links for 2008-04-09

• The BBC has a good relationship with ISPs, insists Ashley HighfieldThe BBC's director of future media and technology insisted the corporation has a good relationship with the UK's internet service providers as the row about the costs of delivering the iPlayer's broadband video content escalates. Source: Guardian
• Guardian.co.uk signs Blinkx web video dealThe news site has signed a second deal to share advertising revenue around its online content, linking up with video search service Blinkx. Source: Guardian
• iPlayer to be available via Wii consoles as The Apprentice tops listThe BBC has signed a deal with Nintendo to make its iPlayer available via Wii games consules, as new figures show that The Apprentice is the most popular show on the broadband TV catch-up service. Source: Guardian
• Flickr to offer video sharingPhoto-sharing website Flickr has confirmed months of speculation and responded to demands from its users to introduce video sharing. Source: Guardian
• BBC and Guardian sites score total of seven Webby nominationsBoth sites scored well in the nominations for the 2008 Webby Awards, where the best of the world's websites compete in the 'Oscars of the internet'. Source: Guardian
• Ben Verwaayen, the man who brought broadband to Britain, quits BT hot seatThe architect of BT's push into broadband is quitting the business after more than six years. Source: Guardian
• Microsoft says publishes more software informationThe corporation says it has posted online more than 14,000 pages of preliminary versions of technical documentation for underlying software code in its software programs. Source: Reuters
• Europe mulls six-month limit for search engine data storageSearch engine companies may be set for a clash with European regulators over how long personal data related to searches should be retained. Source: PC World
• Digg's Jay Adelson speaksAt some point and sooner than later, if I had to make a bet, Digg will be sold. And, likely as not, the most likely owner for the popular new site is Google. Source: AllThingsD
• The truth according to WikipediaThe discussion that needed to be add about the world's most popular site. Source: Next Web
• Can OurTown crack the hyperlocal news market?Former Cincinnati Enquirer editor George Blake explains why he made the move to hyperlocal, online news. Source: Online Journalism Review
• I saw the future of social networking the other dayMike Arrington looks into his crystal ball and says mobile social networking is still wide open. Source: TechCrunch
• Scientists construct model of the world wide webAlthough the internet contains well over 100 million websites, two electrical engineers think they know what the traffic patterns of the entire web look like. Source: physorg
• 3 to heavily promote VoIP and IMThe operator is "not too focused on content right now" and was instead planning to attack its larger competitors by actively pushing "disruptive" services. Source: CNET.co.uk
• Yahoo acquires IndexTools' Web analytics businessThe web firm has announced an agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets of the marketing firm IndexTools. Source: InfoWorld
• Adobe launches the Adobe TV media playerThe player is a cross-platform Adobe AIR application that offers content discovery and interaction, and companies offering content so far include CBS, MTV, CondéNet, and Scripps Networks. Source: TechCrunch
• Yahoo News videos hit 200m monthly streamsThe Presidential campaign helped push video traffic up 163% year-on-year in February. Source: BeetTV