GCap Media’s Xfm will launch a unique interactive online radio player next week, which will enable listeners to custom make their own version of the radio station.Mi-Xfm, which will allow users to build and personalise their own station with their own type of music, has been created by the New Media team at GCap Media… Continue reading Xfm Gets Innovative With Interactive Online Radio Player

The IPA is set to undertake a second TouchPoints Initiative in 2007, following the launch this October of its first integrated planning database that promises to enhance media planning across the industry.It is envisaged that this second initiative will be in the same format as the first (see IPA TouchPoints Goes Live), focusing on a… Continue reading IPA To Undertake Second TouchPoints

Channel 4 programmes will soon be simulcast on BT Movio, BT’s wholesale service for UK mobile operators to combine live TV and digital radio content onto mobile phones.The broadcaster’s content will be streamed both to mobiles and home television sets, having previously been available as “Short Cuts”, a made-for-mobile channel of programme highlights for the… Continue reading C4 To Simulcast On Movio

Daily Newspaper MarketNational daily newspapers saw their readership figures fall year on year for the six months to September, sliding 5.2% overall, with the Popular and Mid-Market titles all suffering declines.The Daily Star saw the largest percentage decrease in readership, losing almost 17%, or almost 300,000 readers, whilst the majority of the Quality titles actually… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: September 2006

Nikki Williams will become the new managing director of Nielsen Media Research UK, whilst four further appointments have been made in the company.Williams, who has been at NMR UK for 16 years, will oversee all aspects of the business, continuing the company’s ongoing strategic focus on client service and business growth.“Nikki’s 16 years of experience… Continue reading Williams Takes Top Spot At Nielsen Media Research UK

One in 10 Freeview households will not have permanent access to the digital terrestrial TV service’s full range of channels after analogue switchoff, according to media regulator Ofcom.After switchoff in 2012, Ofcom said that 10% of the country would not be able to watch three of the six Freeview multiplexes – bundles of channels –… Continue reading Switchover To Affect Freeview Platform

Freeview is the “unexpected triumph of Britain’s digital changeover”, according to a new study published today by the European Media Forum.The study predicts that the format is on course to overtake Sky as Britain’s leading home broadcast supplier.The platform has exceeded expectations since its launch in 2002 and has sold 13 million set-top boxes to… Continue reading Unexpected Triumph For Freeview

Ofcom has agreed to a format change for Smooth FM, after the station applied to the communications regulator to alter the format of the station from jazz and soul to an easy-listening station aimed at the over-50s in October (see Smooth FM Applies For Format Change).The revamped Smooth will replace its soul-based daytime music policy… Continue reading Smooth FM Format Change Gets Ofcom Go-Ahead

Publisher Panini has bought the print and online versions of teenage magazine Bliss, taking the title from Emap in the New Year.The title’s new owner will be aiming to address a circulation slump, which led to Bliss falling 23% year on year to an ABC circulation figure of 213,466 in the first half of 2006.… Continue reading Blissful Acquisition For Panini

London Titles         Jan-07 Feb-07 Actual Change (Jan-Feb) % Change (Jan-Feb) Morning Papers                 City AM         82,672 95,053 12,381 15.0 Metro         548,007 542,844 -5,163 -0.9 Evening Papers                 Evening Standard… Continue reading thelondonpaper Pulls Away From London Lite