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The BBC’s free to air high definition channel BBC HD is now available via BBC iPlayer, allowing users to stream HD programmes for up to seven days after broadcast.BBC iPlayer users will now be able to download and watch a wide range of high definition programmes from across other BBC channels, with up to five… Continue reading BBC HD comes to iPlayer

ISBA is set to back Project Canvas, the video-on-demand venture proposed by the BBC, ITV and BT, as “an important commercial counterbalane” to the BBC’s iPlayer service.Regulators are currently in the process of reviewing the proposed service, which would use an open internet connection to deliver on-demand viewing to television screens.Project Canvas follows the joint… Continue reading ISBA endorses BBC’s Project Canvas

Press Gazette, the newspapers’ trade magazine will continue to publish under its new owner Progressive Media.Earlier this month, the title’s former parent company, the Wilmington Group, announced that the magazine would cease printing after the May edition due to the current economic conditions (see Press Gazette to close after 40 years).At the time, a company… Continue reading Press Gazette lives on

Paul Maskell, research director at Ipsos MediaCT, examines YouTube’s impact on traditional media for delivering music videos…

Yahoo! warns it could cut 5% of its global workforce despite posting pre-tax profits of nearly $80 million in the first quarter of 2009.Yahoo!’s chief executive Carol Bartz said the company “is not immune to the ongoing economic downturn” when she unveiled the search engine’s financial results last night.Last October, the company announced it would… Continue reading Yahoo! warns of job cuts as Q1 figures are released

Xfm breakfast DJ Alex Zane is leaving the Global Radio station and being replaced by Ian Camfield, currently presenter of the 12-4pm slot.It is understood that Zane is leaving by “mutual consent” as he has come to the end of his contract. His last show will be this Thursday.The latest RAJAR figures, for Q4 2008,… Continue reading Alex Zane to leave Xfm’s breakfast show

Global Radio is understood to be on the verge of selling eight of its Midlands stations to Bauer Media in a deal worth £30 million. Global said last August that it would be selling the stations to quell fears expressed by the Office of Fair Trading over its £375 million takeover of GCap Media. Bauer… Continue reading Global Radio on verge of selling Midlands stations to Bauer Media

BBC One’s fantasy drama series Ashes to Ashes returned with an impressive 7 million viewers last night, banking the all-important peak-hour ratings.The eighties drama, starring Philip Glenister and Keeley Hawes, attracted over 7.1 million peak viewers and a 29.1% average audience share between 9pm and 10pm.At the same time, ITV1’s daily trip to Hell’s Kitchen,… Continue reading Ashes to Ashes returns with 7m viewers

Global Radio is expected to confirm the sale of eight stations in the Midlands to Bauer Media in a deal thought to be worth around £30 million.Last year, Global offered to dispose of the eight Midland-based stations in a bid to appease competition concerns by the Office of Fair Trading over Global’s £375 million purchase… Continue reading Global expected to confirm £30m deal with Bauer

New research has found that UK internet users are spending less of their online time shopping and more time browsing online media. During March 2009, 8.6% of all UK internet visits went to online retail websites and 9.8% to social networking websites, according to research from online intelligence firm Hitwise. Robin Goad, Hitwise’s director of… Continue reading UK internet users spending less time shopping online