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Digital radio station Fun Kids is to broadcast nationally across Great Britain during the summer holiday period.The station will broadcast on Digital One, the national commercial DAB digital radio network, between 27 June and 3 October.As well as broadcasting on DAB digital radio, Fun Kids is also available across the UK on Sky Digital, Virgin… Continue reading Fun Kids to broadcast on Digital One for the summer

Guardian Media Group’s national newspaper division, Guardian News & Media, is set to report a loss of about £35m for the financial year to the end of March. GMG Radio and GMG Property will also report operating losses, according to a report on MediaGuardian.co.uk, while GMG’s regional newspaper division will make an operating profit of… Continue reading Guardian Media Group to report operating loss

The UK entertainment and media (E&M) market will experience a cumulative 7% decline in revenue from 2008 to 2010, from $92 billion to $85 billion, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report. A change in consumer spending behaviour will push the market to its lowest revenue figures since 2005, said PwC. However from this point consumer… Continue reading UK entertainment and media market revenue to fall 7%

Tony Ball, ex-chief executive of BSkyB and frontrunner for the ITV chief exec job, has indicated that he would bring in new board members if appointed.Ball would bring in new non-executive directors to replace people such as Sir James Crosby and Sir Adrian Russell, according to a report in the Observer.Mike Clasper, appointed to the… Continue reading Frontrunner for ITV chief exec job to shakeup board

Virgin Media is launching a digital music service allowing users to download unlimited Universal Music tracks for a monthly subscription fee.In a world first, users will be able to keep the downloaded music permanently and store it on any MP3 compatible device. An “entry level” offer will also be available for customers who download music… Continue reading Virgin Media to launch unlimited music download service

US adspend was down 14.2% year on year in the first quarter of 2009, to $30.2 billion, according to the latest data from TNS Media Intelligence. This fall follows a 9.2% decline in Q4 2008 as the advertising recession accelerated in the new year. In May, TNS revealed that total US advertising expenditures were down… Continue reading US adspend down 14.2% in Q1 2009

For the first time, the entire BBC coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championships will be available in high definition on the BBC HD channel.As well as coverage on BBC One, BBC Two and the BBC HD channel, the championships will be available via live streaming on BBC Online and live text commentaries on its mobile… Continue reading BBC to broadcast 2009 Wimbledon Championships live in HD

The Premier League has told Setanta that it will auction-off its rights to air 46 live games next season unless it makes its next payment deadline of this Friday 19 June.It is thought that Setanta has paid £10 million of a £30 million rights payment which was due today.Last week, Setanta missed a £3 million… Continue reading Premier League gives Setanta Friday payment deadline

New research from the IPA reveals a continuing trend of declining click through rates (CTR) on Google in paid search advertising but with increasing cost per click (CPC).The data, covering January 2008 to March 2009 and submitted by 12 agencies on 47 brands, shows that average CTRs have declined from around 40% to around 20%,… Continue reading IPA search study shows continuing trend of increased Cost Per Click

BSkyB will next year launch the UK’s first news channel to be broadcast in HD.The launch is scheduled for spring 2010 after an upgrade to Sky’s news gathering operations, studios and production facilities.The new HD news channel will be simulcast alongside Sky’s existing news channel and will join the broadcaster’s 33 HD channels including Sky… Continue reading Sky to launch UK’s first HD news channel