Virgin Mobile is thought to have sold less than 10,000 handsets for its recently launched mobile-TV service, despite a £2.5 million advertising campaign.Virgin Mobile has also recently cut the price of the Lobster phone, the only handset which is able to receive the service, from £199.99 to £99 for pre-pay customers..A report in today’s Guardian… Continue reading Poor Sales For Virgin Mobile TV Handsets

An estimated 20,000 complaints have been made to Channel 4 and Ofcom about racist abuse on Celebrity Big Brother.Reports in the trade press claim that the majority of the complaints received by both Ofcom and Channel 4 are in relation to comments made towards Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty by contestants Jack Tweed, Jackiey Goody and… Continue reading Big Brother Racism Complaints Reach An Estimated 20,000

Fru Hazlitt has been appointed to the new position of managing director, GCap London and will also join the board of GCap Media. Hazlitt, 43, will take responsibility for Capital Radio and Choice FM, in addition to GCap Media’s national commercial sales and online operations and will report directly to Ralph Bernard, GCap CEO. Hazlitt… Continue reading Hazlitt Appointed GCap London Managing Director

ITV is no longer interested in buying cinema advertising business Pearl & Dean, which SMG had hoped to sell for up to £20 million. According to reports in the trade press, ITV has pulled out of a possible deal as it was worried that a purchase would be blocked by competition authorities. ITV currently owns… Continue reading ITV No Longer Interested In Pearl & Dean

Richard Addis, the former editor of the Daily Express and FT Weekend, is to launch a free daily newspaper in London at the end of March.The new paper, called Newsstand, will be delivered each weekday morning to 30,000 upmarket London homes.According to reports in the trade press, the paper’s content will come mostly from third… Continue reading New Free Paper For London

Sky is to launch a large scale marketing campaign to promote a triple-play offering of broadband, TV and telephone.The new package, called See, Speak, Surf, has a £20 connection fee and customers will also have to pay BT line rental of £11 per month.The TV package will include all of Sky’s basic channels, including Sky… Continue reading Sky To Launch Triple Play Bundle

David Pemsel has been appointed as ITV’s group marketing director, following the departure of Clare Salmon at the end of last year.Pemsel, who joined ITV in October 2005 as marketing director, will be responsible for ITV’s overall marketing strategy including on and off-air marketing for the broadcaster’s branded channels, trade marketing, media planning and programme… Continue reading New Marketing Boss For ITV

Fru Hazlitt, who resigned as the chief executive of SMG’s radio business last week, could be about to sign a deal with GCap Media which will see her take on a key board role. According to a report in today’s Guardian, Hazlitt looks set to become managing director of GCap London, taking responsibility for Capital… Continue reading Fru Hazlitt Could Become GCap Board Member

Simon Duffy, who left NTL yesterday after they did not renew his contract, is to receive share options worth £9.4 million and a £1.5 million pay-off from the cable giant. According to a report in today’s Telegraph, NTL will pay Duffy £1.5 million in compensation and has given him a deadline of March to exercise… Continue reading NTL Gives Duffy £1.5 Million Pay-Off

Geoff Unwin, chairman of United Business Media, is to leave the business information company at the end of 2007. Unwin has been chairman of United Business Media since November 2002, having been first appointed to the board in 1996. Unwin said: “UBM has a clear strategy and a first rate management team who are executing… Continue reading Chairman To Leave UBM