InternetNews Staff

In conjunction with the Invex Computer trade show in Brno, the Czech Republic will introduce its first Internet television broadcast on October 4, 1998. The project, TV24, is a joint venture of five Czech companies–Planeta.cz, Stransky Internet and Media, Rencar, Telenor CR and Polas. It will feature IT news and feature programming. TV24 starts its […]

Microsoft Corp. today announced the preview of 120 Web communities on its portal site, MSN. Slated to officially launch later this fall on MSN.com, users can see a preview of the areas at MSN Web Communities. It is scheduled to launch on MSN.COM later this fall. Microsoft said the Web Communities rolled out today include […]

Caldera Thin Clients, Inktomi, and OnSat Network Communications are delivering Internet bandwidth via satellite complete with set-top devices and caching software. The solution uses Caldera’s low-cost, graphical set-top devices at the consumer end, with Inktomi’s network cache deployed throughout the system. Headed by OnSat, the solution has a global reach, with immediate worldwide availability. It […]

Although still the market leader in the U.S. browser market, Netscape Communications Corp. dropped nine points in the first half of 1998, while rival Microsoft added 5 points and AOL maintained its share, according to report released today by International Data Corp. (IDC). “The results of this third IDC survey tracking Web browser market share […]

From Australia.internet.com Internet service providers in Australia have been put on notice that their entire industry will be investigated for financial improprieties, after a string of company failures had threatened to wipe out their respectability. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the corporate regulatory body, will conduct inspections of every financial document held by […]

MRA, a $55 million advertising agency in Overland Park, KS, said it is changing its name to Marketing.comm to reflect the company’s growing commitment to bring technology-powered marketing to business clients. “We wanted a high-tech name to signal our shift in direction to technology marketing,” said Frank Weyforth, Marketing.comm president and CEO. “We’ve always focused […]

European interactive agency InterAd said it signed its first Belgian Web site and appointed key local staff as part of a drive to expand operations across Benelux. Belgian-based WOQATS, a European Web site providing real- time European and U.S. stock market information and tools, signed with InterAd for global representation. The site, available in Dutch, […]

Interactive agency THINK New Ideas cut up to 25% of its New York office staff, according to a report from the Silicon Alley Reporter, which quoted sources as saying 15 of THINK’s 60-person New York workforce were laid off. THINK New Ideas executive vice president and managing director in New York, Jon Adams, confirmed the […]

WinStar Interactive, the online ad sales unit of WinStar New Media, is launching a new group specializing in marketing event sites to advertisers with the Oct. 1 premiere of Christmas98.com, calling it “a resource for holiday information and online services.” Bobbie Halfin, president of WinStar Interactive in New York City, said the move follows the […]

The top three ad banner categories for August remained the same as July’s, according to BannerTrack, NetRatings’ syndicated ad research service. The No. 1 ad category was Online/Internet Services. Retail Shopping was No. 2, and Promotions (incentives, coupons, sweepstake offers) No. 3. Taken together these three categories accounted for 60% of all banner advertising impressions […]

QVC, Britain’s first and only TV shopping channel, will launch an e-commerce site on the Web on Oct. 1, its fifth anniversary. The site, to be called QVCUK.com, will bring in a potential new audience for QVC of 5.9 million British Internet users, to add to the existing 6.8 million cable and satellite viewers in […]

The world’s largest independent news integrator, NewsEdge Corp., extended its European presence by opening offices in Geneva and Amsterdam. The Swiss office will service major accounts in central Europe, including Nestle and Novartis, while the Dutch office will serve the Benelux region. The European headquarters of the Burlington, Massachusetts-based firm, are in London. “Our growing […]