27 January 2004

Audit Results Move Google a Step Closer to Offering. Google has cleared one of the last remaining hurdles in its effort to sell shares to the public, people close to the company said. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology] 10:51:24 PM    comment [] Napster angry over Europe 'delay'. The head of music download site Napster criticises European licensing groups, a report says. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] 10:50:52 PM    comment [] My e-mail virus scanner has been beeping all day.....   E-Mail Worm Clogging Network Traffic. A new worm was replicating itself so quickly that some corporate networks were clogged with infected traffic within hours of its appearance Monday. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] 10:50:28 PM    comment [] French broadcast concession ends in fiasco  The Argentine government has just revoked Thales Spectrum's US$500 million concession to run Argentina's radio spectrum for broadcast TV, radio and other services after the French defense electronics company allegedly failed to meet 75% of the contract obligations. The task for regulating the airwaves will revert to the state. The deal goes back to 1997 when Argentina was one of the first countries in the world to privatise spectrum management. The contract was for 15 years. Wonder why it took them so long to discover 75% was wrong?? 10:45:45 PM    comment [] Good news for digital as radios fly off the shelves This article brings some encouraging news about DAB. I'm curious how they can cut more costs at Oneword though...content of the type they are making is expensive.... Written by Daily Telegraph's Guy Dennis (Filed: 11/01/2004) Sales of digital radios soared over the Christmas period to beat industry forecasts by more than 25 per cent, according to figures that will be announced this week. The Digital Radio Development Bureau, the trade body that collects retail figures, will reveal that about 100,000 were sold in December. The sales surge will take the total number of digital radios sold in the UK since they went on general sale in the summer of 2002 to about 400,000. It is also likely to raise estimates about future sales. "It's a stunning number," said one media executive. "And it means the number of radios sold by the end of 2004 will probably be over a million." Companies likely to benefit from the rising sales include UBC Media Group, the stock market-listed radio broadcaster and producer. UBC is expected to announce tomorrow that it is planning to take full control of Oneword Radio, a digital radio channel that broadcasts literary programmes. Oneword reaches 80,000 listeners a week via digital radio and television services including Freeview and Sky. Its output includes magazine items and readings from books such as Witch Child, the children's novel by Celia Rees - to be read by Emilia Fox, the actress, later this month. UBC already owns half of Oneword, but is in final negotiations to buy the other 50 per cent from USI Holdings, the Hong Kong financial conglomerate, for around £700,000 in an all share deal. UBC is also expected to announce a restructuring at Oneword that will "substantially" cut costs and include redundancies. 1:40:31 PM    comment []

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