BSkyB has suspended its Sky by broadband movie download service after pirates hacked the Microsoft supplied facility using software from FreeUse4WM.It is Microsoft’s Windows Media Data Rights Management software that has been compromised. Sky said: “We took this step as a precaution after Microsoft said it was working on an update to its Digital Rights… Continue reading Hackers Force BSkyB To Suspend Movie Download Service

The growth of Freeview and a strong BBC are to blame for ITV’s falling audience numbers, according to outgoing ITV chief executive Charles Allen, who was speaking at the Royal Television Society’s conference yesterday.“Freeview accounted for 75% of our decline,” said Allen, also attributing the performance of the BBC and the speedy growth of digital… Continue reading Freeview And Strong BBC To Blame For ITV’s Problems

Blipverts, 5-second adverts played after the news headlines and before the main news content, will run exclusively on Chrysalis Radio’s Galaxy Manchester, the first time the format has been used outside of London and on the Galaxy network.The blips, which will be supported by 30-second first-in-break airtime ads, have been created by Galaxy Radio and… Continue reading Blipvert Radio Ad Format Expands Out Of The Capital

Virgin Radio has appointed former Emap television and Guardian Media Group employees in an expansion of its in-house digital media operations, designed to aid the company’s launch on new platforms and its revamp of digital content and sales.Claire Thrift joins from Emap television as featured producer and Sharne Marshall joins as commercial producer from the… Continue reading Virgin Radio Expands Digital Team

A total of 13.2 million people used their mobile phones for downloads and browsing the internet in the UK during July 2006, according to figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA).Britain’s growing usage is in line with an upward global trend, and the MDA has identified the top ten types of pages that were… Continue reading Internet Usage And Downloads Via Mobile Phones Up

The British public is willing to shell out more than £30 extra per year for the BBC licence fee, according to a government commissioned report, expected to be unveiled by the culture secretary at the Royal Television Society later today.Tessa Jowell revealed that the report, compiled by the Work Foundation from a survey of 7,000… Continue reading British Public Willing To Pay More For BBC Licence Fee

Following his departure from GCap Media, James Smythe has been appointed to lead BMRB Sports Research, the company’s specialist unit dedicated to providing research services for organisations and businesses involved in sport.Smythe was formerly the head of market research at GCap Media, and prior to that he was associated director at Carat Insight. He is… Continue reading Smythe Joins BMRB From GCap Media

GCap Media has secured phone giant O2 as its first commercial partner for DAB station Chill, with the two companies creating dedicated mobile and online channels to enable listeners to control content themselves.The exclusive six-month partnership is centred on ‘The O2 Chillout Room’, a unique daily show that has been conceived in response to listener… Continue reading GCap Media Joins With O2 To Give Chill Listeners Content Control

The latest ABC figures show that the circulation of all regional daily newspapers across England, Scotland and Wales have declined year on year for the six-month period from January-June 2006.NewsLine will provide in-depth analysis on the market shortly…ABC: 01442 870 800 www.abc.org.uk

The thorn in ITV1’s side, Love Island, came to its conclusion last night, with almost 3.5 million adult viewers tuning in to see who became the winning couple of the z-list celeb bikini fest.Having recovered some of its audience figures after the end of Big Brother on Channel 4, the programme pulled in its highest… Continue reading Love Island’s Conclusion Pulls Biggest TV Audience Of Series