... worth noting 29.8.03

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:: 3 has announced the launch of a new Motorola handset that will hit the shelves in September, complete with integrated MP3 player. The new colour handset is the first of three handsets being released by 3 before the end of the year, as it tries to add to the 160,000 subscribers it has attracted to its video network since launching in April. The new Motorola A920 will be able to access 3's range of video content, including Premiership highlights, and is based on the Symbian v7.0 operating system but it also boasts a touch screen and handwriting recognition software.

:: Online marketing research firm Dynamic Logic Europe has won a contract with Harvest Digital agency to provide analysis of online marketing campaigns for its clients, including Tesco. Under the deal, Dynamic Logic's first brief will be to measure Tesco Personal Finance's brand-led online activity. To begin with it will track campaign-by-campaign using its MarketNorms analytical tool and databases for measuring online advertising and effectiveness.

:: BT Openworld is slashing prices for its broadband business services in a bid to attract more small business users, following a number of price cuts on the consumer side. From next week, companies currently using or signing up to Business 500PLUS, Business 1000PLUS and Business 2000PLUS could make annual savings of up to £240.

:: Mobile business and entertainment group Netsize has launched a platform that provides content owners with immediate access to 300m mobile users across Europe. Apparently, the Mobile Content Management Platform provides games developers with a managed system, allowing them to concentrate on product development. The service comprises content hosting, delivery and billing all integrated into a 'one-stop shop' package. Developers can use the platform for a variety of mobile content including Java, MMS, SMS and WAP.

:: Levi's Europe has upgraded its Web site with games, new products and even an 'image-mangling' engine to promote the brand's Teenage Kicks line and its new autumn product range. Other games added to the Levi's Europe site include a customise-your-jeans-with-sandpaper toy.

:: Five has launched a new-look Web site to complement the channel.
Designed and produced by digital agency Lateral and technical firm NeoWorks, the five.tv Web site will support key strands and programmes on the channel. A text-only version of the site is also on offer.

:: Reaching the Regions, the Newspaper Society's online directory of local and regional newspaper titles has received a makeover. The publishers index and titles index have both been updated and the regional maps pinpointing the 1,300 daily and weekly regional newspapers around the UK are now fully integrated with the live Newspaper Society database.

:: Profero has created a 'wish list' campaign to enable Tesco.com to raise awareness of its non-grocery items, including DVDs and CDs, with a new viral campaign, The three shops promoted in the email are Tesco's Entertainment Shop, the Electrical Shop and the Wine Shop. The campaign is being supported by banners and buttons, which are running on the Tesco home page and Tesco Personal Finance as well as AOL, Channel 4, i-Village, Lastminute and Trade Doubler. An email campaign has also been launched using Themutual.net.