a director at John Menzies and The Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, among others. He has held senior executive positions at British Airways, British Caledonian...

PEOPLE: Appointment at Espotting Media.(various personnel changes made)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Pay-per-click search company Espotting Media has promoted three staff. Editorial director James Burrows becomes director of strategy, while client services director Tony Samios becomes director of advertising services. Matt Wright has been...

PEOPLE: Appointment at Just2.(names traffic manager)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Guy O'Brien has left IT news site CW360.com to join Just2, the online arm of media-buying firm Just Media. O'Brien, who was traffic manager at CW360, retains the title at Just2, but with a view to training as an online planner and buyer. Just2...

PEOPLE: Appointment at BBC MediaArc.(names account director/head of account management team)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Jonathon Palmer has joined the BBC's commercial branding and design agency, BBC MediaArc, as account director and head of its account management team. He will aim to strengthen the agency's relationships within the BBC, and will develop its...

FHM and Capital FM join rapper's promo.(Nelly)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Island Records is partnering with men's site FHM.com and Capital Radio (www.capitalfm.com) to push the new single by controversial rapper Nelly. The single, called Hot in Herre, will be promoted with an interactive game. It is being sent...

Tornado Virtue buys stake in VidZone.
July 3, 2002... Digital distribution firm Tornado Virtue, previously known as Tornado Group, has acquired a 25 per cent stake in music video-on-demand firm VidZone. Tornado, which provides back-end music and games download services for clients such as...

MY INBOX: Chris Rigby, Nightfly.(Column)
July 3, 2002... Chris Rigby, marketing director at Diageo-owned SMS firm Nightfly, says both email and SMS marketing should be opt-in. How many email addresses do you have? I only have my work address, but I have two inboxes, one for email and one for SMS...

ANALYSIS: Big brands wake up to kiosks' potential.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Asda has just struck a partnership with pet-food giant Nestle Purina to pilot an interactive kiosk scheme, offering petcare information via terminals situated in the supermarket's aisles (Revolution, 26 June, p3). It is the latest in a...

EDITORIAL: 3G must sell on benefits, not price.(third generation high-speed mobile data network,)(Isle of Man)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 3, 2002... So the cat's out of the bag. Someone has finally plucked up the courage to come up with a pricing structure for 3G. The good burghers of the Isle of Man, who have access to mmO2's trial high-speed mobile data network on the island, will shortly...

VOX POP: How should the 3G operators go about their marketing? - Can the 3G networks excite consumers who have been waiting so long?(mobile telephone services)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... As mobile phone users wait with increasingly bated breath for the matrix of 3G handsets and network availability to fall into place, mmO2 has taken the plunge and outlined prices for its 3G network in the Isle of Man. The initial line has been...

REVOLUTION ONLINE: What's on www.revolutionmagazine.com - More search engines and business models mean a bewildering array of choice for luring traffic. A Wall user asks for help.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Search engines/traffic by Mitz June 24, 2002 15:53 I need to drive quality traffic to my site. I want to start with search engines. Any suggestions? I've done Google, Ask, mirago and so on. New thing My comments by Suzie June 24, 16:12...

TRAILBLAZER: Name that mobile - MindMatics is taking personalisation of mobile phones a step further by providing Japanese 'tattoos' of users' names as logos, Anders Hakfelt tells Emily Booth.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Consumers have a very personal relationship with their mobile phones, according to Anders Hakfelt, managing director of mobile marketing company MindMatics UK. So any company that is looking to intrude on that private space has to make sure it...

NEW SITE REVIEW: ValueClick Europe's Carl White believes Coca-Cola's revamped web site has too many corporate elements to fully engage its youth target with its brand.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Coca-Cola has just overhauled its web site to increase its appeal to the youth market. But after spending 20 minutes looking at it, I was still confused as to the site's purpose. It seems the soft-drink brand hasn't really got to grips with...

