IPC TX has announced that it is once again increasing the cover prices of its value sector titles What’s on TV and TV easy, generating more than £1 million in extra retail sales value.Starting from the issues on sale on April 10, What’s on TV‘s cover price will increase by 1p to 43p and TV… Continue reading IPC Increases TV Mag Cover Prices

Arqiva, owned by Australia’s Macquarie Bank, has bought National Grid Wireless (NGW) for £2.5 billion ($4.9 billion). Last week, NGW submitted a bid for the second national digital multiplex in a partnership with the BBC and Digital One. Arqiva already operates the existing national digital radio multiplex, Digital One, alongside GCap Media. Tom Bennie, Arqiva’s… Continue reading National Grid Wireless Bought For £2.5 Billion

Vincent Bollore has failed in his third attempt to win representation on the Aegis board, with the firm’s shareholders rejecting his proposals at an extraordinary general meeting held today. In today’s vote, 93% of shares not controlled by Groupe Bollore were voted against the two resolutions. Bollore currently has a 29.1% share in Aegis. His… Continue reading Bollore Fails Again In Aegis Board Bid

The latest Ofcom Digital Progress Report on the broadband market reveals that half (50%) of all UK adults lived in households with a broadband connection in Q4 2006. This was up from 39% a year previously and seven times the penetration level in 2002. In total there were 13 million residential and SME (small and… Continue reading Half Of UK Adults Live In Broadband Households

The European market for IPTV will double in 2007, according to the latest figures from media analysts Screen Digest. The research examines the 54 IPTV services across Europe, 19 of which are in operation in the five European markets of the UK, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. IPTV is the fastest growing pay-TV platform by… Continue reading European IPTV Market To Double

March saw the Internet Advertising Bureau reveal that UK internet advertising expenditure grew 41% in 2006, breaking the £2 billion barrier. This growth increased the internet’s share of all advertising revenues to 11.4%, up from 7.8% in 2005 (see UK Internet Advertising Spend Grows 41%). In the US, the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers released… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – March 2007

Clear Channel Outdoor UK has won the five-year contract to operate large format outdoor advertising displays on Leeds City Council land.Clear Channel Outdoor has held the Leeds contract for the last six years, and it currently covers 71 key 48-sheet and 96-sheet displays in Leeds, including the 96-sheet Monopole Special on the M621, for which… Continue reading Clear Channel Outdoor Wins Leeds Contract

Emap Consumer Media has created the new position of digital development director for radio, appointing Jonathan Turpin to the role.Turpin has a wealth of experience and insight into the launching and running of digital businesses, having held the CEO role at the Fish4 group alongside a series of commercial, development, management and strategy roles at… Continue reading Emap Appoints New Digital Development Director For Radio

Universal McCann has brokered a deal with GCap Media to create the UPS Local Business Awards, utilising all 42 stations in the One Network in a three month deal starting April 16.The awards will run across multiple platforms including promotional airtime, created by GCap Media’s CANVAS, online, experiential, PR and CRM.New digital technology will also… Continue reading The One Network Signs £1 Million Deal

Arqiva, owned by Macquarie Bank, has completed the acquisition of National Grid Wireless for £2.5 billion.National Grid Wireless, which is headquartered in Warwick, comprises a national communications infrastructure network that provides broadcast transmission services for BBC television and radio, hosts wireless sites for major mobile network operators, and owns and operates two Freeview digital TV… Continue reading Arqiva Acquires National Grid Wireless