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

ITV Play and This Morning will both have their interactive quizzes restored having been cleared by ITV’s internal review.ITV suspended all interactive programming last week following allegations that there had been irregularities regarding its premium rate phone lines (see ITV Suspends Premium Rate Phone-Ins).Dancing On Ice was shown on Saturday on ITV1, with its interactive… Continue reading ITV Review Clears Interactive Quizzes

GCap Media has rebranded Capital Radio as Capital 95.8 – The Sound Of London, and will tonight launch a television advertising campaign.The ad is Capital’s first major TV push in over a year and will promote the rebrand which sees the station’s logo change to an amp volt in the shape of the River Thames.The… Continue reading Capital Radio Gets Name Change And Ad Campaign

The UK’s leading online media intelligence company, MediaTel Group, has announced the latest in its series of popular industry seminars, with the latest session focusing on the future of digital.The morning session, which combines a panel debate and an audience Q&A session, sees highly respected figures in the media air their views on the digital… Continue reading MediaTel Group Adds To Seminar Portfolio With Digital Session

ITV Play and This Morning will both have their interactive quizzes restored having been cleared by ITV’s internal review.ITV suspended all interactive programming last week following allegations that there had been irregularities regarding its premium rate phone lines (see ITV Suspends Premium Rate Phone-Ins).Although the ITV Play channel is still off-air, some of its programming… Continue reading ITV Review Clears Interactive Quizzes

Each week, NewsLine brings you a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.The main media City news this week was all financial, with RTL, the owner of Five, announcing that it recorded growth in earnings of 12.3% in 2006 (Full Story).United Business Media saw revenues grow by 17% to £739.1… Continue reading Media In The City

Virgin Media will launch its own Freeview box, which could be a “stop gap” measure to provide digital TV ahead of its IPTV service to be launched next year, according to reports in the trade press.The company is thought to be considering several options, including a Freeview box combined with PVR, similar to its V-Plus… Continue reading Virgin Media Close To Launching Own Freeview Box

The output of the UK economy in the three months ending in February was 0.5% higher than in the previous three months, according to a new report from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). This follows a revised figure from the three months ending in January, with the NIESR saying that the… Continue reading UK Economic Output Grows

Consumers in the Asia-Pacific region will increasingly opt for higher-end set-top boxes that support personal video recorder (PVR) and high-definition features, according to a new study from ABI Research. This trend will be driven to a large degree by China, which will see the region’s largest increase in subscriber numbers. Serene Fong, broadband research analyst,… Continue reading Asia-Pacific Set For Growth In High-End Set Top Boxes