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• Amazon, Apple and Argos top retail satisfaction study (The Drum)

  Published December 19, 2013

  In a customer satisfaction survey, Amazon, Apple and Argos were named top online retailers in 2013, while Ticketmaster, Ryanair and lastminute.com were labelled the worst. The seventh annual ForeSee consumer satisfaction study showed an overall decrease in aggregate satisfaction from Christmas 2012, from 74 on a 100-point scale to 73 – the first fall in […]

• RTL Deutschland reconsiders DVB-T distribution (Broadband TV News)

  Published December 19, 2013

  RTL Deutschland is reconsidering the future of digital terrestrial broadcasting in view of the plans of the new German government. In its coalition agreement, the three parties forming the new German government have agreed to continue to earmark frequency spectrum for the continuation of DVB-T2 broadcasts in the country. In a statement, RTL said that […]

• New rules for faster telecoms repairs and installation (StockMarket Wire)

  Published December 19, 2013

  Telephone and broadband customers stand to benefit from faster line repairs and installations, under new rules proposed by UK regulator Ofcom. The measures would require Openreach, which installs and maintains connections to BT’s network on behalf of competing telecoms providers, to meet new minimum performance standards. Should it fail to meet the new targets over […]

• Mediaset soars on possible separation of Pay-TV Unit (Business Week)

  Published December 19, 2013

  Mediaset SpA rose the most for five months after the media group, owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, said it is considering a separation of pay-television operations for possible sale. Mediaset, which owns TV networks in Italy and Spain, reported its first-ever annual loss in 2012 because of a shrinking Italian advertising market […]

• Sailfish smartphones for Europe (IT World)

  Published December 19, 2013

  Finnish smartphone start-up Jolla has launched an online shop, where European customers can buy its first device. The shop is open to consumers in Switzerland and Norway for now, selling the Jolla smartphone for €399 (£333). A group of former Nokia employees founded Jolla in 2011, wanting to continue development work on the MeeGo operating […]

• New BBC digital project will learn lessons from DMI (Broadband TV News)

  Published December 19, 2013

  The BBC has led has accepted the findings of a PwC report that BBC Trust commissioned into the governance of the Digital Media Initiative (DMI). The failure of the £100 million project to digitize its production systems led to the suspension of chief technology officer John Linwood. The DMI, which would effectively have enabled all […]