New Media Age back issues from July 2001:
Citizens Bureau defends UK online customers in Europe.(Industry Trend or Event)
Jul 05, 2001; ... The UK's Citizen Advice Bureau is setting itself up as a clearing house for consumers looking to resolve cross-border e-commerce disputes. The move comes as part of a Europe-wide strategy, which will put in place foundations for future legislation enabling consumers to pursue ...
ABC Electronic offers cut-price audits.(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 05, 2001; ... ABC Electronic this week slashed its registration fee in an attempt to spur Web site owners to get their visitor traffic audited. The lack of consistent, credible audience data has long been cited by online advertisers and publishers as a block to industry growth. ABC ...
Egg turns on to iTV with Open.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001; ... Egg has become the first pure play online bank to embrace iTV, by launching on Open. The company has soft launched Egg TV as it evaluates the viability of the medium for itself and its customers. Egg TV offers full transactional banking functionality, with four video ...
Ka campaign Web debut could herald change in Ford strategy.(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 05, 2001; ... Car manufacturer Ford is launching an online campaign before going to TV in a move that may lead to a greater use of the Internet in its marketing strategy. The campaign, which is to promote the Ford Ka and runs until the end of the summer, is based on a series of three online ...
ISPs question EU plans.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... The ISP industry in still in the dark over the Government's stance on its plans for a Europe-wide toughening of ISP data retention laws. The industry has been left reeling by the revelation that the impetus for amendments to the European Union's data protection directive has ...
Reuters unveils Kalends range.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Reuters' future events service Kalends officially launched this week, with an initial remit to target the financial community. The service, which has built a substantial database of global news and data from Reuters as well as other data suppliers, launched with three products. ...
.ad domain names hit the Web.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... A UK-based domain name registry targeting the advertising community has become the latest company to join the rush to offer new domain names relevant to businesses. Through a deal with the tiny country of Andorra, Register.ad has began selling .ad domain names. The ...
EMA SETS DATE FOR LAUNCH.(Email Marketing Association)(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... The Email Marketing Association will finally announce its launch on Tuesday (10 July), taking up the cause of an opt-in stance towards email marketing. The organisation has been set up by several permission-based email marketing companies dissatisfied with ...
IVILLAGE HIT WITH LAWSUIT.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... IVillage, the US-based women's portal, is facing a class action lawsuit over alleged Irregularities linked to its IPO. The law suit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New ...
VALUECLICK BUYS MEDIAPLEX.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Valueclick, the pay-for-performance advertising network, has acquired Mediaplex, the marketing and advertising technology firm for $47.4m ...
Group to advise e-Envoy on public sector e-business policy.(Technical Advisory Group)(Government Activity)
Jul 05, 2001; ... The Government has established a Technical Advisory Group to advise the e-Government Minister, e-Envoy and Office of the e-Envoy officials on how best to implement e-business technologies into the public sector. TAG is made up of leading companies from different new media ...
Networks under fire from IGDA.(International Games Developers Association)(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... The International Games Developers Association (IGDA) has warned the wireless industry that the mobile network operators are killing mobile gaming. The global organisation has launched a campaign lobbying network operators to introduce a defined revenue-sharing model. ...
UK copyright warning.(to new media agencies)(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... UK new media agencies that don't tighten contacts with freelancers may face costly legal bills in the wake of a US Supreme Court judgement on copyright, experts warn. In the Supreme Court case Tasini vs The New York Times, freelance journalists successfully sued publishers who ...
Zinc loses media planning heads.(Julia McNally, Caroline Walton)(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Interactive agency Zinc is parting company with the heads of its media planning and buying subsidiary Zn Space. Zinc established Zn Space in September 1999, recruiting Julia McNally and Caroline Walton from VNUnet. McNally and Walton are now planning to launch their own ...
DIGITAL NETWORKS RAISES [pound]28M SO FAR FOR IT AND TELECOMS FUND.(Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Digital Networks has made a [epsilon]47.5m ([pound]28.6m) first close on its IT and telecoms fund. Backers included Citigroup Venture Capital, LGT Capital Partners, IHAG Holding, ...
SERVECAST LOSES UK MD.(Glenn Wylie)(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Irish streaming media specialist Servecast has been left without a UK MD and has made several of its UK business development management team redundant. While the circumstances surrounding the departure of UK MD Glenn Wylie remain unclear, a spokesman ...
