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Martina King is stepping down from her role as chairman of the Radio Advertising Bureau as radio industry trade body RadioCentre cuts seven jobs.King was appointed chairman of the RAB in February and also took on a role as non-executive director of RadioCentre (see Martina King Appointed RAB Chairman).Andrew Harrison, the chief executive of RadioCentre,… Continue reading RAB chairman steps down

Global ad spend is expected to decline 0.2% overall in 2009, while developing markets will still grow but at a slower rate than previously forecast, according to ZenithOptimedia’s new report.The report predicts that developing markets, such as Asia Pacific and Central & Eastern Europe, will largely counterbalance the decline in North America and Western Europe’s… Continue reading ZenithOptimedia: No growth in global ad spend next year

Newspapers and magazines will thrive during the recession, according to the Wall Street Journal‘s managing editor, Robert Thomson.Speaking at the Reuters Media Summit in New York last week, Thomson said: “You’re starting to see them emerge in the sunlight after this period of darkness.”Advertisers are slowly returning but are looking for safer options when spending… Continue reading WSJ editor: Newspapers & magazines will thrive during recession

ITV1’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! final attracted over 9.7 million peak viewers and a 39.3% audience share on Friday evening.More than 9.1 million average viewers tuned into see the final three contestants battle it out before Joe Swash was crowned king of the jungle.Meanwhile, ITV1’s all important X Factor semi-final pulled… Continue reading I’m a Celebrity finale pulls in over 9.7m viewers

BSkyB’s has made its new online video service Sky Player TV cheaper than its satellite TV packages.The broadcaster’s online service offers users a choice of three packages ranging from £15 to £34 a month, while Sky’s cheapest satellite TV package is £17 a month.Sky’s Entertainment Pack, which will be available at the cheaper monthly rate… Continue reading BSkyB is set make its online TV cheaper than satellite

Analysts at Screen Digest have criticised the Competition Commission (CC) after it ruled that online-video service Project Kangaroo will not have an effect on the UK online advertising market.Earlier this week, the CC ruled that Project Kangaroo (the joint venture between BBC Worldwide ITV and Channel 4) “is likely to result in a substantial lessening… Continue reading Analysts criticise Competition Commission’s Kangaroo ruling

ITV is set to rebrand its online catch-up TV service ITV Player to make it an instantly recognisable VoD brand.The broadcaster’s new name and logo come 18 months after ITV created its online broadband TV service, which currently comes under the ‘Catch Up’ section of the ITV.com website.ITV’s decision to rebrand the service also follows… Continue reading ITV rebrands online VoD service as ITV Player

US DVR subscriber households are forecast to reach 52.3 million (44% of US TV households) by the end of 2014, up from 28.6 million (25% of US TV households) in the third quarter of 2008, according to a new report from Magna. Over the 10 years between 2004 and 2014, Magna estimates that DVRs will… Continue reading Growth forecast for US DVR subscriber households

The London Evening Standard will drop from three to two editions a day and cut the number of newsagents that sell the paper from Monday.Managing editor Doug Wills said today that the distribution changes are part of the titles review of its whole “distribution pattern”.A note to readers was published in yesterday’s Evening Standard, stating:… Continue reading London Evening Standard set to drop edition

MySpace is rolling-out a new international video streaming service that will allow users to view content on their mobile phones.Mobile users will be able to watch all MySpace-hosted videos on a range of multimedia phone handsets, including the Nokia N95, Motorola Q9, Palm Centro and Blackberry Bold.The social networking site, which claims to be the… Continue reading MySpace launches new mobile video service