Teletext is set to expand its sport content with the launch of a comprehensive new editorial section dedicated to football’s Coca-Cola Championship and it will also be introducing a sport betting section.The new Championship section will feature a dedicated page for each of the 24 teams in the league, which Teletext says will build on… Continue reading Teletext To Expand Sport Content

BT Vision has appointed Marc Watson as commercial director of the next generation TV service, with responsibility for all BT Vision commercial activities including programming and content acquisition.BT Vision, due to launch in autumn 2006, will combine access to Freeview digital-terrestrial channels through the aerial with catch-up TV and broadband video-on-demand.Watson previously worked as a… Continue reading BT Vision Appoints Commercial Director

The Sportsman has apparently been attracting interest from potential buyers and could soon come out of administration, according to reports in the trade press.The reports claim that Dermot Desmond, owner of London City Airport and Celtic FC’s largest shareholder, may be interested in acquiring the title.The sports betting paper, which launched just four months ago,… Continue reading The Sportsman Attracts Interest From Buyers

Eastenders was back on top last night, attracting a peak audience of seven million adults (a 44% audience share) in its 7.30pm timeslot.The BBC One soap brought in an average of 6.6 million adult viewers (a 42% audience share) across its half hour, many of whom stayed with the channel to watch The Inspector Lynley… Continue reading Strong Night For BBC One As Love Island Continues To Struggle

The BBC is launching vodcasts (video podcasts) of the Ten O’Clock News and Newsnight for viewers to watch on the move as part of a 12-month trial.Viewers are now able to download Ten Weekly, the best of the week’s Ten O’Clock News packages, as well as subscribe to top Newsnight reports and investigations.In the first… Continue reading BBC Launches Vodcasts For News On The Move

An independent ratings system for in-game advertising has been devised by US-based firms Interpret LLC and IGA Worldwide, Inc, which they claim is the first in the world.Gameasure gets its data from thousands of gamers of both sexes aged 13 and over. Gamers play for a minimum of one hour per week and range from… Continue reading US Rating System For In-Game Ads

Omnicom Group has reported an 8% rise in profits for the second quarter of 2006 on the back of new business wins.The world’s largest advertising agency owner saw worldwide revenue increase 8% to $2,823.4 million from $2,615.8 million in the second quarter of 2005, while domestic revenue for the second quarter of 2006 increased 8%… Continue reading Omnicom Group Reports Profits Up

NTL:Telewest has announced details of its new quadruple-play offer which will include free TV to any new fixed line phone customer.NTL says that its TV offering is “superior to Freeview” and will allow subscribers access to advanced next generation services, including video-on-demand.The quadruple-play package is the first and only offer of its kind in the… Continue reading NTL Announces Details Of Quadruple-Play Package

England’s World Cup adventure encouraged fans to notch up record text messaging figures last month, according to new data released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA).The MDA figures show that 112 messages were sent on average per day throughout June in the UK, with the total monthly figure topping 3.37 billion.Person-to-person texts sent across the… Continue reading Record Text Message Figures For June

Ulster Television is considering a £300 million bid for SMG, owner of Virgin Radio and the Grampian and Scottish ITV franchises, according to a report in the Financial Times.UTV previously made an offer for SMG’s television assets in 2003 but was unsuccessful, whilst in 2004 a possible bid for the entire group was never followed… Continue reading Ulster TV Could Bid For SMG