Shaun Woodward, the broadcast minister, has said that the government would consider implementing a total ban on premium rate phone-ins if broadcasters do not clean up their act.Woodward warned broadcasters that the government took such breaches very seriously and would be prepared to intervene and legislate against them, in a move similar to Ofcom’s introduction… Continue reading Broadcast Minister Hints At TV Phone-In Ban

Virgin Media’s total revenue for the first quarter of 2007 was £1 million, with the company saying that the majority of the decline from the previous quarter was due to a reduction in content segment revenue. The cable company’s revenues from its consumer cable operations were £637.3 million in the first quarter, up year on… Continue reading Virgin Media Releases First Quarter Results

The nineteen largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 94% of the market – acquired over 2.9 million net additional high-speed internet subscribers in the first quarter of 2007, according to new research from Leichtman Research Group. The top broadband providers now account for 56.2 million subscribers – with cable companies… Continue reading 2.9 Million Add High-Speed Internet In The US

The global demand for set-top boxes is expected to reach an annual 120 million units by 2011, according to new research from Understanding & Solutions. Understanding & Solutions predicts that the market will be sustained by the maturing digital satellite market and the cable sector that, which will be driven by the conversion of analogue… Continue reading Global Demand For Set-Top Boxes Set To Rise

A single online planning currency is absolutely necessary, particularly as most medium’s content distribution will be via the internet in the future, according to Louise Ainsworth, managing director for Nielsen//NetRatings, who was speaking from the floor at last week’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Media Research’ seminar. Ainsworth indicated that having come to research from an… Continue reading Single Planning Currency For The Internet Is ‘Absolutely Necessary’

Xfm is to make its ‘Xfm Residency’ shows available as a series of free podcasts, giving listeners the chance to hear their favourite music idols again and again.The podcasts feature the artists in residence and excerpts from their musical choices. To download the podcasts listeners will need to go to a link on the Xfm… Continue reading Xfm Launches ‘Residency’ Podcasts

IPC Southbank’s In Style has launched its new website, www.instylemagazine.co.uk, following 12 month’s development, to bring users the latest A-list celebrity style guide.The new UK website will focus primarily on fashion and beauty, celebrity style and party news, with key features including, “look of the day” showing the latest A-list pictures, “hot spots” which reveals… Continue reading In Style Launches New Website

BSkyB is launching a new part-time HD service, Sky Sports HDX, to add to its portfolio of high-definition channels.The service will replace Prem Plus HD following the loss of Sky’s monopoly on Premiership football last year. Setanta won two premierhip packages, while Sky will be broadcasting four packages from the beginning of the 2007-08 season… Continue reading Third HD Sports Channel For Sky

OneSearch, the mobile search service from Yahoo!, has launched in the UK following the service’s arrival Stateside two months ago.The service is accessed via Yahoo!’s mobile web page, with it delivering results with one search instead of a series of web links to PC sites, to any mobile phone with a browser and internet access.Clicking… Continue reading Yahoo! Launches Mobile Search Service In Britain

Michael Tomasky has been appointed as the editor of the Guardian‘s US website Guardian America.The Washington based journalist starts his new role on May 7 and he will be charged with increasing the title’s online presence in North America, as well as enhancing the site’s news and front page.The site’s front page will be American… Continue reading New Editor For Guardian’s US Website