Lord Puttnam, one of the front-runners for the vacant BBC chairman role, has ruled himself out of the race to take up where Michael Grade left off. The deadline for applications was on Wednesday and Lord Puttnam has revealed, in an article in this week’s Spectator, that he has not applied for the role, despite… Continue reading Lord Puttnam Out Of BBC Chair Race

Emap Performance, the digital wing of Emap Consumer Media (ECM), has acquired technology and new media business Yospace Technologies Limited. Yospace’s products include the See Me TV and Look At Me TV services and its customers include major UK mobile network operators. The acquisition of Yospace gives Emap a strong position in mobile user-generated content… Continue reading Emap Acquires New Media Business

At today’s press conference announcing the latest RAJAR figures for Q4 2006, it was announced that RAJAR is on track to reveal the first results from the new diary survey for the second quarter of 2007, to be released in August.In addition, the new TNS/Arbitron Personal People Meter (PPM) panel has been set up, covering… Continue reading New RAJAR Diary Survey To Deliver Results In August

Search engine giant Google recorded revenues of $3.21 billion for the quarter ending December 31, 2006, an increase of 67% compared to the fourth quarter of 2005 and an increase of 19% compared to the third quarter of 2006. Google-owned sites generated revenues of $1.98 billion, or 62% of total revenues, in the fourth quarter… Continue reading Google Revenues Reach $3.21 Billion

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services, which in 2006 had less than 38 million subscribers worldwide, should have a subscriber base of over 267 million in 2012, according to a new study released by ABI Research. Michael Arden, principal broadband analyst, said: “”Hosted service providers, the pioneers of commercial VoIP, are going to grow… Continue reading VoIP To Reach 267 Million Subscribers Worldwide

US advertising will grow 5.8% in 2007, according to the second annual report on ad spending from Outsell Inc. The study of US advertisers, who control about $6.5 billion of spending, shows that companies plan to increase their online spending by 18% this year, faster than for any other major media type. Advertisers also plan… Continue reading US Advertising To Grow 5.8% This Year

River FM, a radio station based in Livingstone, has become just the second ever station in UK history to return its licence to Ofcom, after it failed to find a buyer.The Scottish station stopped broadcasting yesterday evening having been on the air for three years.Its owner, the Kingdom Radio Group, put it up for sale… Continue reading Scottish Radio Station Hands Back Licence

MediaTel Group is gearing up for the next installment in its ‘Future Of…’ series of seminars, with the latest focus on consumer magazines.Shortly after the July to December 2006 ABC data for consumer magazines is released, the UK’s leading online media intelligence company will turn its attention to this ever mutable sector, hosting a lively… Continue reading MediaTel Group Examines Future of Consumer Magazines

Sky recorded net customer growth of 183,000 in the October-December period of 2006, taking its total figure to 8.4 million customers, although its pre-tax profits in the six months to December 31 were down 4.6% year on year to £395 million.There was record growth in Sky+ boxes to 2.13 million, in 1.97 million households.It was… Continue reading Customer Growth For Sky But Profits Down

Sky’s interim results for the six months ending December 31 show that pre-tax profits were down 4.6% from year on year to £395 million. However, revenue increased by 10% to £2,220 million, including £22 million from Sky Broadband and £77 million from Easynet Enterprise. The satellite broadcaster recorded net customer growth in the October-December period… Continue reading Sky Profits Down