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BBC director general Mark Thompson has confirmed that the BBC and ITV are close to agreeing a deal, which would allow the commercial broadcaster to continue to provide regional news.Speaking to the House of Lords Communications Committee today, Thompson said the broadcasters have been in discussions about the possibility of sharing facilities since last month,… Continue reading BBC and ITV set to strike regional news deal

Guardian News & Media (GNM) is launching a subscription service for its Guardian and Observer readers this weekend, with three varying rates on offer.Readers will have the opportunity to take out a weekend subscription, which includes the Saturday edition of the Guardian and Sunday’s Observer, giving them a 20% discount on the cover price.Alternatively, a… Continue reading GNM launches new subscription service

The Christmas period significantly boosted a number of retail websites, with the top 10 sites seeing an average 37% year on year increase, according to new data by Nielsen Online. Online retailers in the UK witnessed an impressive rise in unique users during Q4 compared with the Christmas shopping period in 2007, with Amazon averaging… Continue reading Christmas boosts retail websites

Unforgiven, the new drama with ex-Corrie star Suranne Jones, pulled in more than 7.6 million peak viewers last night, securing ITV1 with a 30.2% average audience share between 9pm and 10pm.Over 7.1 million average viewers tuned in to see episode one of three, in which Jones plays a woman released from prison on a licence… Continue reading ITV1’s Unforgiven debut pulls in 7.6 million viewers

CNN International is set to join the Freeview digital TV service from Thursday, just days before the new US president Barack Obama steps into the White House.Freeview viewers will now have the option to watch Obama’s inauguration on the international news channel, or the digital terrestrial TV service’s two UK-based 24-hour news channels, Sky News… Continue reading CNN International is set to join Freeview

AOL is set to launch the third arm of its core business unit, MediaGlow, as part of the group’s larger global restructuring plans.MediaGlow will centralise AOL’s entire publishing efforts, while Platform-A continues to focus on advertising and People Networks, which houses sites such as Bebo and AIM, continues to focus on social media.The creation of… Continue reading AOL launches its third core business unit

Dennis Publishing is set to close its monthly Computer Buyer title after 18 years in order to focus on its Computer Shopper magazine.The March issue of Computer Buyer will be the last copy of the magazine to hit the shelves – the title has seen its circulation decline significantly over the past few years, down… Continue reading Dennis publishes last Computer Buyer magazine

The IPA’s latest Bellwether survey published today has found that in Q4 2008 annual marketing budgets were revised down to the greatest extent ever recorded in the report’s nine-year history. The cut was the fifth successive quarterly reduction in spend, and 2009 is set to see further cuts, with a number of companies setting their… Continue reading Q4 2008 Bellwether Report: Record Marketing Budget Cuts

The IPA’s latest Bellwether survey reveals that up to half of companies are planning to cut marketing budgets in 2009, which is the first time that initial annual budgets have been set lower than the previous year in the report’s nine year history.UK advertising will be “no a place for the faint hearted” this year,… Continue reading Bellwether survey reports record adspend decline

ITV1’s spectacular Dancing on Ice show returned with more than 9 million peak viewers this weekend.The new ice-skating reality show season, which features 13 celebrities including Jeremy Edwards, Melinda Messenger and Michael Underwood, pulled in over 8.4 million average viewers and a 32% audience share between 7pm and 8.30pm last night.Dancing on Ice: The Skate… Continue reading Dancing on Ice returns with 9 million viewers