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Atlanta-based online marketing intelligence firm RelevantKnowledge Inc. said a research study for Flycast Communications showed that the Flycast Open Network provides a potential reach of 32% of the U.S. Web audience. The company said the network received visits from 17.9 million unique visitors during the March 1998 reporting period . “With RelevantKnowledge data, we have […]

Major players from the cable and computer sectors joined together today to create the Cable Broadband Forum (CBF) in an effort to boost the industry standing and deployment of cable broadband technology and services. The Forum’s board members will include executives from MediaOne, TCI.NET, Comcast Corp., and @Home Network. Other companies supporting the coalition include […]

The number of Web users in the United States has increased to over 57 million, a gain of 1.6 million new users since January of this year, according to a RelevantKnowledge Inc. survey released today. “The growth in the number of Web users over the past few months can likely be attributed to an heightened […]

US Interactive Inc. in New York said that Sandler New Media, an Internet strategy, development and marketing firm for global companies, has become a part of the company. Susan Sandler, previously president of Sandler New Media, joins US Interactive as vice president, digital brand strategies, effective May 4. Financial arrangements of the acquisition were not […]

Internet discussion group Web site Deja News rolled out a new spam filtering e-mail service. The free service is a component of My Deja News, a personalized service in which users can customize discussion groups and other content. Advertising Age said spam is an issue for Deja News because direct marketers who send out unsolicited […]

THINK New Ideas Inc. in New York City reported revenues for the three-months ended March 31 of $11.0 million, an increase of 160% from $4.2 million in the year-earlier period. Net income reported for the third quarter was $660,000 or $0.10 per diluted share. For the nine-months, net revenues increased 128% to $28.0 million, from […]

San Francisco-based WebRep said it entered a new advertising sales partnership with PCGame, a directory service devoted to personal computer games. The new partnership offers prospective advertisers an opportunity to reach an audience of tech-savvy, loyal game enthusiasts, WebRep said. Launched in February of 1997, Sunnyvale, CA-based PCGame serves as the starting point for computer […]

InterVU Inc., a pioneer in video and rich media delivery over the Internet, signed a licensing agreement with RealNetworks to integrate the company’s streaming video (RealVideo) and audio (RealAudio) solutions into InterVU’s eyeQ Multimedia Manager. InterVU said the agreement furthers its goal of supporting the widest range of Internet media players to make viewing rich […]

CLIQNOW! Sales Group, an online advertising sales rep firm, opened two new office locations in order to expand client and media sales services. The addition of offices in Chicago and Los Angeles will allow the company to strengthen its sales efforts in these key online advertising markets and assist its New York and San Francisco […]

New York City-based interactive agency Oven Digital said it completed the online presence for SiteBridge, a software developer and creators of a real-time, interactive customer service app that works on all platforms and browsers. SiteBridge’s CustomerNow software lets service representatives and customers interact in real-time over the Web, using customized chat and message templates. Oven […]

Content delivery provider WaveTop and Warner Bros. Online formed an alliance to broadcast Warner Bros. online Web content to home PC users through WaveTop’s service. The companies said Warner Bros. Online content will be delivered over WaveTop’s national broadcast wireless service via TV tuner-enabled PCs. The technology uses embedded data which streams into unseen portions […]

Despite some notable downtime in the last 48 hours, Primedia Inc.’s media industry Web site Media Central denied rumors today that it would shutter its doors anytime soon. InternetNews.com has learned that Media Central editorial employees were told yesterday they would be laid off effective Monday, May 4, and that content would originate from Ithaca […]