Richard Hammond is to present a series of four music-based Bank Holiday specials for BBC Radio 2.The star of BBC One’s Top Gear will present four music based shows for Radio 2 during the Easter, Spring, August and Christmas/New Year bank holidays.Hammond said: “My first job was in radio, it’s where my media career began.… Continue reading Hammond Returns To Radio

Virgin Media has launched a digital TV service to consumers living in non-cabled areas, giving users over 40 free to air TV channels and over 25 digital radio stations.The service uses the digital terrestrial television platform (DTT) and a new set-top box to offer consumers the free channels. Other features of the service include an… Continue reading Virgin Media Launches New Free To Air DTT Box

Arqiva has completed a £25 million cash deal for BT’s satellite broadcast services business. The deal includes long-term customer contract, operations and personnel located in the USA, France, Italy and Holland, as well as the UK. Arqiva says that the acquisition provides significant infrastructure to extend its operations, including teleports in the UK, Paris, Washington… Continue reading Arqiva Completes Deal For BT Satellite Service

At the end of 2006, there were approximately 251 million broadband households worldwide, according to a new report from eMarketer. The online market research firm says that the US and China are the two largest broadband markets in the world, at 54.6 and 46.6 million broadband households respectively. The report says that countries such as… Continue reading 251 Million Broadband Households Worldwide

A new forecast from ZenithOptimedia says that global internet adspend will overtake radio in 2008, a year earlier than it forecast in December. Global internet adspend is forecast to grow 28.2% in 2007, while the rest of the market grows 3.7%. By 2009, the internet is predicted to account for nearly 9% of global adspend.… Continue reading Internet Adspend To Overtake Radio

Only 5% of US broadband users (approximately five million) use the mobile internet, according to a new report from Media-Screen. The report says that although more than 60% of users currently own an internet-enabled mobile device, they are reluctant to partake in online mobile activities due to extra fees and difficulties establishing and maintaining internet… Continue reading 5% Of US Broadband Users Use Mobile Internet

The amount of people in the UK now subscribing to broadband packages has hit 13 million, according to research from Point Topic. This reflects a worldwide trend, which has seen a boost in the number of high speed internet connections being set up in domestic surroundings and in the workplace. Increasing broadband uptake by 33%,… Continue reading Subscribers To Broadband Packages Rise

The UK economy is expected to grow by 2.75% in 2007, with growth moderating by just under 0.25% points in 2008, according to the latest report from the Euroframe – European Forecasting Network. Inflation has eased slightly from the highs recorded at the turn of the year and the Network expects it to moderate further,… Continue reading 2007 Growth Forecast For UK Economy

Cable operators and Vonage are driving continuing growth in the US residential Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone market, according to new figures from In-Stat. According to data from the market research firm’s US Residential VoIP Market Tracker service, more than 10.6 million US households now have at least one active VoIP user, up from… Continue reading US VOIP Market Continues To Grow

The BBC is considering airing an extra episode of EastEnders each week, and is understood to undertaking a feasibility test to assess the impact another episode might have on the production schedule.The extra episode could take on a Wednesday night slot and go up against Coronation Street or The Bill.Over the last twelve months the… Continue reading EastEnders Could Go Five Nights A Week