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Telemundo announced for the first time will make full-length primetime on demand programming available over U.S. wireless networks. The deal is part of larger venture by parent company, NBC Universal’s Digital Distribution and MobiTV, a global leader in mobile and broadband television and music services.

Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) found that the twenty largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 94% of the market – achieved record net high-speed Internet additions in 2006. Combined net additions for the year totaled over 10.2 million subscribers – a total that exceeded the previous record set in 2005 by about 500,000 subscribers.

comScore Networks announced that 747 million people, age 15 + , used the Internet worldwide in January 2007, a 10-percent increase versus January 2006. Among the top 15 countries (ranked by penetration), Internet audiences in India, the Russian Federation and China increased the most in 2006, growing 33, 21 and 20 percent, respectively. China now represents the second-largest Internet population in the world, with 86.8 million users, after the U.S., which rose 2 percent year-over-year to 153.4 million users age 15 or older in January 2007.

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The US remains the single largest Internet market in the world with 181.9 million Internet users in 2006, but China is likely to take the lead before the decade is out.

Not long ago, many people believed setting up an entertainment center was simply a stereo system, a VCR and a television larger than 25″. These days, the promise from the consumer electronic industry to establish the computer as the new “media center” is beginning to gain traction with consumers.

Well, it’s Valentine’s Week. For those of you who know me, I’m not a big softie. However, from time to time I could be considered a hopeless romantic. Valentine’s Day online and offline is not something to ignore, as the sales predictions may just make your heart skip a beat. Just look at the stats from Constant Contact’s Small Business Valentine’s Day Outlook Survey.

EPIC (Evolving Personalized Information Construct) the way the internet, news, information and personalization converge in the year 2015. Take a look!

New research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that legitimate online TV and video services will generate revenues of US$6.3 billion in 2012, almost ten times the 2006 figure. Advertising will consistently outperform a la carte and subscription-based services in terms of revenue generation and North America will be the largest revenue-generating region, accounting for 65% of the 2012 global total.

Outsell, Inc. has just released its second annual report on ad spending, forecasting U.S. advertising to grow 5.8 percent in 2007. The comprehensive national study of advertisers, who control about $6.5 billion of spending, shows that companies plan to increase their online spending by 18 percent this year, faster than for any other major media type.