Carphone Warehouse is set to buy the UK division of Tiscali for £236 million in a bid to create the UK’s largest residential broadband provider.The takeover, which is expected to be completed next month, will see Tiscali UK merge with TalkTalk – Carphone Warehouse’s ISP that serves around 4.25 million homes in the UK.Charles Dunstone,… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse is set to buy Tiscali UK

thelondonpaper racked up losses of almost £13 million and nearly doubled the size of its overdraft to over £26 million in the 12 months to the end of June 2008.News International’s NI Free Newspapers subsidy, which was specifically set up to publish the Murdoch-owned freesheet, reported a pre-tax loss of £12.9 million, according to accounts… Continue reading thelondonpaper cuts losses but doubles overdraft

IPC Media has launched its third international edition of interiors monthly title Living etc in India.The English-language magazine, which will be published by Images Group under a licence in India, is set to launch with a cover price of 100 Rupees (£1.35).IPC has also launched international versions of Living etc in Thailand and Cyprus.“The last… Continue reading Living etc launches in India

Sir Alan Sugar’s on-going quest for The Apprentice pulled in the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-hour last night with more than 8.1 million peak viewers.Around 7.8 million average viewers tuned in to watch the aspiring entrepreneurs test their sales skills in the North-West of England, only to find another one of… Continue reading The Apprentice comes up trumps

Rupert Murdoch said he plans to charge users to read The Times‘ and The Sun‘s online content following the success of the Wall Street Journal‘s pay model.Murdoch said he would test the pay model on his stronger titles, in a similar way he charges people for the WSJ’s online business news, and if it proves… Continue reading Murdoch set to charge for online content

Magic 105.4 remains above all the other London stations for the ninth consecutive quarter in terms of weekly reach, despite falling behind Heart 106.2 FM in both share of listening and average hours per listener, according to RAJAR figures for Q1 2009.Magic’s average weekly reach in London is back above the 2 million listeners’ mark… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: London Stations

This analysis is comparing the weekly reach of the breakfast shows of the London stations and not the time slots. Heart 106.2 FM’s and Magic 105.4’s breakfast shows currently run from 6am-9am, while 95.8 Capital Radio’s runs from 6am-10am.Johnny Vaughan’s 95.8 Capital Radio breakfast show remains on top in the Capital with a weekly reach… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: Breakfast

Channel Five’s owner RTL has announced its interim results statement for the first three months of the year, which claims that Five “underperformed” in the UK TV ad market.The pan-European TV broadcaster said Five’s ad spend was down by more than 17% year on year in Q1 2009 and that TV advertising “declined by double-digit… Continue reading RTL unveils Five’s Q1 performance

Channel 4 increased its share of advertising and share of peak-time viewing in 2008, despite cutting its programme budget.The broadcaster reported a record share of UK TV advertising at 24.1% and a record share of peak viewing of 12.7% – up 1% – in its annual results for last year.Channel 4’s record results come after… Continue reading Channel 4 announces record share of advertising

ITV1’s UEFA Champions League Live coverage attracted more than 9 million peak viewers during the all-important evening slot last night.The Arsenal v Manchester United semi-final, which saw Man Utd win 3-1 at Arsenal’s home-ground with two goals from Ronaldo and one from Park, pulled in 7.4 million average viewers and a 31.8% share between 7.30pm… Continue reading Arsenal v Man United scores over 9m viewers