MediaCorp's Online TV Listing Site OnTheBox.com Launches Marketing Campaign, Enriches Content

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We've worked hard at making it a very user friendly, efficient TV site

London (PRWEB) November 16, 2006

OnTheBox.com, the UK's leading online television programme guide and listing, is enriching its content as part of a new marketing campaign to keep at the top of Internet search listings.

It has steadily grown in popularity since start up in 1998 and is now listed between first and third on key TV related searches on the leading search engine Google.

The site is part of the Publishing Division of the rapidly growing Media Corporation Plc.

"We've worked hard at making it a very user friendly, efficient TV site," said Justin Drummond MediaCorp CEO, "but we know that a good site can't rest on its laurels, and that's why we are putting this renewed effort into marketing.

"onthebox.com is comprehensive, customisable and searchable," he said.

There are listings for over 150 TV stations, including both free to air stations (from all UK regions) BBC, ITV, Channels 4 and 5 and the full range of satellite programmes for ten days ahead. And this week it is adding further detail to programme listings.

The listings can be sorted by theme, searched for by key words and phrases.

Registered online users can customise the site to suit their own viewing habits and set email alerts to warn them of upcoming shows they've earmarked as ones to see. They can also set up their own schedule.

"People looking online for TV schedules or trying to find out when their favourite programme is on don't want distractions on the site. They are generally not surfing. So in addition to making sure we had a comprehensive list that was as accurate as possible, ease of use was the driving factor in design," Mr Drummond said.

This has meant minimising the steps in navigating around the site. As a result the versatility of the site, and especially the ability to customise, shows why the web is so well suited to the presentation of this sort of information.

The quality of the site and its popularity is recognised by its high ranking in a Google search.

Media Corp has significant in-house expertise in web design and maximising impact in the Internet space. Within the group is eyeconomy, a specialist online advertising and marketing agency, and the Search Division, specialists in vertical search engines.

Notes to Editors:

Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Media Corp, is a leading internet media and advertising Company focused on search, publishing and media sales. The company has three principal divisions:

•     Search - The vertical search specialists - building sector specific search engines for advertisers to communicate in a highly targeted environment with their particular audience. All of our Search and Media products are powered by our own high performance proprietary technology. We can therefore partner with your online businesses to offer "White Label" services across a number of key vertical markets. http://www.searchfocus.co.uk.
•     Publishing - Media Corp has a diverse publishing division ranging from online to printed media. Our impressive stable of websites includes a number of market leading sites including http://www.onthebox.com, http://www.casino.co.uk.
•     Media - Eyeconomy was formed in 1996, and is a separate operating division of Media Corporation. Eyeconomy specialises in the various sectors of online marketing and advertising, such as online media planning and buying, as well as managing online media campaigns for clients including AOL, Dell and American Express.

See its http://www.mediacorpplc.com.

For further information please contact Sam Tilston, Tel; 44 207 618 9000

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