Exclusive: Sky Connect’s boss on why half of all SMEs may ditch their broadband provider November 25, 2021 Three quarters of UK small businesses have invested in business broadband during the pandemic, or at least adapted their company to deliver services that can be experienced both in person and online. But despite this, over half are likely to leave their current business broadband provider, Kevin O’Toole, managing director at Sky Connect, the B2B [...]
Kenya killing: Fresh details emerge about murder of BBC staffer Kate Mitchell in Nairobi hotel room November 24, 2021 It has emerged that BBC staffer Kate Mitchell, who was found murdered in her hotel room after being stabbed, had drinks with her alleged killer in the bar of the Nairobi hotel where she was staying. The prime suspect in the murder of the British journalist had booked a room with his girlfriend at the [...]
ITV to renew horse racing rights to win heftier advertising deals November 23, 2021 ITV is looking to renew its television rights for horse racing events as it hopes to secure more lucrative deal with bookmaker advertisers.
BBC documentary was ‘overblown and unfounded’ say angry Royal households in rare joint statement November 23, 2021 The BBC has been slammed for giving credibility to “overblown and unfounded claims” in a documentary aired last night, according to the Royal households, as they took the rare step to issue a joint statement. The first episode of the two-part The Princes And The Press programme, presented by Amol Rajan, explored the relationship of [...]
New cryptocurrency named ‘JRR Token’ blocked by lawyers for Lord of the Rings creator Tolkien November 23, 2021 Lawyers representing the estate of Lord of the Rings creator JRR Tolkien have taken action against the developer of a cryptocurrency named “JRR Token”. Representatives of the Tolkien estate said the product, which was launched in August 2021, infringed the trademark of the world-famous author. The domain name “jrrtoken.com” was successfully recovered without opposition by [...]
Zoom beats expectations as momentum continues despite office return November 22, 2021 Zoom Video Communications has beat estimates for third-quarter revenue as its shares jumped in extended trading. Despite the firm warning of slowing revenue growth after the second quarter as home-working weakens, the firm was able to hold its momentum. Revenue rose 35 per cent to $1.05bn in the third quarter ended 31 October, compared with [...]
Paul Dacre is appointed Editor-in-Chief of DMG Media but ‘will not be involved in day-to-day editing’ November 22, 2021 The Chairman of Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) Lord Rothermere has announced that Paul Dacre is being appointed Editor-in-Chief of DMG Media. Lord Rothermere said: “I am delighted to appoint Paul Dacre, who has a huge and distinguished history with this company.” “Although he will not be involved in day-to-day editing, he will be [...]
Facebook owner says encryption of all messaging services not until 2023 November 21, 2021 The rollout of encrypted messaging will not be completed until some point in 2023, Facebook’s owner has said, after fears such a move could put children at greater risk of exploitation and abuse. Meta, which owns the social networking giant as well as the messaging service WhatApp, said it is taking time to “get this [...]
Welsh and Scottish ministers sound alarm bells over impartiality in appointment process for new Ofcom chair November 20, 2021 A group of Scottish and Welsh ministers have said they are “extremely concerned” about a “perceived lack of impartiality and transparency” in the process to appoint a new Ofcom chair. The four-strong group has written to Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries asking to be included in the process and given a role which ensures the selected [...]
Ex-Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre drops out from Ofcom race for new chair November 19, 2021 The former editor of the Daily Mail has bowed out of a competition to appoint the next head of media regulator Ofcom,`casting scathing criticism at senior civil servants. In a letter to the Times Paul Dacre announced he would not be re-applying for the role at Ofcom – the UK’s watchdog for television, radio, telecoms [...]