OPINION: A big brand can help a start-up survive.(Virgin Wines)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Rowan Gormley, founder of Virgin Wines, tells Steve Barrett how past experience and the backing of a major international brand have played a crucial role in ensuring that the start-up e-tailer thrives. Wine e-tailer Virgin Wines' founder...

LANGUAGE COURSES: Parlez-vous internet? - Linguaphone's Humphrey Walwyn and Adrian Land tell Charlotte Goddard how the internet is enabling the language learning provider to offer users more choice.
July 3, 2002... When Linguaphone launched 101 years ago, it was using the latest technology to help people learn languages. But while its core objective remains the same, the latest technology no longer consists of a wax cylinder and a gramophone. The...

LOCAL SITES: Community service - A raft of community web sites can be found on the internet. Charlotte Goddard finds out what they offer and whether they are sustainable.
July 3, 2002... A few years ago, it was thought that digital technology would put pay to the idea of the local community, enabling ideas such as the 'global village' and the establishment of communities based on common interests, rather than geographical...

CAMPAIGN OF THE WEEK: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment targeted students with an email trailer for its horror movie 'The Hole', reports Mark Sweney.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Background Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment was looking for an innovative way to promote the DVD and video release of horror movie The Hole, using direct marketing. Digital marketing firm Messagizer was commissioned to run an email...

TERMINATOR 1: Metrics research is rightly flavour of the year in digital land.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... It looks as though the second half of 2002 is going to be all about research - and that can only be a good thing for the digital industry. In the beginning, we all got quite excited about the fact that you could measure how many people were...

TERMINATOR 2: Kerb levelled by musical talents of new landlord.(Kerb includes Orbital room on new-look web site)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... Perhaps influenced by the fact that a Cortina once crashed into the front of its Brighton office, web agency Kerb has moved - albeit remaining in the same area - but little did staff know they'd be rubbing shoulders with two famous music acts....

TERMINATOR 2: World Cup watch - 24 May - 25 June.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2002... Half the respondents to 366 online interviews conducted between 24 May and 25 June primarily accessed the World Cup online at home. Some 38 per cent of respondents used a 56k dial-up connection, while broadband (ADSL/DSL modem) was used by just...

TERMINATOR 2: Stress out your customers and see profits rise.(stress can be good thing for e-tailers)(Brief Article)
July 3, 2002... A new survey by market analysts Datamonitor claims that stress can be a good thing for e-tailers. Almost half of Europe is stressed out, it suggests, due to commuting, work, family and socialising. Stressed consumers want familiar,...

TERMINATOR 2: Quote.
July 3, 2002... 'Our view continues to be that recovery will be gradual - saucer- or bath-shaped, rather than U-, V- or W-shaped, and it will be American led.' Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of advertising giant WPP Group, clearly explains the shape of...

MP3.com Europe drafts in Vivendi boss to fill top role.(MP3.com Europe hires Vivendi Universla Net senior vice president)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Chris Montgomery is to be named chief executive of Vivendi Universal-owned MP3.com Europe following the departure of Yoel Kenan after eight months in the job. Montgomery is currently senior vice-president of digital media management at...

Tesco creates game to push finance brand.(Tesco to promote its Tesco Personal Finance offerings)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Tesco is to drive its shoppers to its personal finance brand on the web through an online scratchcard. About 2.5 million vouchers are being placed in Tesco sandwiches across the country, each with a unique coupon number. Customers will be...

Ukbetting buys betting division of Sports.com.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Digital wagering operator ukbetting has acquired SCG Enterprises, the betting arm of Sports.com, for pounds 670,000. Some pounds 570,000 will be used to cover net liabilities associated with the operation. The remainder acquires the...

Rivals marketing director Reed quits to start up consultancy.(Rivals Digital Media marketing director Chris Reed leaves)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Chris Reed, marketing director at Rivals Digital Media, is leaving the company to set up his own sports and consumer marketing consultancy, Revolution can reveal. Reed helped launch sports fan web site network Rivals.net in 2000. When...

