Yell.com Is On Digital - 19 September 2000
Yell.com information services are now available to around 5 million Digital TV households in the UK. The portal from the Yellow Pages Group has just announced that it will provide content for ONdigital’s new internet television service, ONnet and already provides services on the Telewest Active digital service and Sky Digital’s Open TV.Yell.com has a prominent position on the new ONnet service, giving viewers one-click access to a range of information and transaction services covering travel, property, shopping, business, and Yell.com search, which gives viewers details on more than 1.7 million UK businesses.
Eddie Cheng, new media services director, Yell.com, commented, "ONdigital TV users can now log on to Yell.com from the comfort of their armchairs and enjoy access to all of our online services with no need for a PC."
"The partnership with ONdigital is a further endorsement of our commitment to this exciting new technology and forms part of our drive to become a leading source of information for digital TV users."
As well as being available via 3 leading Digital TV Services, Yell.com is also available on the Internet and over mobile telephony, via BT Internet, Genie from BT Cellnet and the Mviva portal from Carphone Warehouse. And to ensure internet users can find Yell.com quickly and easily, Yell.com has extended internet presence through distribution partnerships with leading web sites such as MSN, excite, handbag.com, BT Internet & BT Timesmart.
