Alex Zane is to be the new presenter for Xfm’s Friday Breakfast Show in London.Zane, who previously hosted a weekend show on the station before presenting Popworld on Channel 4, will start his new show on Friday 5 January 2007.Lauren Laverne will continue to present the Xfm Breakfast Show from Monday to Thursday.Zane’s show is… Continue reading Alex Zane To Present XFM Friday Breakfast Show

By the end of September 2006, almost three out of every four UK television households, or 73.3%, viewed digital television on their main TV set, according to the new Communications Market: Digital Television Progress Report from Ofcom. Ofcom says that this represents growth of around 800,000 households over the three month period to September, around… Continue reading Digital TV Shows Strong Growth

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) continues to gain users in the US residential telephone service market, according to a new report from In-Stat. In-Stat says that 7.9 % of US households now use a VoIP telephone service, up from 6.5 % at the end of Q2. According to data from the high-tech market research firm’s… Continue reading VoIP Continues To Gain US Residential Users

Over three quarters of active US home internet users connected via broadband during November, up 13 percentage points from 65% of active internet users a year ago, according to new research from Nielsen//NetRatings. In November, with an average of 34 hours and 50 minutes per person, US broadband users spent 33% more time online than… Continue reading US Home Broadband Users Increase

Net advertising revenue at ITV1 has declined approximately 12.5% over 2006, with adult share of commercial impacts down 10.4% at 33% over the same period. In a trading update released today for the twelve months ended December 31, ITV said that although advertising revenue was down 12.5%, this outcome is better than expected under the… Continue reading Advertising Revenues Down At ITV1

BARB has received 24 proposals from 12 different organisations responding to its request for proposals for potential suppliers.“I am encouraged by the response to this first stage in our tendering process.” said Bjarne Thelin, BARB’s chief executive.“In the request for proposals document, BARB emphasised some issues for the future that are expecting to be addressed.… Continue reading Suppliers Line Up For BARB

Titan Worldwide has won the outdoor contract for New York’s bus and rail network, worth $823 million (£419 million).New York’s bus and rail transport network is the largest in North America and carries 1 billion passengers each year.Titan, who won the business from CBS Outdoor, will begin running the business in January for a period… Continue reading Titan Worldwide Wins New York Transport Contract

IPTV subscriber numbers doubled during the 12 months to June 30 2006, according to new research from Point Topic. Point Topic says that the total number of people worldwide paying for TV services supplied via Internet Protocol (IP) increased from just under 1.5 million to almost 3 million. Europe is the most important region for… Continue reading IPTV Subscriber Numbers Double

Total US advertising spending in 2007 will grow only 3.7%, according to a new forecast from Jack Myers Media Business Report. Traditional media are projected to gain only 1.3% in ad revenues as newspapers, broadcast network television and local television all experience declines. Broadcast network television revenues are expected to decline 3.0% in 2007, impacted… Continue reading US Adspend Forecast To Increase 3.7% In 2007

Tiscali, the Italian internet company, has denied that it has sounded out potential buyers for its UK division. A Tiscali spokeswoman said: “Tiscali UK is not for sale, and the story has no foundation at all. We are focused on pursuing the long-term strategy to build the UK and Italian sides of the business that… Continue reading Tiscali Denies UK Sale Rumours