Adam Freeman is to remain at Guardian Unlimited as the company’s head of commercial development, reversing a previous announcement that he was to join digital media specialist I-Level at the last minute.The media boss was due to join I-Level spin off, Generator Consulting, this month, but will now remain with the Guardian, continuing his current… Continue reading Freeman Backtracks From I-Level To Remain At Guardian

ITV is to unveil new branding today, overhauling its on-screen identity to give a unified feel across each of its four channels.The new branding brings ITV1, ITV2 and ITV3 into line with the recently launched ITV4, which launched on 1 November 2005 (see ITV Gears Up For Digital Launch), and is designed to unite the… Continue reading ITV To Unveil Unified Branding

The Guardian is to raise its cover price by 10p on Monday, putting it on a par with the Independent at 70p and continuing the trend for rising cover prices which began last September.The title’s new cover price will fall behind the Financial Times and Racing Post, priced at £1 and £1.30 respectively, holding joint… Continue reading Guardian To Raise Cover Price From Monday

Nickelodeon is to make its first inroads to the Freeview platform with a pre-school programming block on sister channel TMF later this month.Airing between 7am and 9am the new programme strand will be dubbed “Noggin” and feature content from Nick Jr such as Thomas the Tank Engine and Dora the Explorer.The move will make Nickelodeon… Continue reading Nickelodeon To Air Kids Programming Via Freeview

The launch of Celebrity Big Brother gave Channel 4 a ratings boost last night, with 5.8 million adults tuning in on average to see this year’s contestants enter the famous house.The programme beat off competition from both the BBC’s terrestrial channels, as well as Five, but was topped by ITV’s Doc Martin, with an audience… Continue reading Big Brother Launch Sees Success For Channel 4

BSkyB and Microsoft have announced plans to forge a deal, allowing the broadcaster to launch a video-on-demand (VoD) service for computers and furthering its reach into the broadband marketplace.The partnership will give BSkyB subscribers who own PC’s with Microsoft’s Media Centre software the ability access VoD through Sky’s new Sky By Broadband Service, with service… Continue reading BSkyB Signs Deal With Microsoft To Provide VoD

Media regulator Ofcom has awarded a new FM licence covering Warwick, Leamington Spa, Kenilworth and the surrounding areas to CN Group, allowing the company to begin broadcasting in the area.The new licence covers an area with an adult population of around 100,000. However, the exact coverage will be determined by the location of the station’s… Continue reading CN Group Scoop Warwick FM Licence

Highbury House Communications is expected not to receive more than £5 million for the sale of its magazines, according to sources close to the publisher. A report in this mornings Times claims that the proceeds of the sale of the titles would only pay back a small portion of the £30 million debt that crippled… Continue reading Highbury Magazines May Raise Only £5 Million

Specialist business publishing and information company, Centaur Holdings, expects to see a rise in overall revenues of 7% for the six months ended 31st December 2005, compared to the same period last year. According to the company’s trading statement, the growth has been led by increased advertising revenues, in particular from magazine display advertising and… Continue reading Centaur Predicts Revenue Rise Of 7%

In November, Government watchdog, Ofcom, released shocking figures detailing the expected cost to the consumer of the digital switchover, scheduled for 2008 to 2010. According to the regulator, late adopters of digital technology will have to pay a collective sum of up to £572 million in order to prepare themselves for the impending digital switchover.… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – November 2005