All future episodes of the BBC cookery programme Saturday Kitchen will be broadcast live after the Corporation admitted that viewers were asked to phone in for a show they had no chance of appearing on.Viewers were asked to call in for a chance to appear on the next week’s show. However, the show was being… Continue reading Saturday Kitchen Goes Live After Phone-In Mistake
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The BBC Trust has provisionally approved the launch of the Freesat service, which would give viewers free digital television via satellite.The Trust said that the service would create significant public value by giving licence fee payers an additional way to access digital television.The Trust decided that a Freesat service would have a positive impact by… Continue reading BBC Trust Approves Freesat Service
Emap, owner of Heat and Magic FM, has in the past few days been surrounded by rumours concerning an imminent restructure, with many at the company fearing job cuts.Emap is holding meetings with its staff over the coming days to discuss matters which arose from its operational review, announced in November, which examined the consumer… Continue reading Emap Restructure Could Face Seminar Spotlight
Virgin Media has disputed Sky’s claims that it has offered significant concessions and a new annual price of 90 pence per subscriber for the carriage of its basic channels.The two companies are negotiating over the price paid by Virgin Media to carry the basic Sky channels, which include Sky One and Sky Sports News (see… Continue reading Virgin Media Disputes Sky Price Claim
The secretary of state for trade and industry, Alastair Darling, has asked Ofcom to review BSkyB’s acquisition of a 17.9% stake in ITV, with reports in the trade press claiming that the review could be widened to include all of Rupert Murdoch’s UK media assets. The review is to ascertain whether the Sky purchase “raises… Continue reading Darling Orders Investigation Of Sky/ITV Deal
Former director general of the Confederation of British Industry, Sir Digby Jones, could lead a bid to buy 47 of Trinity Mirror’s Midlands based newspapers. The titles include the Birmingham Post and 46 other local papers, including the Birmingham Mail and the Coventry Evening Telegraph. Sir Digby is quoted in today’s Financial Times as saying… Continue reading Digby Jones Could Buy Trinity Mirror’s Midlands Papers
The US satellite radio company XM saw its revenue for 2006 increase 67% year on year to $933 million. The company also added 1.6 million new net subscribers in 2006 for a total of 7.6 million subscribers. Hugh Panero, XM CEO, said: “2006 was a pivotal year for XM. The automobile market is emerging as… Continue reading XM Radio Records Revenue Increase
A new report from In-Stat claims that portable devices for playing media are becoming more popular than ever before. The In-Stat report forecasts that digital radio receivers will reach 26 million unit shipments worldwide by 2010. It adds that the worldwide market for ‘edutainment’ toys is expected to hit 81 million units by 2010. In… Continue reading Portable Media Devices Becoming More Popular
Downloading TV content via the internet is set to become this year’s broadband phenomenon, according to price comparison website, uSwitch.com. USwitch.com says that internet protocol television (IPTV) is changing the way consumers watch television, with the average UK broadband user already spending 30 minutes a week downloading films and a further 23 minutes a week… Continue reading IPTV To Take Off In 2007
A new report has revealed that US wireless internet users show a deeper engagement with cyberspace. The Pew Internet and American Life Project said that 54% of internet users check e-mail on a typical day, compared to 72% of wireless users. The survey asked 798 US internet users about their wireless habits and sampled almost… Continue reading US Wireless Internet Users Show Deep Engagement With Cyberspace