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Virgin Media Television is closing youth-focused channel Trouble on Wednesday 1 April as it seeks to expand its Living brand.The broadcaster will rebrand and refocus Living2 and look into the launch of a new Living-branded channel later this year.VMtv said in a statement: “To make way for Living’s expansion, Virgin Media Television confirms today that… Continue reading Trouble to close on April 1

Daily Mail & General Trust has reported that advertising revenues fell 24% at its national newspaper division, and 37% at its regional business Northcliffe Media in the first quarter. The company said that it expects a net total of about 1,000 job cuts at Northcliffe this year, double the level it announced in November. Classified… Continue reading DMGT reports fall in ad revenues

A new survey shows that younger audiences are more interested in special offers, entertainment and exclusive information within online advertising. According to the results of a survey carried out by Lightspeed Research and the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), for 45-54 year olds, ads need to be more relevant and useful to make an impact, while… Continue reading Online ad preferences vary by age

Dancing on Ice – The Final pulled in more than 11.5 million peak viewers last night, securing ITV1 with the highest ratings all weekend.Over 10.8 million average viewers tuned in to see the last three celebrities – Ray, Jessica and Donal – battle it out for this year’s trophy – securing ITV1 with an impressive… Continue reading The final Dancing on Ice pulls in over 11.5 million viewers

The BBC could launch an online radio player open to all broadcast radio providers within the year.According to reports, under the preliminary proposals – which would have to be approved by the BBC Trust – commercial stations such as Capital Radio or Heart FM would available on one hub, similar to the BBC’s iPlayer.Tim Davie,… Continue reading BBC could launch online player for UK radio stations

Global Radio is set to complete the second phase of its national Heart roll-out venture today by launching 12 new stations across the south-west region.The new additions, which will be on-air in Bristol, Bath, Wiltshire, Oxford, Reading, Plymouth, North Devon, South Hams, Exeter, Somerset, Torbay and Gloucester today, will join the nine Heart stations that… Continue reading Heart launches 12 new stations

The Sci Fi Channel has acquired the rights to the remake of classic series Knight Rider for its Spring schedule.It has also acquired Dollhouse, the new series from Buffy: The Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon.Jon Farrar, programming director for NBC Universal Global Networks (UK), said: “We’re dedicated to offering our audience the most exciting content… Continue reading Sci Fi Channel acquires US TV dramas

BSkyB has been cleared to make another appeal against the Competition Commission’s ruling that it reduce its 17.9% stake in ITV to below 7.5%.The satellite broadcaster was originally told to cut its stake in ITV in January 2008 when business secretary John Hutton accepted the commission’s recommendation (see Sky Told To Reduce ITV Stake To… Continue reading BSkyB cleared to appeal against ITV stake sell-off

Jacqueline O’Sullivan, head of marketing communications at Microsoft Advertising, looks at the so-called new Social Media phenomenon …

The BBC Trust has agreed a £30.7 million increase in the BBC’s online budget over the next three years, a 27% rise over its current £145 million a year.The increase, almost 42% under the £52.7 million originally requested by the BBC, is subject to conditions set by trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons to ensure that… Continue reading BBC Trust approves £30.7m increase in corporation’s online budget