HANSEN JUMPS SHIP AT LETSBUYIT.(Roif Hansen)(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Letsbuyit.com, the struggling group-buying site, has been hit by another high-profile departure this week. Chief planning officer Roif Hansen will be leaving the firm for personal reasons at a time when it is embroiled in discussions with lawyers in a bid to stave off liquidation for a ...
AOL LAUNCHES INVESTMENT FUND FOR MINORITY-OWNED COMPANIES.(Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... AOL Time Warner is to launch a new $l00m ([pound]70m) Opportunity Investment Fund later this month which will focus on companies that are owned or managed by minorities and women ....
CODE TAKES ON DEVELOPMENT OF DR MARTEN'S SITE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Code, the Manchester-based new media agency, has been appointed by Airwair to develop the new corporate Dr ....
HUTCHINSON 3G SECURES MOBILE RIGHTS FUR PREMIER LEAGUE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Hutchison 3G has secured the mobile rights for all Premier League content from August this year until July 2004. The deal will enable the operator to offer a range of exclusive premium services, including ...
WARTHOG ANNOUNCES FLAGSHIP GAME FOR MICROSOFT CONSOLE.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Multi-platform games developer Warthog this week announced its flagship product for the upcoming Microsoft Xbox console. The game, Bounty Hunter, was announced at the company's end ...
Laxey forces egm vote on Nano Universe share buy-back.(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 05, 2001; ... The battle between the erstwhile new media investment company NanoUniverse and shareholder Laxey Partners, which has been buying into struggling dotcoms recently, has stepped up a gear. Isle of Man-based Laxey, which specialises in buying into companies trading at below net ...
iii merges into Ample.(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 05, 2001 ... The fate of Interactive Investor's brand and the future of its senior management remain uncertain in the wake of a [pound]52.1m takeover by the Australian financial services company AMP this week. The deal, which could also see job cuts on an overall basis, will see Interactive ...
Pentech raises [pound]12m in funds.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Pentech Ventures has countered early-stage investment cynicism and raised [pound]12m for a new earlystage technology fund. Pentech hopes to close the fund at nearer [pound]20m in 6-9 months time. Eddie Anderson, co-founder of Pentech, said the company wanted to get ...
UMG confirms Voxstar to fold as GetMusic turns international.(Company Operations)
Jul 05, 2001; ... Universal Music Group (UMG) is to lay off 15 staff from its internally developed music portal, Voxstar. UMG has confirmed that the operation has been folded into the group's GetMusic offering, which is currently being prepared for an international launch. The ...
Adlink to link with Quova.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Adlink, the Internet sales house, has announced a partnership with Quova, the Internet intelligence services company, that enables Adlink to offer regional and city targeted ads across Europe. The new service, called 'city targeting', means advertising can be placed on national ...
Workthing chief quits.(Company Operations)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Head of research at recruitment site Workthing.com Tim Elkington has left to set up his own agency -- to advise recruitment professionals on how they can make better use of the Web. Workthing has also lost its business development manager, Alastair Cartwright, to new company ...
ONNET TO LAUNCH NEW SERVICES IN REBRANDING OVERHAUL.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... ONnet, the Internet arm of ITV's troubled ONDigital, is to launch a raft of new services as part of the channel's massive branding ...
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK COMPLETES REDESIGN WITH GATEWAY SITE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Telegraph.co.uk, the online newspaper, has completed its redesign by launching its new gateway site. The new site replaces the Electronic ...
ALL CHANGE FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT STEPSTONE.COM.(Giles Clark resigns)(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... The chief executive of recruitment site StepStone.com, Giles Clark, has resigned. Karen ...
SAGA MOVES INTO ONLINE CAR E-TAILING BY PHONE AND WEB.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Saga has announced its move into online car e-tailing. The service, Saga Car Direct, will commence with a telephone service, to be followed by Internet ...
PA AND TEAMTALK IN LEGAL BATTLE REGARDING CONTENT.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... A legal row has erupted between two of the UK's largest content syndicators, with PA accusing sports news ...
Avenue A closes UK office amid 'fat cat bosses' claims.(Company Financial Information)
Jul 05, 2001; ... Former staff and clients of the digital marketing and technology agency Avenue A, which was shut down this week by its US parent, have described the closure of the London office as "shocking". Both parties say Avenue A London was doing well, and some staff have accused the US ...
Zag Me to grow past locational remit.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... SMS marketing specialist ZagMe has acquired wireless marketing firm PeopleText in a bid to move beyond its locational service remit. The integration of PeopleText's technical platform will enable ZagMe to expand its mobile marketing service outside of the Zag-Zones in shopping ...
