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Media Playground is a full day conference and exhibition, which will be held in London on 4 June, aiming to deliver insight into media innovation and related advertising opportunities.Tickets for this event are now on sale for just £150 to MediaTel subscribers, IPA and IAB members.Delegates will be treated to four exciting seminars – Behavioural… Continue reading Explore and evaluate media innovation at ‘Media Playground’

NME Radio is launching on DAB in London from today, adding to its existing broadcast platforms – Sky, Virgin Media, Freesat and online.NME Radio is also available to listen to on 87.7FM in Manchester throughout May.Sammy Jacob, NME Radio managing and programming director, said: “Since launch we’ve been dedicated to making NME Radio available on… Continue reading NME Radio launches on DAB in London

UKTV is set to complete the rebranding of its channel portfolio by relaunching UKTV Food as Good Food.Good Food, a name which comes after a licensing deal was agreed between UKTV and BBC Worldwide, is due to launch at 9am on Monday 22 June.Good Food’s launch, which will be accompanied by a new website, follows… Continue reading UKTV launches Good Food channel

In April 2009, the ten web brands Britons spent the most time on accounted for 45% of all UK internet time – compared to less than 42% in April 2008.According to new figures released by Nielsen Online today, the average Briton spent 22 hours 20 minutes online or using internet-related applications in April 2009, representing… Continue reading The 10 most heavily used web brands account for 45% of total UK internet time

Johnston Press has reported a fall 34.4% fall in ad revenue for the first 19 weeks of the year. The regional publishing group said following this its operating profit for 2009 is likely to be towards the lower end of market expectations. It has also scrapped plans to sell its Irish titles despite “considerable interest”,… Continue reading Johnston Press reports 34.4% drop in ad revenue

A new report predicts that the number of US broadband households accessing web-to-TV content will hit 24 million and generate $2.9 billion in revenue from streaming services by 2013. According to the In-Stat report, nearly 30% of those in the 25-34 age group use game consoles to view streaming video from the internet, but web-enabled… Continue reading US web-to-TV households to generate $2.9bn in revenue by 2013

BBC One’s Ashes to Ashes drama secured the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-hour last night.Over 5.7 million peak viewers tuned in to see the fourth episode in the eight-part series, starring Philip Glenister and Dean Andrews, banking a 24% average audience share for BBC One.At the same time, the third episode… Continue reading Ashes to Ashes triumphs with 5.7 million viewers

UKRD have finally secured the controlling share in The Local Radio Company, despite facing a higher offer from rival bidder Hallwood Financial.The radio investment group UKRD now own 50.09% of the existing issued share capital of TLRC after a renewed bid of 4p per share, up from its previous bid of 3.35p per share.Hallwood also… Continue reading UKRD wins battle for The Local Radio Company

Global Radio’s chief executive Ashley Tabor has said he expects the radio group to hold its underlying operating profits flat for the 12 months to the end of March, despite a slump in ad revenues.Tabor said Global, which owns stations including Classic FM and Capital, will report underlying profits of around £31 million despite seeing… Continue reading Global Radio chief predicts steady profits

UKRD has outbid Hallwood Financial to take control of The Local Radio Company. Both bidders increased their offers yesterday, with UKRD raising its offer price to 4 pence a share from 3.25 pence a share, while Hallwood upped its from 4 pence a share to 5 pence a share. Hallwood’s latest offer was a 54%… Continue reading UKRD takes control of The Local Radio Company