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Manchester Evening News (Guardian Media Group) partner with GDP

10th July 2008

Global DataPoint are delighted to announce Manchester Evening News Media as their latest partner in the provision of comprehensive local Event and What’s On listings Information. With the imminent re-launch of the legendary City Life brand, MEN media needed a supplier who understood the need for detailed local coverage. Matthew Davies, City Life Product Manager said:

“We chose Global Datapoint because we are determined to deliver the most comprehensive listings possible on our forthcoming City Life site, as it’s what the brand has long been synonymous with, and it’s what our Manchester users deserve. Global Datapoint understood this need for detailed coverage of our local area. In addition, Global DataPoint will be helping us to empower users to promote their own events through the site.”

We are very excited to be involved with City Life and have attached dedicated resources, as per normal with each of our clients, to help facilitate MEN media to achieve the promotion of user events. This is alongside the comprehensive and granular data we already supply, features that are at the core of our local listings proposition.

About Global DataPoint:
Global DataPoint Ltd (formerly UK DataPoint) was started in 2005 to provide syndicated information and services to publishers, new media and mobile services. Global DataPoint has collated the largest events and entertainment listings database in the UK. Global DataPoint is part of the Science Navigation Group of independent media companies based in London with offices throughout the world.
About MEN Media
Guardian Media Group’s GMG Regional Media comprises two operating businesses: MEN Media and Surrey & Berkshire Media. MEN Media is a multimedia business with leading print, online and TV brands across Greater Manchester. Its portfolio includes one of the UK’s leading daily metropolitan newspapers – the Manchester Evening News – as well as the Manchester Online website, city TV station Channel M, the free daily Metro and a number of local weekly newspapers and their associated websites.

21st June 2008

Gcap Media have just unveiled the re-vamped XFM website http://www.xfm.co.uk, incorporating a host of excellent new features enhancing the user experience of this cutting edge radio brand. One of the cornerstones of the re-vamp is the inclusion of searchable Music Event information. Global DataPoint are proud to have been chosen as the supplier for this integral element of the recent overhaul.

The Gigs and Tickets section is searchable by artist/band or browseable through the calendar. Headline acts at major UK music venues, record shop appearances and local gig nights for unsigned bands all feature, as well as a listing of all the major music festivals of the summer.

As well as XFM, Global DataPoint has also been selected as the supplier of comprehensive events and What’s On data for the Capital, Classic FM and One Network brands.

About Global DataPoint:

Global DataPoint Ltd (formerly UK DataPoint) was started in 2005 to provide syndicated information and services to publishers, new media and mobile services. Global DataPoint has collated the largest events and entertainment listings database in the UK. Global DataPoint is part of the Science Navigation Group of independent media companies based in London with offices throughout the world.

About GCap Media plc.

GCap Media is the UK’s leading commercial radio group with some 15 million listeners on air and over 1.7 million online. With Group headquarters in the heart of London’s Leicester Square, there are GCap stations in over 40 other locations around the UK covering many of the major conurbations and key advertising regions. Among the analogue licences owned by the Group, we are proud to have within our portfolio strong recognised brands such as Classic FM, Xfm, Capital 95.8 and Choice FM.

Global DataPoint are pleased to announce the latest addition to our rapidly growing stable of high profile clients. MyVillage.com, the leading national network of over 80 London area websites and over 21 UK City sites, recently decided to move from the Press Association to Global DataPoint for the provision of their comprehensive what’s on and events listings services throughout all of their sites. After a detailed evaluation of the degree of depth and breadth of events coverage for the UK, MyVillage made the choice to work with Global DataPoint for this integral element of their market leading service.

Roifield Brown, Managing Director of MyVillage said “We made the decision to use Global DataPoint for the provision of what’s on and events listings due to the high level of granularity and excellent level of coverage UK wide. We required a feed of events data that matched the high standards we set for MyVillage.com’

Dominic Taylor, Managing Director of Global DataPoint said “We’re delighted to be supplying MyVillage with event listings for all of their UK websites. It really highlights the depth and comprehensive coverage of our data on a truly national web portal. Users of MyVillage site will be able to find listings from cinemas in Edinburgh to club nights in Notting Hill; music venues in Liverpool to art exhibitions in Islington and many, many more events beside.”