INTERACTIVE SERVICES SECURES [pound]6M TO FUND US EXPANSION PLANS.(Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Interactive Services, which provides e-learning solutions to the telecoms industry, has raised [epsilon]10m ([pound]6m) from ACT Venture Capital, Barclays Ventures, Enterprise Ireland, private investors and existing shareholders. The ...
ANONYMOUS BUYER SNAPS UP ONECLICKHR SHARES FOR [pound]1.28M.(Company Financial Information)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Recruitment site OneClickHR has raised [pound]1.28m through a share sale to an unnamed global institution. The funds will be used for business development and shortening the time to profitability. They may also be used to finance acquisitions -- OneClickHR bought ...
BETANDWIN MOVES INTO GIBRALTAR.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Austrian sports betting firm Betandwin.com has followed its UK peers by buying into Gibraltar. It has bought Simon Bold Gibraltar Ltd (SBGL) for [epsilon]2m ([pound]1.2m) in cash and shares, giving it the last of the territory's seven betting licences. The deal follows the lead of UK firms ...
Beleagured incubator sector suffers two more casulaties.(Sportgate and nternet Incubator)(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 05, 2001; ... The much-assailed incubator model took a further hit this week as two more incubators revamped their business models. However, both claimed that the fallout shouldn't hit their portfolio firms. Internet Incubator confirmed its plans, first outlined on 7 June, to move away from ...
Gaming Insight raises [pound]8.1 m.(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Gaming Internet is renaming as Gaming Insight and raising [pound]8.1m with a share placing and open offer. Investors include Merrill Lynch Asset Management and Brookspey. The new funds will be used to support its interactive greyhound racing and branded online casino and should ...
Nine blue chip backers reinvest in Mediasurface.(Company Financial Information)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Mediasurface has received a vote of confidence from its blue chip backers, nine of whom have reinvested in the firm. However, it was almost certainly at a lower valuation from the previous round, although CEO Alan Laing would only say "the valuation is different". The content ...
Tech firms to benefit from [pound]2.8bn fund.(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 05, 2001 ... MBO specialist CVC Capital Partners has closed one of the largest ever European private equity funds at [epsilon]4.65bn ([pound]2.8bn). It also confirmed it will be targeting companies with new technology and e-commerce capabilities, particularly if they can add value to its ...
Tighten those purse strings.(Industry Trend or Event)
Jul 05, 2001; ... EUROPE'S NEW ECONOMY entrepreneurs have been forced to grow up fast. It was just over two years ago that the first Internet wave washed across Europe, bringing with it a new cycle of unprecedented growth and the optimism that it would continue forever. First generation Internet ...
START-UP www.channelbav.com.(Company Profile)
Jul 05, 2001; ... Senior team: Duncan Ridgley, MD; Roger Randall, client services director; Brent Skinnon, strategy director; Zubin Gidwani, VP of US; Francis Packer, head of operations Australia; Jackie Martin, associate creative director; Ian Boyd, CTO; Allan Saunders, associate director of TV production ....
Microsoft decision refreshes the markets.(Industry Trend or Event)
Jul 05, 2001; ... MICROSOFT'S VICTORY IN THE appeal courts last Thursday to prevent its break-up helped push up tech stocks at the end of the week. The case continues, but this was one of the first positive market developments in some time. This helped push up the key indices over the week. The ...
Cyveillance raises [pound]10m in six weeks.
Jul 05, 2001; ... US company Cyveillance, which helps firms protect their brand online, has completed a [pound]10m round of funding to help it push into new markets. Although Andrew Muir (pictured), MD of its international operations in London, said it was a difficult process, the firm completed ...
RESULTS ROUND-UP.(Industry Trend or Event)
Jul 05, 2001 ... <Pre> RESULTS ROUND-UP CompanyPeriod Turnover Acquisitor 6mth - 31/03/01 N/A BikeNet6mth - 31/03/01 [pound]1.25m BSoftB 6mth - 31/03/01 [pound]0.65m First Property Online Yr - 31/03/01N/A ...
MediaWave links with MSN to offer pay-per-view events.(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 05, 2001; ... MSN has teamed up with MediaWave to Webcast its first pay-per-view event. The 90-minute live concert from Elton John will be one of the first broadband-only Webcasts. The pay-per-view event is being used by MSN to test the popularity of such services and it's likely to herald ...
Industry drives MMS forward.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Seven wireless industry players have formed an initiative to drive development of Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). The goal of the initiative is to raise industry awareness and promote a common vision of the standard, expected to be a killer application on 3G networks. ...
