An independent self-regulatory body for the UK’s direct marketing industry has been launched to investigate complaints of “inappropriate and unethical direct marketing practice from members of the public and businesses”.The Direct Marketing Commission (DMC) is modelled on other well established self-regulatory bodies, remaining as a seperate company from the industry’s trade body – the Direct… Continue reading Independent Direct Marketing Commission Launches

BBC Two’s Dragon’s Den finale banked a peak of more than four million viewers last night, with a 15.8% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.The last in the series saw pitches from personalised mobile phone ring tone hopefuls, as well as taking a look back at the Dragon’s most memorable investments.However, BBC One stole the… Continue reading Last Dragon’s Den Banks Over 4m

Joost is set to drop its dedicated player and instead become a browser-based service.The new browser based service, which is currently in beta release, has been developed by the broadband video platform so that users will no longer be required to download a dedicated desktop application.However, users will still need to download and install a… Continue reading Joost Set To Drop Dedicated Player Application

The Scottish Broadcasting Commission has said that Scotland should get its own publicly funded digital television channel.The independent inquiry said that Scotland needs its own news and current affairs programmes, with budgets to also produce its own entertainment and drama series, similar to the S4C Welsh channel.The commission, which was set up 13 months ago… Continue reading Inquiry Says Scotland Needs Its Own Digital Channel

A Labour MP has asked the government to step in as the football row continues between Setanta and the free to air broadcasters today.MP John Grogan said the culture secretary should put football in the category of listed events to guarantee football highlights on free to air television, following doubts over whether England’s World Cup… Continue reading MP Calls For Government To Step In As TV Football Row Continues

An average of just 887,000 viewers tuned in to see the England v Andorra match on Setanta Sports 1, the only channel airing the game on Saturday, securing them a 4.7% share of multi-channel homes.Last week, the channel controversially failed to reach a deal with ITV or the BBC over the rights to broadcast the… Continue reading 887,000 Tune In For England v Andorra On Setanta

BBC iPlayer is set to become available on mobile for the first time following a deal with Nokia.Nokia will feature the iPlayer as an application on the Nokia N96 handset from next month, allowing users to stream or download their favourite TV and radio programmes via Wi-Fi or 3G for free.Simon Ainslie, Nokia UK’s managing… Continue reading BBC iPlayer And Nokia Team Up In New Mobile Deal

Yahoo! has launched a new online ad network called Yahoo! Network, which claims to reach in excess of 29 million monthly users in the UK.Yahoo! Network, which includes the Yahoo! Homepage, Yahoo! Mail and Flickr, will reportedly reach over 80% of the UK’s online population via websites and mobile sites.The network will also feature on… Continue reading Yahoo! Launches New Online Ad Network

Sport magazine is set to offer video highlights from the Barclays Premier League and other sporting events on its website.Sport-magazine.co.uk will show video content by embedding Perform’s e-player, which was launched earlier this week and is expected to be used by other major publishers including Virgin Media and ITV Sport (see Virgin Media Develops Sports… Continue reading Sport Magazine To Show Video Highlights Online

The Times has raised its cover price by 10p to 80p in a bid to match its rival quality papers.The News International paper’s new price sees it match the cost of the Daily Telegraph, the Independent and the Guardian.However, the price of The Saturday Times will stay at £1.40.The Times changed to a tabloid format… Continue reading The Times Ups Its Cover Price