Newspaper giant Trinity Mirror has warned employees that it may be forced to make redundancies across its national and regional portfolio.The company, Britain’s largest newspaper publisher, said that concerns over advertising revenues may lead to job losses, with an internal memo explaining: “All media owners are currently experiencing tough trading conditions due to the slowdown… Continue reading Trinity Mulling Job Cuts Across Portfolio

ITV has announced a line up of sporting events, including the UEFA Champions League and world championship boxing, for its latest digital channel, ITV4, which launches on all digital platforms next month.Tuesday 1 November will see ITV4 go live to Freeview, cable and Sky homes with live coverage of Chelsea as they take on Real… Continue reading ITV Signs Sports For ITV4 Launch

Highbury House Communications saw its share price shrink this morning following news that Mike Frey, the company’s chief operating officer, is to leave the company with immediate effect, not to be replaced.The company confirmed in a statement to the City this morning that Frey had resigned his post by mutual consent, with the company making… Continue reading Highbury Dips Following COO Resignation

GCap Media’s indie music station Xfm has teamed up with V2 Music to compile the first original music based content for podcast, giving listeners the chance to download free, legal podcasts.The 15 minute podcast features exclusive versions of three songs from Elbow’s current album, Leaders of the Free World, as well as exerpts from an… Continue reading Xfm Teams Up With V2 Music In Podcasting Venture

Today sees the first overnight TV figures published on MediaTel.co.uk, with data provided by TNS allowing fast analysis of the previous day’s viewing for terrestrial broadcasters, as well as ITV2 and Sky One.Last night saw BBC drama Waking the Dead score impressive audience figures, with a peak of 7.1 million viewers in its final 15… Continue reading MediaTel Launches Extended TV Database With Overnights

Cable operator Telewest has widened the reach of its Teleport on-demand service, extending the technology to Essex, offering customers TV and film content at the push of a button.The service, which offers the same control as watching a DVD or video, enables users to pause, fast forward and rewind as many times as they like.The… Continue reading Telewest Widens On-Demand Access

Highbury House Communications has announced the departure of Mike Frey, chief operating officer of the group revealing the news in a statement to the city this morning. According to Highbury, Frey left the company by mutual consent with immediate effect and will not be replaced. Last month, Highbury appointed Kelvin MacKenzie as executive chairman of… Continue reading Frey Leaves Highbury House

Groupe Bollore has continued to raise its share in Aegis, with the latest reports revealing that Vincent Bollore has purchased more shares, increasing his stake in the media and communications agency to 19.1%, up from the 17.4% level announced on Saturday. Bollore is moving closer and closer to holding a 25% level in the company,… Continue reading Bollore Increases Aegis Stake To 19.1%

ITV looks set to suffer a £190 million deficit in its advertising income resulting from a poor performance from ITV1, with media agency Starcom forecasting the broadcasters share of the television advertising market to fall by 5.5 percentage points in 2006. Despite ITV’s expected fall, Starcom estimates the TV ad market for 2006 to be… Continue reading ITV To Suffer £190 Million Advertising Income Loss

Third generation phones (3G) exceeded 50 million by mid 2005, with the roll out of 3G services creating pressure for carriers to earn cellular data revenue and spawning a multitude of cellular devices of every shape and size, according to new research from In-Stat. According to the high tech market research firm, wireless handset component… Continue reading World-Wide 3G Phones Pass 50 Million