Mobile providers looking to boost their revenues through content downloads and advertising are in for a rough ride, according to a new study by market researchers TNS. While the vast majority (56%) believes that content downloads to mobile phones should be free of charge, there is a growing number of consumers that are so averse… Continue reading Ad-Averse Mobile Users Will Pay To Avoid Advertising

David Jensen joins Planet Rock in October with a new Sunday morning show Another Dimension, while US DJ Darren Redick will take over the afternoon shifts from 2pm-6pm.Also joining the station is Joe Bonamassa, whose show – airing Sunday nights at 11pm – will feature music with a blues edge.Jensen said: “I’m really looking forward… Continue reading Planet Rock Announces New Additions To Weekend Line-Up

New research from Hearst Digital has found that more women over 45 are using the internet once a day than those aged between 16 and 24. The We Know Women Online survey also found that a large majority of women (85%) use the internet daily, with the 25 to 34-year-old age group being the most… Continue reading New Research Looks At Women’s Online Habits

Express Newspapers is to cut more than 70 editorial roles across the Daily and Sunday Express in an effort to cut costs. The jobs, almost exclusively editorial production jobs, are going as the two papers introduce a new editorial systems that will see reporters putting their copy straight onto the page without being checked by… Continue reading Express Newspapers To Cut 70 Editorial Jobs

Charles Allen, former ITV chief executive, has joined the board of Virgin Media, taking on his second non-executive directorship in the TV industry this week. On Monday, Allen joined Big Brother producer Endemol as a non-executive director (see Charles Allen To Make TV Industry Return). The ex-chief executive of ITV, who resigned from the broadcaster… Continue reading Charles Allen Joins Virgin Media Board

Trinity Mirror is to close seven local papers and nine satellite offices in North Wales and the North West, putting 30 jobs at risk. In the summer, Trinity Mirror warned that advertising revenues were falling faster than at any time in the past two decades. The UK’s largest regional newspaper group said that it was… Continue reading Trinity Mirror To Close Seven Local Papers

Informa Telecoms and Media’s latest forecast predicts that 67 million digital TV households will be added worldwide in 2008. This figure will bring the worldwide total to 343 million, putting digital penetration of TV households at 24% by year-end. The North American penetration rate will exceed 77%, with Western Europe at 63%. A further 62… Continue reading 67m Digital TV Households To Be Added In 2008

After a slower start, the United States has caught up with Western Europe in the adoption of 3G, with 28.4% of American mobile subscribers having 3G devices versus 28.3% in the largest countries in Europe. According to a new report from comScore, the number of US subscribers with 3G enabled devices has grown 80% to… Continue reading US Adoption Of 3G Devices Catches Up With Western Europe

More than 70% of UK digital video recorder (DVR) owners say that they cannot live without their machines, according to a new survey commissioned by NDS. According to the survey, which asked respondents to rank relative importance of a list of household appliances, apart from the washing machine and the microwave oven, no other household… Continue reading 70% Of DVR Owners Say They Can’t Live Without It

Broadcasters are working on an ultra-high definition format called Super Hi-Vision, which has a resolution 16 times higher than a full HD image.The IBC show in Amsterdam is staging the first demonstration delivered by satellite, which is a collaboration between public broadcasters NHK of Japan, RAI in Italy and the BBC in the United Kingdom.The… Continue reading Broadcasters Demonstrate Super Hi-Vision