Communications regulator Ofcom has today announced that it will conduct a public consultation on proposals from BSkyB and National Grid Wireless Ltd to replace Sky’s free channels with pay TV services on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform.Following Sky’s announcement of intention on this in February (see New Sky Service To Lure Consumers From Free… Continue reading Ofcom Consultation Delays Sky’s Pay DTT Plans

The relationship between audiences and television channels will change over the coming years, as video-on-demand becomes ever more mainstream. This was just one of the messages from last week’s Broadcast Live conference.Stacey Anklam, head of product management at Red Bee Media, outlined how this might happen by recounting one of her company’s experiences with VoD… Continue reading VoD Under Discussion At Broadcast Conference

News Corporation could make an announcement today that it has reached an agreement to protect the editorial independence of the Wall Street Journal. According to a report in the Washington Post, News Corp and Dow Jones were last night close to agreeing a deal following a series of meetings. This could then leave the way… Continue reading News Corp Could Announce WSJ Deal Today

Chrysalis is to sell its radio operations to Global Radio, an investment vehicle chaired by former ITV CEO Charles Allen, for £170 million.Chrysalis says that it expects to make a £95 million profit on the deal. The disposal of its radio operations will leave Chrysalis with just its music division, following the disposal of its… Continue reading Chrysalis Radio To Sell For £170 Million

blinkx, the online video search company, is launching a contextual video advertising platform called AdHoc.AdHoc uses the search firm’s speech-to-text transcription and visual analysis technology to understand video content and dynamically place the most pertinent advertising in it.blinkx says that the AdHoc platform offers media companies and advertisers the most flexible solution for customising the… Continue reading blinkx Launches Contextual Video Advertising Platform

Chrysalis is to sell its radio division to Global Radio, an investment vehicle chaired by the former head of ITV Charles Allen. The sale, which includes the Heart, Galaxy and LBC brands, will be for £170 million, with Chrysalis saying that it will make a £95 million profit on the deal. The deal leaves Chrysalis… Continue reading Charles Allen Heads Chrysalis Radio Buyout

Aegis has acquired the ad-serving business bluestreak.com for $12.5 million. The agreement will see Aegis acquire Bluestreak’s proprietary ad-serving technology, a hosted online advertising suite, which helps advertisers execute campaigns across all internet media, through campaign management, execution, optimisation and analysis. Established in 1999, Bluestreak has an active presence in the key markets of the… Continue reading Aegis Acquires Ad-Serving Company

Pearson is coming under pressure from shareholders to sell the Financial Times rather than go head-to-head with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation once it has bought The Wall Street Journal. The news comes after Pearson decided to scrap its own plans to bid for The Wall Street Journal as part of an alliance including General Electric,… Continue reading Pearson Under Pressure To Sell FT

The Advertising Association’s (AA) Quarterly Survey of Advertising Expenditure has just been published, showing that advertising expenditure in the UK totalled £4.2 million in the first quarter of 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.0%. The survey, researched and compiled by the World Advertising Research Center (WARC), reveals that this is the highest such increase… Continue reading UK Adspend Reached £4.2 Million In Q1 2007

The UK is about to see rapid growth in mobile broadband services according to the latest research from YouGov and Point Topic. According to the research, 90% of people who have broadband access at home already own a mobile phone and half of them use a laptop. Many of them already use the internet in… Continue reading UK Mobile Broadband Services To See Rapid Growth