More than one million households converted to digital television in the three months to the end of December last year in the UK, according to a new report from Ofcom. According to the communications regulator, growth has been driven by another strong quarter for digital terrestrial television (DTT), with total sales of DTT equipment reaching… Continue reading Last Quarter Of 2006 Sees More Than One Million Get Digital TV
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GCap Media is launching DAB multimedia adverts across its portfolio of radio stations, including Classic FM, Capital Radio, Planet Rock and The One Network from March 19.The service will see radio commercials accompanied by synchronised messages (known as ‘DABverts’) which appear on the DAB radio screen whilst the ad is playing.The initiative follows successful trials… Continue reading GCap Launches DAB Text Ads
Richard Bacon, presenter of the Xfm drivetime show, is to leave the station at the end of the month, moving to BBC Radio Five Live.Bacon moved to Xfm in August last year (see Drivetime For Bacon In Xfm Reshuffle) having presented the drivetime show on Capital Radio.The presenter of the BBC Three Castaway spin-off, Castaway… Continue reading Five Live Gets Bacon
ITV Play, the quiz channel which has been under the spotlight recently because of concerns about premium rate phone-lines, has been axed and will be replaced by a new channel, ITV2+1.The channel was taken off-air last week as ITV carried out an internal review of its interactive services.Deloitte, the auditors carrying out the review, cleared… Continue reading ITV Axes Quiz Channel
Viacom Media is to sue search engine giant Google and its website YouTube for $1 billion, for illegal use of its shows.Viacom says that around 160,000 unauthorised clips have been uploaded to the video-sharing website YouTube and have been seen more than 1.5 billion times, meaning that the company has been deprived of advertising revenue.In… Continue reading Viacom Sues YouTube For Copyright Infringement
Viacom, owner of MTV, has filed a $1 billion (£520 million) lawsuit against Google concerning the activities of its video-sharing website, YouTube. Viacom has accused Google of “massive intentional copyright infringement” on YouTube, which the search engine giant bought last year for $1.65bn (see Google Acquires YouTube For $1.65 Billion). Viacom claims that around 160,000… Continue reading Viacom Files $1 Bn Lawsuit Against YouTube
Country Life magazine has unveiled a major overhaul of its award-winning website www.Countrylife.co.uk, with a focus on finding rural properties to buy.The new site also has an updated search facility enabling users to specify exactly what they are searching for: whether they are looking for farms and estates, houses with stables, or coastal property.The website’s… Continue reading Revamp For Country Life Website
Shaun Keaveny is to take over the BBC6 weekday breakfast show on Monday 2 April 2007, taking over the slot from Phill Jupitus.Don Letts, Guy Garvey, George Lamb and The Queens of Noize will also present new shows as part of a new schedule next month.Shaun Keaveny moves from his current evening slot on BBC6… Continue reading New Breakfast Presenter For BBC6
Honda is to be the new sponsor of the 2007 Formula 1 on ITV, starting with the Australia Grand Prix on March 17.The integrated partnership, negotiated and to be delivered by Starcom+ the sponsorship arm of Starcom Mediavest Group, will include broadcast sponsorship of races, qualifying programmes on ITV1 and highlights on ITV4 as well… Continue reading Honda To Sponsor ITV Formula 1 Coverage
Guardian Media Group Radio has appointed Chrysalis Radio Sales to handle the entire national sales contract for its soon to be-expanded Smooth Radio network.The group’s six Smooth FM and Saga Radio stations are to be re-branded as Smooth Radio on March 26 (see Smooth FM Format Change Gets Ofcom Go-Ahead).The stations can be heard across… Continue reading Chrysalis Appointed To Sell Smooth