Hearst Corporation, owner of the UK’s third largest magazine publisher The National Magazine Company, has made a &pound:700 million indicative offer for Emap’s consumer magazine division. Emap is the second largest magazine publisher behind IPC Media, with a range of magazines including women’s weeklies Grazia and Closer and men’s monthly Arena. Emap recently sold its… Continue reading Hearst Bids £700m For Emap’s Consumer Magazine Division

The big ratings winner last night was Who Do You Think You Are?, which followed Alastair McGowan as he traced his roots right back to the 18th century.With a name like McGowan it was no surprise to find that the TV funny man thought he had a fair bit of Scottish blood in him, but… Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? Continues To Bring In The Viewers

Paul Cleghorn, co-founder of TIOTI (Tape it off the Internet) will join the panel for MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of TV’ seminar next Tuesday in London.Until early 2006, Paul ran boutique design agency Neuromantics, where he led R&D projects on broadband TV, social networking around TV and post-schedule TV EPG’s for the BBC as well as… Continue reading TIOTI Founder Joins MediaTel ‘Future Of TV’ Seminar Panel

O2, the mobile phone network operator owned by Spain’s Telefonica, is launching its residential broadband service on October 15.The company, which expects one million broadband users by 2010, is to offer heavily discounted internet deals to its monthly subscribers.The deals available to O2 mobile subscribers will range from £7.50 per month for an eight megabit… Continue reading O2 Launches Broadband Service this Month

BSkyB is to stop launching new channel slots on its satellite platform, citing finite set top box memory capacity.Sky said that it will “proceed with extreme caution” in the launch of the 100 or so TV and radio channels already on the electronic programme guide (EPG) launch queue.Nicola Bamford, director of channels and operations at… Continue reading Sky To Turn Down New Channel Applications

Peter Fincham, the controller of BBC One, has resigned following the Wyatt Report, which claims there were “misjudgements, poor practice and ineffective systems” in the production of the documentary A Year With The Queen.Sources within the BBC say Fincham and head of press Jane Fletcher, have been in talks with senior executives about their actions… Continue reading Fincham Quits Following Queen Doco Shocker

New research from Ipsos-Mori has found that the cost of subscribing to HD services is stalling take-up, with only 16% of HDTV owners subscribing to a service.Of those who took part in the study, 55% said that cost was a major factor, whilst 29% blamed the lack of take-up on the paucity of HD channels.Sarah… Continue reading Cost Of HDTV Services Impacting Take-Up

New research from Attentional has found that personal video recorders (PVRs) do not significantly affect viewing choices. Attentional says that according to surveys where respondents are asked about their viewing, viewers say that they watch more TV than they did before they got Sky+. However, the “peoplemeters” used by large continuous panels say that they… Continue reading PVRs Do Not Significantly Affect Viewing Choices

According to a new report from eMarketer, 24% of the 34.3 million US child and teen internet users will visit virtual worlds once a month in 2007. The online research firm adds that this figure will rise to 34% in 2008 and 53% by 2011. According to its Kids and Teens Online: Virtual Worlds Open… Continue reading 24% Of Young US Internet Users To Visit Virtual Worlds

Advertising.com has published the findings of a new US study, which reveal that 62% of survey respondents are viewing video online and are comprised mostly of those ages 35 and older viewing news clips. Analysed by age group, 31% of 18 to 34 year olds watch streaming video, while 69% of consumers ages 35 and… Continue reading New Study Reveals Online Video Viewing Habits