Staff – MediaTel NewsLine The BBC has launched the Creative Archive Licence, allowing companies and institutions to download material from its extensive film, television and radio back catalogue legally for the first time.Media and arts organisations, universities and libraries have been urged by the Corporation to subscribe to the scheme, designed to allow public access… Continue reading BBC Shares Archives Through Legal Downloads

Staff – MediaTel NewsLine Carat has appointed acting managing director Neil Jones as the company’s new managing director, filling the shoes of Colin Mills, who left the post earlier this year with no new role to go to.Mills’ departure ended an 11 year tenure at the company, six of which were spent as managing director… Continue reading Neil Jones Appointed MD Of Carat

Staff – MediaTel NewsLine National student union TV network, SUBtv, has secured a further 20 university campuses to expand its network into a total of 85 institutions and reach 1.5 million students every week, representing 75% of the overall student population.The massive expansion, made as part of the broadcaster’s strategic growth programme, sees the network… Continue reading SUBtv Expansion Corners 75% Of Student Audiences

Staff – MediaTel NewsLine An announcement is expected this week from Quantum Publishing on the future of trade title, Media Week, following the company’s decision to sell off some of its most lucrative business titles last year.Quantum, themselves owned by ABN Amro Capital, have made no secret of their desire to sell off their most… Continue reading Media Week Sale Decision Expected This Week

Staff – MediaTel NewsLine UK publishing group, Pearson PLC has announced the launch of a free afternoon version of the Financial Times, called FTpm.The A4-sized freesheet will be available in print and online every afternoon from Monday to Friday, and will contain two sides of the day’s top business news stories, comment and analysis.It will… Continue reading FT Launches Compact Afternoon Freesheet

Staff – MediaTel NewsLine MSN is to double the size of its sales team, marking the company’s largest ever increase in sales headcount following a year of record revenues.The expanded sales force will create 30 new jobs, with new positions being created in all areas of the team. Agency sales, client sales, pre-sales and field… Continue reading MSN Boosts Sales Team As Revenues Skyrocket

Staff – MediaTel NewsLine Commercial radio broadcaster, UBC Media, has said that it expects to break even at an underlying level in the current year to 31 March as it unveiled plans for a £400,000 investment in a new service for downloading music via digital radio.The company said it will take a charge for the… Continue reading UBC To Offer Music Downloads Via Digital Radio

Global digital television penetration is predicted to reach 144 million homes by the end of 2005, with this figure set to more than double by the end of the decade, to 370 million, according to MediaTelINSIGHT’s latest Digital TV Report. Yesterday, at MediaTelINSIGHT’s Future of Digital TV Seminar in conjunction with MediaGuardian, it was revealed… Continue reading Global Digital TV To Reach 144 Million Homes By End Of 2005

Speaking at the MediaTelINSIGHT Media Guardian Future of Digital TV Seminar yesterday, journalist and broadcaster, Ray Snoddy, accused Channel 4 of “hiding money under the carpet”. Snoddy attacked David Scott, deputy chief executive at Channel 4 saying: “I get very irritated by Channel 4, you guys are taking in so much money at the moment,… Continue reading Channel Four Accused Of “Hiding Money Under The Carpet”

The subject of PVR technology briefly engaged the panellists and a packed audience at this morning’s MediaTel Insight seminar on The Future of Digital TV. “I’ve had a glimpse of the end – but that’s only my personal view”, said Bob Wootton, ISBA’s Media Director. Was he joking? Sky + is “a transforming technology,” said… Continue reading The PVR is Transforming – Time is Running Out for Advertisers and Agencies