iPlayer enabled Freeview boxes should be available for Christmas, with HD Freeview boxes ready to launch in time for next year’s World Cup.Ilse Howling, managing director of Freeview, said that almost 14 million homes have HD-ready televisions adding that she believes there will be significant demand for the upgraded boxes.“Freeview HD is what people are… Continue reading iPlayer Freeview boxes to launch for Christmas

The latest ABC figures, for April 2009, show that the Evening Standard‘s circulation was down 6.4% year on year, leaving its total at 263,312 copies.Elsewhere, afternoon freesheets thelondonpaper and the London Lite remained relatively static, with distribution figures of around 500,800 and 400,100 respectively.NewsLine reported earlier today that thelondonpaper racked up losses of almost £13… Continue reading ABC London Newspaper Focus: Apr 2009

Afternoon freesheet thelondonpaper has relaunched its website with a fresh look designed to be more engaging to users.The new-look site, designed by agency Nomensa, features more advertising opportunities and allows readers to include their interactions with the paper on their Facebook page.Serena Kutchinsky, former managing editor of Time Out has been hired as editor of… Continue reading thelondonpaper revamps website

Although BBC Radio 2 once again had the largest weekly reach figure of any national station, it was down 1.3% year on year to around 13.5 million listeners.BBC Radio 1 remained unchanged year on year, at 11 million listeners, according to the latest RAJAR figures, for Q1 2009.Commercial chat and sport station talkSPORT suffered a… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: National Stations

All Commercial radio enjoyed a year on year rise in weekly reach in the three months to the end March, according to the latest RAJAR figures.Its share of listening was down 0.6 percentage points period on period, although it was up year on year.Share of ListeningAll Commercial saw its share of listening rise 0.5 percentage… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: BBC & Commercial

Guardian Media Group chief executive Carolyn McCall believes that the Guardian could charge for some specialist content on its website.Speaking at this week’s FIPP World Magazine Congress in London, McCall said that sections such as MediaGuardian.co.uk could eventually see users paying for the content.“More people are looking seriously at how they can make money charging… Continue reading Guardian could charge for online content

Felix Dennis, founder and chairman of Dennis Publishing, has said that magazine publishers should take advantage of the current economic downturn to focus on innovation.Speaking at this week’s FIPP World Magazine Congress, Dennis urged delegates to look at the success of Maxim magazine, which he launched in the US during tough economic times in 1997.He… Continue reading Felix Dennis calls for magazine innovation

Listening to the radio via DAB showed a large increase in Q1 2009, growing from a total of 116 million hours in Q4 2008 to 130 million hours in Q1 2009, according to the latest RAJAR data.The figures have slowly risen from 111 million to 116 million hours over the past year before this leap… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: Digital

Publicis Groupe chairman Maurice Lévy says that the business model for print media is broken.Speaking at yesterday’s Fipp World Magazine Congress in London, Lévy said that there were tough times ahead for traditional media, with structural issues at the heart of the problem.He said: “The end of the economic crisis will not be, I’m sorry… Continue reading Maurice Lévy: “Print media’s business model is broken”

The makers of Golf Punk magazine are launching a monthly football title tomorrow, Football Punk, featuring an interview with Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard.The magazine was trialled as a free supplement in Golf Punk last August and had been expected to launch as a standalone title in January but was delayed by a takeover of publisher JF-Media.The… Continue reading Football Punk magazine launches tomorrow