Caple operator Telewest is continuing to expand its Teleport on demand services, adding a further 125,000 households to its network which now totals almost of quarter of a million subscribers.The Teleport service, which launched earlier this year (see Telewest Completes First Phase Of On-Demand Roll Out), allows customers access to film and television content at… Continue reading Telewest Extends Teleport To Quarter Million Viewers

Britain’s newly consolidated cable firm, formed from ntl and Telewest, is reportedly preparing a bid to unsettle BSkyB’s dominance of Premiership football coverage.The company, which announced its merger earlier this week (see Cable Giants Tie Up To Tackle Sky), will reportedly compete for the post-2007 broadcast rights when they are auctioned next year.The European Commission… Continue reading Cable Giants Set To Make Premiership Bid

Television marketing body, Thinkbox, has appointed several high-profile media figures to its board, with Justin Sampson, head of strategic sales at ITV; Nick Milligan, managing director of Sky Media and James Wildman, executive sales director at ids all lending their expertise to the organisation.Also joining the board is Simon Cox, vice president of UK advertising… Continue reading Thinkbox Bolsters Board With Senior Appointments

According to press reports this afternoon, GCap Media has made further staff redundant from its London-based Capital FM todayThe job losses follow the resignation of chief executive and former Capital Radio boss, David Mansfield, who announced his decision to leave the company last month. The radio boss will step down from his position in January… Continue reading Further redundancies reported at GCap

The BBC has begun the second stage of testing for its online TV service, recruiting 5,000 trialists to evaluate the service and provide usage data ahead of a full roll out in the near future.The service, which was first announced by the Corporation in May, will allow users to view television programmes and listen to… Continue reading BBC Enters Second Phase Of Web TV Trial

ITV’s director of programmes Nigel Pickard has decided to continue his role with the broadcaster following a week of soul searching to consider his place after the firm’s management reshuffle.Pickard is reported to have taken last week to consider his position with ITV following Granada chief executive Simon Shaps’ appointment as his superior (see Desmond… Continue reading Pickard Sticks With ITV Following Reshuffle

Havas has distanced itself from chief executive Vincent Bollore’s comments surrounding a possible takeover of media group Aegis, clarifying that the French entrepreneur was speaking in his capacity as chief executive of Groupe Bollore, and not as head of Havas. However, Havas refused to rule out its own approach for Aegis, stating only that Bollore’s… Continue reading Havas Denies Takeover Rumours

ITV’s advertising revenues could dip by almost 5% this year, with forecasts from media agency ZenithOptimedia painting a pessimistic picture for the broadcaster. According to the agency’s latest forecasts ITV stands to lose 4.8% of its revenues year on year, pushing the broadcaster’s total down to £1.59 billion. The downturn is predicted to continue into… Continue reading ITV Revenues Forecast To Drop By 5% In 2005

The MediaTel INSIGHT TV Technology Seminar, held yesterday in association with MediaGuardian, identified six main areas in terms of new emerging television technologies. Personal video recorders (PVRs), video on demand (VoD), high definition television (HDTV), interactive TV (iTV), internet protocol TV (IPTV) and mobile TV were all shown to be increasing in importance in the… Continue reading Emerging Technologies In The TV Marketplace

Speaking at the MediaTelINSIGHT TV Technology seminar, held yesterday in conjunction with the MediaGuardian, Rahul Chakkara, Head of BBCi, outlined some of the Corporation’s new devices leading the way in interactive television. Chakkara started by discussing three main trends identified by the BBC in consumer television viewing in relation to personal video recorder (PVR) usage.… Continue reading BBC Leads TV Technology Market