Chrysalis-owned radio station Heart is now available on Freeview channel 728, making it the first regional radio channel to sign up to the platform.In a move to boost its national coverage and increase its reach, the station will sit alongside the BBC, Virgin and Magic and listeners will be able to listen to all three… Continue reading Freeview Has Heart

The Government has said that the cost of ensuring the most vulnerable people in Britain receive adequate support for digital switchover will be around £600 million.The money is expected to come from the television licence fee but culture secretary Tessa Jowell said, whilst revealing details of the switchover support scheme in the Commons yesterday, that… Continue reading Switchover Support For Vulnerable To Cost £600 Million

Guardian Media Group has increased its portfolio of radio stations after conditionally acquiring Saga Radio and its digital assets from Saga Group for an undisclosed sum.GMG now owns 12 major FM stations, including its own Real and Smooth networks, and the Century FM stations in the North West and North East, which it acquired from… Continue reading Saga For Guardian Media Group

The X Factor will remain with ITV for another three years at least, after the programme’s creator, Simon Cowell, signed an estimated £20 million deal with the broadcaster.The high-rating show will stay with ITV until 2009, with the broadcaster presumably hoping that the programme will continue to prove popular with viewers. The deal was announced… Continue reading ITV Keeps The X Factor Until 2009

The X Factor final on ITV1 on Saturday night managed to triumph over BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing, which doesn’t see its winner crowned until next week.An average of around 8.8 million adults tuned in to see the final performances from the last two contestants, giving ITV1 an almost 44% viewing share at the time,… Continue reading End Of X Factor Boosts Viewing Figures For ITV1

The Venice Project, the new project from the makers of VOIP giant Skype that aims at distributing television and video over the internet, quietly launched its beta testing on Friday, inviting thousands of people to begin using the service to help its developers work out early bugs.Although few details are known about how the Venice… Continue reading Skype Creators’ Revolutionary TV Project Begins Testing

A television advertisement for the DVD release of horror film Silent Hill has been censured by the Advertising Standards Authority, after complaints that it was too violent.The advert featured brief scenes from the film including a woman screaming while trapped behind a wire fence; a woman being splashed with what appeared to be blood; an… Continue reading Silent Hill Horror Ad Censured By ASA

Holland has become the first country to switch completely to digital signals, after ending its transmission of free-to-air analogue television.Only around 74,000 households relied primarily on over the air antennas in the country of 16 million, although 220,000 people had an ‘occasional use’ set, as the overwhelming majority of TV in the country is received… Continue reading Holland Switches Off

The ASA has banned an advert for pomegranate juice after it ruled that the feature made unauthorised medicinal claims.A doctor complained to the advertising watchdog about the headline “Healthy Happy Heart” and the text: “Looking after your heart… pomegranate juice could improve heart health and minimalise the risk of strokes… FACTS… pomegranate juice may help… Continue reading ASA Axes Ad After One Complaint

Popular non-terrestrial channels like LivingTV, Bravo and Trouble, could go free-to-air, after reports have suggested that Sky is involved in a clash with Flextech, the programming arm of cable TV operator NTL.Reports in the trade press say that industry insiders claim Sky plans to slash the amount of subscription revenue it gives to Flextech when… Continue reading Flextech Channels Could Go Free-To-Air