Global DataPoint look forward to working with MyVillage in terms of continuing to provide events and what’s on information of the highest quality, as a brand of such stature demands.

About Global DataPoint:

Global DataPoint Ltd (formerly UK DataPoint) was started in 2005 to collate and licence syndicated information and services to publishers, new media and mobile services. We provide a constantly updated XML feed of listings data suitable for integration for mobile, new media, press and publishing companies. Global DataPoint has collated the largest events and entertainment listings database in the UK and is launching an international events service in 2008. Global DataPoint Ltd is part of the Science Navigation Group (www.sciencenow.com) of independent companies that collaborate closely with each other to publish and develop information and services for professional and consumer markets. One of these group companies is Telmap Ltd a world leader in Mapping and Mobile Navigation Solutions.

Newspapers such as the Liverpool Echo, Birmingham Post and Newcastle’s Evening Gazette will soon be able to publish the most comprehensive events listings for their regions. All 200 newspapers and more than 300 companion newspaper websites, ultra-local sites such as Liverpool.com from the Trinity Mirror Regionals division will be supplied Global DataPoint’s feed of events data.

Global DataPoint will supply content on cinema times, theatre productions, art and museum exhibitions as well as gig and club listings. Tourist attractions, festivals and special events for families will be included in the data feed. Trinity Mirror will move from their previous supplier of entertainment listings PA Entertainment to Global DataPoint after a detailed evaluation of the degree of depth and breadth of events coverage for all regions of the UK for this integral element of their market leading service.

Dominic Taylor, Managing Director of Global DataPoint said “Working with Trinity Mirror Regionals will be a fantastic way to supply events listings content to millions of readers and web users across the UK. Global DataPoint is delighted to be chosen as the preferred supplier for this prestigious newspaper group.”Mike Hill, Regional Head of Multimedia at Trinity Mirror stated, “Trinity Mirror Regionals chose Global DataPoint to supply local event listings for our network of papers and websites, as we wish to provide our users with the most comprehensive service available.”

About Global DataPoint:

Global DataPoint Ltd (formerly UK DataPoint) was started in 2005 to provide syndicated information and services to publishers, new media and mobile services. Global DataPoint has collated the largest events and entertainment listings database in the UK. Global DataPoint is part of the Science Navigation Group a a sister company of Mapbyte Ltd, a company established in 2000 to deliver real time mapping, navigation and data management solutions, over Internet and wireless platforms. Another sister company (Telmap Ltd) is a world leader in Mapping and Navigation Solutions.

About Trinity Mirror Regionals

The Regionals division comprises a mix of print and online assets covering a wide geographic area across the UK. The division publishes over 200 local and regional newspaper titles, which are complemented by a range of free newspapers, supplements and magazines across Scotland, the North East and North West, Wales, Midlands and London and the South East. Our market-leading regional titles are supplemented in their markets of Cardiff, Liverpool, Newcastle, Scotland and Birmingham by free morning Metro titles which extend our reach to a younger, urban audience that is highly appealing to advertisers.

Contact: Dominic Taylor, Global DataPoint, 0207 631 9117.

Visit London chose to work with Global DataPoint in December 2006. Visit London conducted a thorough evaluation of the data feed from Global DataPoint and from other providers also. They decided that due to the comprehensive nature of our events data coupled with the excellent communication from Global DataPoint throughout the evaluation process they would choose to receive a Global DataPoint feed over other competitors.

This month Visit London have renewed their contract with Global DataPoint. The Managing Editor John Whiddett says:

‘The Global DataPoint xml feed gave us a four fold increase in the events we had listed on Visitlondon.com. It also improved our users’ ability to plan ahead for their trip to London with its long lead time. The integration was smooth and the two-way communication between ourselves and Global DataPoint has allowed us to enhance and improve the way we use their comprehensive information.’

John Whiddett- Managing Editor, Information, Visit London