The Digital Radio Development Bureau has today announced that more than five million DAB digital radios have been sold in the UK, equating to almost 10 million listeners tuning in to DAB around Britain.The consumer electronics industry’s research body, Gfk, has revealed the landmark figures, following the positive news on the growth of digital radio… Continue reading DAB Radio Sales Reach Record Five Million

Chief executive of the DRDB, Ian Dickens, who has been at the helm of the digital radio trade body for five years, will step down later this year, with the DRDB now actively seeking a new chief executive.“Ian has been a superb champion of DAB digital radio and is rightly credited with helping to pull… Continue reading DRDB Chief Exec To Stand Down

Britain’s Got Talent was once again watched by more than six million adults on average, gaining ITV1 a 27.8% viewing share between 9pm and 10pm last night.At the same time, Andrew Marr’s History of Modern Britain proved a success for BBC Two in the timeslot, with his exploration of the Thatcherite era – from the… Continue reading More Than Six Million Stick With Talent Quest

GCap Media’s Classic FM has secured an important joint venture in a 20-week £1 million deal with Ford Galaxy.The campaign sees the launch of a brand new 20-week programme in partnership with Ford, Ford Galaxy of Stories, to run every Sunday afternoon from 4-5pm from 17 June 2007.For the series, Classic FM is re-writing classic… Continue reading Classic FM Secures Massive Multi-Media Campaign

Simon Cowell’s new reality talent show on ITV1, Britain’s Got Talent, wiped the floor with Channel 4’s Big Brother and BBC One’s New Tricks last night with an average adult audience of more than 6.2 million.The new programme, which runs for a week, debuted on Saturday night with 4.2 million adult viewers on average (21.4%)… Continue reading Big Brother’s Viewing Figures Drop To Series Low

IPC Media continues to focus on developing its digital strategy with the appointment of Nick Bradley as the company’s new director of digital advertising.The new role encompasses the development and implementation of an integrated digital advertising strategy across the company, working alongside the existing divisional digital ad directors to unlock the audience strength of IPC’s… Continue reading IPC Continues Digital Focus With New Appointment

Stuart Taylor, currently commercial director of Guardian News and Media, is to take on the newly created role of commercial director of GMG Radio, whilst also becoming managing director of Smooth Radio in London.Taylor will be responsible for commercial strategy across the division, with his focus on exploiting new opportunities on a range of different… Continue reading GMG Continues Expansion With Creation Of New Role

A bill to introduce a 9pm watershed for junk food TV adverts has cleared its first major hurdle in the House of Lords.Peers passed the Television Advertising (Food) Bill through to the next stage in the process of becoming law on Friday.The peers who spoke in favour of the Bill included; writer Baroness Ruth Rendell;… Continue reading Junk Food Ad Ban Bill Passes First Hurdle

Virgin Media TV has announced that it is to launch a branded TV channel on Freeview in autumn, in the latest challenge to its rival BSkyB.Virgin 1, which will be available on Freeview, Virgin Media and digital satellite, is a major step for the company since its launch at the beginning of the year (see… Continue reading Virgin Media TV To Launch New Channel

Daily Newspaper MarketLast month brought further misery to Britain’s national daily newspapers, with the Audit Bureau of Circulations recording yet another year on year decline for the sector, of almost 4%.Losses were felt across all sectors, with the Financial Times being the only title not to experience a downturn.Meanwhile, the heftiest falls were seen in… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: May 2007