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Britain’s Got Talent peaked on Saturday night with a high of 12.8 million viewers and an impressive 52.3% average audience share between 8pm and 9pm.Around 12.2 million average viewers tuned in for the third audition show, hosted by Ant and Dec, which saw more acts perform to judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden… Continue reading Britain’s Got Talent peaks with 12.8m viewers

The BBC and commercial radio representatives are set to announce a new partnership initiative today, in a bid to secure the future of digital radio.The joint venture will see the BBC, RadioCentre and members from Global Radio, Bauer Media and GMG, establish a Radio Council, which will aim to bring the industry together in order… Continue reading BBC and commercial radio announce new digital partnership

Three Northcliffe Media titles in the east Midlands have dropped their final city editions and moved to full overnight printing.The Derby Evening Telegraph is set to become the Derby Telegraph – a single overnight edition – while the Leicester Mercury and the Stoke Sentinel have each dropped from four to three editions a day.The Stoke… Continue reading Three Northcliffe titles cancel final city editions

Global Radio’s chief executive has urged the government to set a date for the radio digital switchover and back the industry in Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report.Speaking at the Radio Reborn conference in London today, Stephen Miron said the industry had been “too slow to embrace change” and called on the Lord Carter to focus… Continue reading Global chief urges ministers to set digital switchover date

Natmag-Rodale has appointed Morgan Rees, editor of Men’s Health, to the role of editorial director across the publisher’s portfolio of titles.Natmag-Rodale, a joint venture between The National Magazine Company and Rodale, has also appointed Alun Williams to the new role of group publishing director as part of its ongoing restructure.Williams will have commercial responsibility for… Continue reading Natmag-Rodale resturctures editorial roles

Virgin1 is set to expand its hours on Freeview from 20 May 2009, and will be joined on the platform by a new Virgin1+1 service.The move follows Virgin Media Television’s successful bid for a 24-hour slot on SDN’s Freeview multiplex.Although Virgin1 has been available all day on the Sky and Virgin Media platforms since its… Continue reading Virgin1 to expand Freeview hours

Two of Independent News & Media’s biggest shareholders have offered £27 million of their own money in a bid to secure crucial refinancing for the struggling media group.Sir Anthony O’Reilly and Denis O’Brien have put up their own cash to help renegotiate a €200 million bond before a mid-May deadline.INM’s advisors hope to convince investors… Continue reading Independent shareholders forced to part with their own cash

Independent News & Media has seen two of its biggest shareholders offer £27 million of their own cash to secure refinancing for the ailing group. Sir Anthony O’Reilly and Denis O’Brien have put up the cash to help renegotiate a €200 million bond before a mid-May deadline. INM’s advisors hope to convince investors to roll… Continue reading Independent News & Media shareholders attempt to secure refinancing

Mobile phone company Orange has signed a deal to provide co-branded Wikimedia Foundation content to its customers in France, the UK, Spain and Poland.The partnership will see specific Wikipedia channels launching on Orange mobile and web portals, with added links to relevant Wikipedia information.The partners will also work together to develop mobile and web-based widgets… Continue reading Orange in Wikipedia partnership

Time Warner Cable has expressed an interest in acquiring video service Joost, which is actively seeking a buyer, according to reports.Joost was launched in 2007 by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, also the founders of Skype and Kazaa, in a bid to offer a more efficient and high-quality video service.However, the company has since struggled… Continue reading Joost puts itself up for sale