Compaq in smart move.(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Mainstream smart card adoption received a boost last week as Gemplus and Compaq partnered to integrate smart card readers into Compaq keyboards. The partnership is initially restricted to the US but is expected to be extended to the UK following development of a standardised ...
INTERXION AND CIDERA LAUNCH UK SATELLITE DELIVERY FOR ISPS.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Interxion and Cidera have launched a UK satellite-based delivery network targeted at ISPs wanting to offer decongested broadband rich media delivery. Cidera has developed a content delivery system which by-passes terrestrial networks. The network of broadcast ...
RECIPROCAL PARTNERS IOMEGA FOR SECURE DIGITAL STORAGE.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Digital rights management specialist Reciprocal has partnered with Iomega to enable downloaded digital content to be securely stored on the ubiquitous Iomega ...
SYMBIAN AND REALNETWORKS TO DEVELOP FOR MOBILE DEVICES.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Symbian has partnered with RealNetworks to facilitate the development of multimedia applications based on the Symbian operating system for ...
ECIRCLE PUSHES EC-MESSENGER SERVICE FOR EMAIL NEWSLETTERS.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Ecircle Solutions has launched eC-messenger, its full service solution for email newsletter outsourcing. The white label product enables newsletters to be sent from the customer's domain on an ASP ...
ADLINK SIGNS SALES AGREEMENT WITH ATOMSHOCKWAVE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Adlink, the Internet ad sales house, has signed a deal with AtomShockwave, the online entertainment company, to handle ad sales for the ...
DIGIVATE REVAMPS BABY SITE.(Jojo Maman Bebe site)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... E-commerce agency Digivate has re-designed the site for JoJo Maman Bebe, the maternity and ...
POLICE RECRUITMENT SITE SCOOPS GOLDEN LION FOR EMC SAATCHI.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... EMC Saatchi, the digital arm of advertising agency M&CSaatchi, has won a Golden Lion at the Cannes International Advertising Awards for its ...
HYPERLINK GIVES FRESH LOOK TO LAW FIRM'S WEB SITE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Hyperlink Interactive, the new media agency owned by Cable & Wireless, has redeveloped the Web site for law firm Wedlake Bell. The new site ...
OYSTER WINS SILVER AT 2001 I.D FOR GAME MICROSITE.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Full service agency Oyster Partners has won a silver award at the 2001 I.D. Interactive ...
STRATEGY MSN search.(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 05, 2001; ... Timing: 12 May-8 June 2001. Background: MSN wanted to take its users on a guided tour of its user-friendly Web search, its aim was to showoff the breadth of content available, from the Encarta Encyclopaedia and directory Yell.com, as well as to show the speed and accuracy of the ...
Foresight refocuses business for first expansion into retail market.(Company Business and Marketing)
Jul 05, 2001; ... FORESIGHT Foresight Europe, the agency recently demerged from Wheel, is refocusing its core operations to move into retail, with its first deal believed to be with Waitrose. The agency had to date been primarily focused in the entertainment sector, having had a close ...
Nettec founder bows out.(Jeremy White)(Company Operations)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... E-business agency Nettec has parted company with its founder and chairman Jeremy White. White founded the agency in 1995 but has now left because he felt that Nettec would best be served by someone else. He said: "The market for the whole IT services sector is so ...
Multi-channel Travis rebrands.(Travis Sully Harari)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Travis Sully Harari, the on and offline advertising agency, has rebranded as Travis Sully. The move, which has been in planning ...
WORD moves into Europe.(Worldwide Online Rate and Data)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... Worldwide Online Rate and Data (WORD), the online planning tool for new media advertising, is set for expansion into France, Germany and Scandinavia before the end of the year. The roll-out will begin in France in the next month, followed by Germany and Scandinavia. All the ...
Caterer.com to relaunch and forge alliance with partners.(Reed Business Information)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001; ... Reed Business Information will relaunch Caterer.com on 1 August, with a promotion strategy aimed at forging alliances with key partners, This includes a soon-to-be-launched hospitality industry e-commerce platform. "One of the main objectives is to build up awareness among job ...
MDA pushes texting to older mobile owners.(Mobile Data Association)(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
Jul 05, 2001 ... The Mobile Data Association has launched a marketing campaign to raise awareness of text messaging among 20-30-year-olds. The MDA, which represents all four major operators, is attempting to increase SMS usage in the older market to the phenomenal levels which are currently seen ...