Source
Automatically imported from: http://commons.somewhere.com:80/rre/1999/RRE.europemedia.html
Content
This web service brought to you by Somewhere.Com, LLC.
[RRE]europemedia
``` [Forwarded with permission.]
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-This message was forwarded through the Red Rock Eater News Service (RRE). Send any replies to the original author, listed in the From: field below. You are welcome to send the message along to others but please do not use the "redirect" command. For information on RRE, including instructions for (un)subscribing, see http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html or send a message to requests@lists.gseis.ucla.edu with Subject: info rre
---
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 11:53:43 -0500
From: "editor@europemedia.com"
europemedia.com is a free weekly news report covering the main developments in the European online markets.
March 16 - 22: Hello, in a week where Europe didn't always come up smelling of roses, the EU's Fifth Framework Programme commited to the internet - so progress there. Plus British Telecom and its European partners has launched a new fibre network. Bulgaria gets a new portal, and the privacy seal programme now has a presence in Europe. Germany is still not happy with cookies, and a "spot the shamrock" online promotion brought a little joy to St Patrick's Day. Delight, a new Italian web browser rises like Venus in a Renaisance painting, and Digilog moves HQ from Norway to Switzerland. The Third Russian Internet forum took place and half of Sweden - really - owns a PC. Three new mobile news systems have launched in Switzerland and a new internet access system using ADSL is progressing in Spain. More next week, let's get this network built - there's not long to the next century!
Europe http://www.europemedia.com/emeurope/16_Mar_1999.shtml#Article4 Bulgaria portal launched The New York-based Orientation Global network has partnered with Bulgarian ISP Bulnet to provide a portal site to Bulgarian resources
Europe http://www.europemedia.com/emeurope/16_Mar_1999.shtml New European backbone goes live A pan-European fibre backbone from British Telecommunications and its European partners, started running live customer traffic this week.
EU http://www.europemedia.com/emeu/16_Mar_1999.shtml Find partners for EU Information Society projects The EU's Fifth Framework programme (FP5) for research, technological development and demonstration (RTD) will support many Internet-related projects.
Germany http://www.europemedia.com/emgermany/16_Mar_1999.shtml Online service and content provider criticised Consumer interest groups fear misuse of personal data|The use of cookies is still a problem in the German market.
Ireland http://www.europemedia.com/emireland/16_Mar_1999.shtml Web world first On Tuesday 16 March, Entertainment Ireland staged a Surf to Win competition
Italy http://www.europemedia.com/emitaly/16_Mar_1999.shtml Delight - the first Italian browser Delight is a really light browser: it is about 1 megabyte in size and fits on to a diskette.
Italy http://www.europemedia.com/emitaly/16_Mar_1999.shtml#Article6 SOPAF buys 37% of Galactica The Italian financial investor SOPAF bought 37 per cent of the Galactica capital. Galactica is a national Italian ISP, with 13,000 subscribers (35 per cent in the business sector).
Netherlands http://www.europemedia.com/emnetherlands/16_Mar_1999.shtml Internet television set-top boxes are flop in the Netherlands Last August KPN and ISP Worldonline introduced Internet set-top boxes in the Netherlands.
Norway http://www.europemedia.com/emnorway/16_Mar_1999.shtml Leaving Norway for international expansion The Digilog Advertising System is planning international expansion, and is moving its corporate headquarters from Oslo, Norway to Geneve, Switzerland.
Russia http://www.europemedia.com/emrussia/16_Mar_1999.shtml Russian Internet Forum '99 Where you can find such a high concentration of top Internet professionals like at the third Russian Internet Forum held on March 10-13 by ROCIT.
Spain http://www.europemedia.com/emspain/16_Mar_1999.shtml Internet via ADSL Internet via ADSL completes plans for the application of the flat tariff|Telefonica, the Ministry of Public Works and the Economy, and some companies of telecommunications are completing the details for the installation of a new Internet access service in Spain.
Sweden http://www.europemedia.com/emsweden/16_Mar_1999.shtml Government scheme makes Swedes buy PCs At the end of 1998, half the population of Sweden owned a PC, according to a survey by IT Research Sweden. PC penetration is expected to exceed 60 per cent of the total population by the end of 1999.
Switzerland http://www.europemedia.com/emswitzerland/16_Mar_1999.shtml Mobile news services lays ground for mobile Internet In the past few weeks, three new mobile news services have made their debut in Switzerland.
If this has been forwarded to you and you want to join the mailing list, sign on via our web page at http://www.europemedia.com/registration.html. If you wish to unsubscribe you may leave the list at any time by sending an email containing the words "SIGNOFF EUROPEMEDIA" command to LISTSERV@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM.
Robin Hunt, Editor europemedia.com
Europemedia is a joint venture between arehaus, Interactive Publishing and Van Dusseldorp & Partners. It was created by Robin Hunt in London, Norbert Specker in Zurich and Monique van Dusseldorp in Amsterdam
From this week europemedia.com will be cooperating with Online Europe, a discussion list on internet developments moderated by Steve Carlson. We are very excited by this as we believe that Online Europe is an ideal platform to discuss issues of the European internet development.
And we're going to work closely with Steve to make some of the most interesting discussions on the list available on our website. We're going to build that network one way or another...
To subscribe mailto:europe-on@isys.hu ```
This web service brought to you by Somewhere.Com, LLC.