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BSkyB is set to launch an online subscription service in the new few months, allowing customers to watch Sky channels via the internet.The new service, which will be accessible to non Sky TV or Sky Broadband customers, will be available on the broadcaster’s VoD service Sky Player.Sky plans to offer its sports channels on the… Continue reading Sky set to launch online subscription service

The Financial Times has rolled out a revamped version of its website today, with five new-look international homepages and a simplified design.New features on FT.com include the trademark pink tint from its print editions, a clearer main column, comment pieces, a new uncluttered look and fewer ads than before.This is the first stage of the… Continue reading Financial Times unveils new look website

Caroline McDevitt, managing director of IPC Advertising, is to leave the company at the end of the year.Evelyn Webster, managing director, IPC Connect, will take on day-to-day operational responsibility for McDevitt’s role, in addition to her current position, from 1 January 2009.Sylvia Auton, IPC Media CEO, said: “Caroline told me a while ago that she… Continue reading IPC Advertising MD to step down

UK TV ad spend is expected to fall by 6% this year and 3% in 2009, before seeing growth of 2% in 2010 and 1% in 2011, according to ZenithOptimedia. Ad revenues for the main UK terrestrial channels will decline 7% in 2009, added the agency. Zenith’s UK Television Forecasts to 2012 predicts that the… Continue reading UK TV ad spend to fall this year and next

YouTube is to show free films and television programmes from Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).The videos will be free to watch, with ads running alongside them. The deal will start with episodes of the ’90s version of American Gladiators and be followed by full-length action films such as Bulletproof Monk and The Magnificent Seven.CBS recently signed… Continue reading YouTube signs film deal with MGM Studios

Revenues from mobile phone sales are expected to grow at 6.8% CAGR between 2007 and 2013, and should exceed $200 billion by the end of 2013, according to Informa Telecoms & Media’s latest Future Mobile Handsets report. Emerging markets, including Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) and Africa, will make up the majority of global… Continue reading Mobile Phone Market Worth $200bn By 2013

BBC plans to make its iPlayer catch-up service available to a wider audience, by unblocking the access for international users.Speaking at a conference last week, the BBC’s director of future media and technology, Erik Huggers, said: “The internet is by definition a global medium, yet today we are artificially blocking international access to the iPlayer.“That’s… Continue reading BBC plans to extend iPlayer to global audience

IPTV subscribers will grow from 20.4 million in 2008 to 89.6 million in 2012, according to Multimedia Research Group’s latest IPTV Global Forecast. To drive this growth, IPTV Operators worldwide are expected to continue investing in improved quality-of-service, ease-of-operation, HD content, exclusive programming and time-shifting as differentiating features. In Europe steady IPTV subscriber growth continues… Continue reading IPTV to reach 89.6m subscribers globally in 2012

The X Factor topped the weekend viewing figures once again, pulling in more than 10.7 million peak viewers to ITV1 on Saturday evening.An average of almost 10.2 million average viewers tuned in to see the remaining acts sing Mariah Carey hits, securing ITV1 with a massive 42.6% audience share, while a further 9.2 million peak… Continue reading The X Factor stays on top

Project Kangaroo has announced that Ashley Highfield is standing down from his role as chief executive.A joint statement from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, said: “The shareholders would like to thank Ashley for all his hard work and dedication to the venture.”Rod Henwood, currently lead regulatory adviser for the project, has been appointed interim… Continue reading Kangaroo CEO steps down