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New research from Hearst Digital has found that more women over 45 are using the internet once a day than those aged between 16 and 24.The We Know Women Online survey also found that a large majority of women (85%) use the internet daily, with the 25 to 34-year-old age group being the most frequent… Continue reading New Research Looks At Women’s Online Habits

Charles Allen has accepted his second non-executive directorship this week, following his appointment at Endemol on Monday.Allen, the non-executive chairman of Global Radio and former ITV chief executive, will join Virgin’s board as a non-executive director.Virgin Media has also appointed John Rigsby, former senior executive of Time Warner, as a non-executive director.Jim Mooney, chairman of… Continue reading Charles Allen Accepts Non-Exec Role At Virgin Media

The Scottish Broadcasting Commission has said that Scotland should get its own publicly funded digital television channel.The independent inquiry said that Scotland needs its own news and current affairs programmes, with budgets to also produce its own entertainment and drama series, similar to the S4C Welsh channel.The commission, which was set up 13 months ago… Continue reading Inquiry Says Scotland Needs Its Own Digital Channel

Informa Telecoms and Media’s latest forecast predicts that 67 million digital TV households will be added worldwide in 2008. This figure will bring the worldwide total to 343 million, putting digital penetration of TV households at 24% by year-end. The North American penetration rate will exceed 77%, with Western Europe at 63%. A further 62… Continue reading 67m Digital TV Households To Be Added In 2008

A Labour MP has asked the government to step in as the football row continues between Setanta and the free to air broadcasters today.MP John Grogan said the culture secretary should put football in the category of listed events to guarantee football highlights on free to air television, following doubts over whether England’s World Cup… Continue reading MP Calls For Government To Step In As TV Football Row Continues

Trinity Mirror is to close seven local papers and nine satellite offices in North Wales and the North West, putting 30 jobs at risk. In the summer, Trinity Mirror warned that advertising revenues were falling faster than at any time in the past two decades. The UK’s largest regional newspaper group said that it was… Continue reading Trinity Mirror To Close Seven Local Papers

An independent self-regulatory body for the UK’s direct marketing industry has been launched to investigate complaints of “inappropriate and unethical direct marketing practice from members of the public and businesses”.The Direct Marketing Commission (DMC) is modelled on other well established self-regulatory bodies, remaining as a seperate company from the industry’s trade body – the Direct… Continue reading Independent Direct Marketing Commission Launches

BBC Two’s Dragon’s Den finale banked a peak of more than four million viewers last night, with a 15.8% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.The last in the series saw pitches from personalised mobile phone ring tone hopefuls, as well as taking a look back at the Dragon’s most memorable investments.However, BBC One stole the… Continue reading Last Dragon’s Den Banks Over 4m

Joost is set to drop its dedicated player and instead become a browser-based service.The new browser based service, which is currently in beta release, has been developed by the broadband video platform so that users will no longer be required to download a dedicated desktop application.However, users will still need to download and install a… Continue reading Joost Set To Drop Dedicated Player Application

CBS Outdoor has launched a new large-format bus advertising opportunity called the Super 12.The new format, which has the same dimensions as a 48-Sheet, will initially be available on 30 buses in Leeds and features a removable and reusable mesh panel replacing traditional vinyl.The advertising space will be sold in packs of 10, or as… Continue reading CBS Outdoor Launches New Bus Ad Format