Mothercare and easyJet sign up to OgilvyOne search service.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Mothercare, easyJet and financial services group Friends Provident are the first three clients to sign up to OgilvyOne's pay-for-search management tool. The tool is part of OgilvyOne's AdvancePositions.com search engine and directory...

TBWA snares account chief from Foresight.(TBWA/GGT Direct agency hires Caroline Charles)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Advertising agency TBWA/GGT Direct has poached a senior account director from the Wheel Group's Foresight unit to work on digital strategy projects. Caroline Charles will be a digital strategist at the agency, and will work across a number...

Lycos boosts range of finance products.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Lycos is extending the range of its personal finance products to include home, motor, income and travel insurance, utilities and current accounts. MoneySupermarket will power the bulk of the money channel services on Lycos. The deal also...

BULLETS: Granada to use online voting and texting to support show.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Granada is planning to use online voting and SMS texting as part of its Game Stars ITV project, which launches in September. The awards programme, which will be broadcast in November, will find the UK's most popular video and computer games....

BULLETS: D'Arcy renames Blue Marble in global rebranding campaign.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Digital agency Blue Marble is to be renamed Arc Interactive as part of a global rebranding by parent company D'Arcy Group. D'Arcy is rebranding its 32 below-the-line operations worldwide, including IMP in the UK, as Arc. The company said the...

BULLETS: TUI designs entertainment service for BBCi Broadband.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... BBCi Broadband is launching an entertainment service designed by Tui interactive media. The service features TV shows such as Top of the Pops 2 and EastEnders, and a section based around BBC Choice's reality show, Diners. It allows users to...

BULLETS: Tangozebra creates service to let clients develop ad formats.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Digital marketing company Tangozebra is releasing a tailored suite of tools to enable advertisers, agencies and publishers to develop Tangozebra ad formats, including Overlayz, Toast, Tranzition Ad and Extend, directly from their own PCs.

BULLETS: Cheeky Marketing seals deal with trio of companies.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Cheeky Marketing (www.cheekymarketing.com), the digital marketing agency formed by ex-Friendly Giants chief executive Mark Ripley, has signed deals with the Daily Mirror, games site Pogo.com and Scottish Courage. Cheeky has produced a desktop...

BULLETS: Vodafone set to launch celebrity-spotting text service.(Text Hotspots)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Vodafone is launching a celebrity spotter SMS service. Text Hotspots, which has been developed by location-based service provider Mobile Commerce and web site PeopleNews.com, alerts users to venues where celebrities can be found.

BULLETS: Bristows to include community features on revamped site.(web site)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... UK law firm Bristows is to revamp its web site (www.bristows.com) to include new community features and a search engine. Bristows' site is aimed at its clients, which include British Airways, Matsushita/Panasonic and IBM. The site has been...

BULLETS: Mitsubishi Technology Plus e-commerce web site.(URL: www.nec-mitsubishi./com/tplus)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... The URL of NEC-Mitsubishi's Technology Plus e-commerce web site, which sells display technology accessories, including cables and connectors, is, in fact, www.nec-mitsubishi.com/tplus, and not as reported in Revolution, 3 July, p7.

Freeserve hosts live Virgin Radio stream.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... ISP Freeserve has struck a deal with Virgin Radio to stream live radio content on its web site. The initial one-year deal will see the broadcaster stream its Virgin Radio 1215AM and 105.8FM, Virgin Radio Classic Rock and Virgin Radio Party...

ACCOUNTS: New accounts this week.(miscellaneous brief articles)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... Mobile handset giant Motorola has hired online brand specialist Netrank to monitor the perception of its brand online, identify strategic partners and optimise its search engine performance. Netrank has also been chosen by global...

NatMags picks chief to integrate brands.(National Magazine Company Ltd., Di Roach)(Brief Article)
July 10, 2002... The National Magazine Company has shifted its e-business development manager, Di Roach, to the role of brand marketing manager, as it looks to further integrate its online brands with their offline counterparts. Roach will be responsible...