Cable TV was predicted to enjoy an upturn in popularity, with Europe leading the way in terms of take up, at the MediaTelINSIGHT Future of Digital TV Seminar, held earlier this week. Sitting on the seminar discussion panel, journalist and broadcaster Ray Snoddy was optimistic about cable prevalence in the digital television market, pointing to… Continue reading UK Cable Revival Predicted As Europe Sees Growth

SwitchCo, the organisation that will officially oversee the nation’s switch to digital TV, has been launched, signalling a further step to the analogue switch off, planned to begin in 2008 and reach completion in 2012. The organisation will be in charge of keeping the rollout of digital television, region by region, to a timetable agreed… Continue reading SwitchCo Launched Despite Fears Raised Over Switchover Date

Future has announced that its bid for Highbury House Communications has lapsed following an earlier announcement from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The OFT refereed the proposed merger of magazine publishers Highbury House Communications and Future, to the Competition Commissions under provisions of the Enterprise Act, 2002. Future’s all-share bid for Highbury was announced… Continue reading Future Drops Highbury Merger After OFT Referral

Staff – MediaTel NewsLine Jim Kite, Universal McCann’s top research executive, has left the company’s global research division at the Interpublic unit, taking up the head research post at Publicis’ MediaVest unit to mark the latest high-profile defection from McCann’s senior management team.Last month saw Robin Kent replaced in the position of worldwide chief executive… Continue reading McCann Loses Kite As Wind Of Change Sweeps Management

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