“Another significant step,” says incoming DG Tony Hall as Channel 4’s Anne Bulford is appointed as Managing Director, BBC Finance and Operation.

After Postar re-launched as ‘Route’ today, unveiling its revolutionary new out-of-home audience research system, Newsline has collected some reaction from around the industry, including opinion from MediaVest UK, MEC and Primesight.

The Media Scotland account will continue to be run out of Media Vision in Edinburgh, while management of the remaining national and regional brands will be run from Carat’s office in Manchester.

New global research reveals serious concerns for consumers using third-party and free apps, with just a third comfortable sharing personal information.

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that ratings company Nielsen is to roll out a new system to measure broadband, Xbox and, eventually, iPads – redefining the definition of TV.

The latest ABC digital figures show strong growth across the entire national newspaper market for January 2012, with The Independent online seeing the strongest growth, up 25.1% on the previous month – but the Mail Online still leads.

Some of the biggest Disney movies will have their UK TV premiere on a new Sky channel, Sky Movies Disney, as part of a major deal between BSkyB and the Hollywood studio.

The outlook for global marketers is continuing to improve, according to the latest data from Warc’s Global Marketing Index. However, Europe, while showing improvement, was less optimistic than the other measured regions, with the headline GMI increasing 1.2 points to 53.1 in February.

Jonathan Wall has been appointed as Controller of BBC Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra. Based at MediaCityUK, Wall takes up the post immediately, having worked as Acting Controller of the station.

RDA Holding has filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York this week under an agreement that will result in converting approximately $465 million of secured notes to equity.