Communications regulator Ofcom has launched a consultation on Sky’s proposals for a pay-TV service on digital terrestrial television, expressing concerns that the service might “unacceptably diminish the appeal” of Freeview.Sky needs Ofcom’s approval for the launch of a subscription service, which would sit alongside Freeview channels and require a new kind of set-top box for… Continue reading Sky’s New DTT Proposal Could Damage Freeview

A new report from Borrell Associates, The New Frontier: Local Online Video Advertising, US local online video advertising will grow from $161 million in 2006 to $371 million this year. Borrell predicts that in five years local online video advertising will account for more than one third of all local online advertising in the US.… Continue reading US Local Online Video Revenues To Grow

According to Outsell’s second annual study of nearly 3,000 US news users, one in two use the sites Google, Yahoo!, MSN and AOL once or more each day for news. Internet reading is becoming a habit, especially among the young and the Outsell report shows no reversal of earlier trends away from print and broadcast… Continue reading US News Users Turning To Online

Mobile advertising is set to take off in 2007, according to the US-based Mobile Marketing Association. Speaking at the GSM World Congress, Laura Marriot, executive director of the Mobile Marketing Association, said: “Previously, there were not enough of the right phones and fast networks to support good advertising.” However, according to Marriot that could all… Continue reading Mobile Advertising To Take Off In 2007

Western Europe and North America continue to lead the digital satellite pay-TV market in subscribers and revenue, but the fastest growth over the next several years will come from other areas, especially Asia, according to a new report from In-Stat. Key satellite market trends include consolidation in established markets, interactivity, HD, launches, and bundling, the… Continue reading Rapid Growth For Digital Satellite TV In Asia

Reed Elsevier’s revenues were up 4% in 2006, to £5.3 million, driven by a 10% increase in digital revenues. Organic revenue growth was 5% despite the weak education markets. Organic adjusted operating profit was 8%, reflecting underlying margin improvement across the rest of the business. Overall operating margin was up 0.3% points at reported exchange… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Revenues Up 4% In 2006

BBC Worldwide has appointed Garth Ancier, former senior executive of Fox, NBC and CNN, to the newly created post of president of its US division.He will be responsible for all of BBC Worldwide’s US activity, including its DVD sales business. He will report to chief executive of BBC Worldwide, John Smith.In addition, Ancier will oversee… Continue reading BBC Worldwide Appoints US Head

TalkSPORT has signed goalscoring legend Ian Wright to co-present the station’s drivetime show alongside Adrian Durham.The former England and Arsenal superstar will be on air from Monday March 26, at 4-7pm Mondays to Thursdays, replacing Rodney Marsh who left the station in October last year.Wright was Arsenal’s top scorer for six seasons in a row,… Continue reading TalkSPORT Gets It Wright

TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, has launched Farcast TV, which allows users to create their own television channel using content created on their mobile phone.Farcast TV can be embedded into websites, with owners given a few lines of code to incorporate into their site. Movies can be sent from the consumer’s phone… Continue reading New Mobile Television Channel Launched

BBC Two has developed a series of new on-screen I-dents to the tune of £700,000 in which the figure ‘2’ represents a portal through which the world is seen differently.The seven different scenarios, which were designed by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and produced by Red Bee Media, are designed to reflect the range and diversity… Continue reading BBC Two Gets New I-dentity