Satellite giant BSkyB has signed an agreement with rival broadcaster Setanta to allow pubs, clubs, sports centres and other commercial premises to receive Setanta’s live FA Premier League coverage as part of their regular Sky subscription.The deal will allow Sky’s commercial customers to receive all 138 live Premiership matches without the need for separate subscriptions,… Continue reading Sky Scores Premiership Pub Deal With Setanta

Hallmark is to boost the profile of its newest programme acquisitions with a £2 million marketing campaign, launching across outdoor and TV, in an attempt to drive viewer interest in the new shows.The first execution will promote the UK premiere of Blue Murder, a new police drama which – which launches on 17 May.The promotional… Continue reading Hallmark Backs New Programmes With £2 Million Push

The BBC will air its first high definition programmes this month, showing Bleak House and the first part of Planet Earth via Sky’s HD platform over the Whitsun Bank Holiday.The Corporation will also begin terrestrial HD broadcasts this week, marking the start of a 12 month trial across the London area.Bleak House and Blue Planet… Continue reading BBC Gears Up For High Definition Launch

Satellite giant BSkyB has signed an agreement with rival broadcaster Setanta to allow pubs, clubs, sports centres and other commercial premises to receive Setanta’s live FA Premier League coverage as part of their regular Sky subscription. The deal will allow Sky’s commercial customers to receive all 138 live Premiership matches without the need for separate… Continue reading Sky Scores Premiership Pub Deal With Setanta

NTL has announced its Q1 2006 results, revealing a rise in revenues and success in converting existing customers into triple play subscribers, taking all three of its communication and entertainment offerings. The company states that revenue has increased by £6.9 million year on year, reaching £636.7 million, while the company claimed to have added 25,000… Continue reading NTL Sees Success With Triple Play Services

New research conducted by GfK NOP for the BBC has found an overwhelming majority of viewers expecting high definition content from the broadcaster on all platforms, and free of charge in the near future. The survey, which questioned a representative sample of 1,500 respondents, revealed a high degree of knowledge concerning HD broadcasts amongst the… Continue reading Viewers Want Free HD From The BBC

New findings from BBC Magazines claim there is a huge section of British society currently being overlooked by media research, with 20 million ‘hidden influencers’, dubbed Big Britain, revealed by its latest study. Comprising qualitative and quantitative research, the BBC’s research identifies a mass of conscientious consumers with a spending power of £238 billion. The… Continue reading BBC Research Finds ‘Hidden’ Demographic

Merrill Lynch has revised its online advertising forecast up for 2006, raising its prediction from 27.5% to 28.7% following a strong performance by the search marketing industry. The analyst states that search giant Google has beaten its net revenue estimates by $75 million in Q1, recording year on year growth of 93%. Merrill Lynch goes… Continue reading Strong Search Sees Ad Forecasts Revised Upwards

New findings from BBC Magazines claim there is a huge section of British society currently being overlooked by media research, with 20 million ‘hidden influencers’, dubbed Big Britain, revealed by its latest study.Comprising qualitative and quantitative research, the BBC’s research identifies a mass of conscientious consumers with a spending power of £238 billion. The newly… Continue reading BBC Finds ‘Lost’ Consumers In Big Britain

Guardian Media Group (GMG) has announced the appointment of Carolyn McCall as its new chief executive, replacing Sir Robert Phillis, who is due to retire at the end of July.McCall will step up from her position as chief executive of GMG’s national newspaper division, taking the reigns of GMG as a whole on 1 August… Continue reading GMG Promotes McCall As New Chief Executive