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Mobile advertising in the US will reach $1.9 billion in 2012, according to a new forecast from market research firm Frost & Sullivan. With nearly 85% of Americans using cell phones, operators have a customer base of almost 250 million to be tapped for mobile ad revenues, according to Frost & Sullivan. The report warns… Continue reading US Mobile Advertising To Reach $1.9bn

UKTV has announced the autumn line-up for its newly rebranded digital channels.Dave retains its brand after last year’s revamp (see Hello Dave: UKTV To Launch New Channel), with autumn season highlights expected to include John Cleese’s return to TV with Batteries Not Included.The new gadget series will feature 6 programmes with celebrities such as Dom… Continue reading UKTV Reveals New Channels And Autumn Schedule

Blinkx has launched a new web-based version of its on-demand broadband television service BBTV.The video search engine has developed a browser version of its television offering without any software download, allowing users to browse or interact with online sources related to the program they are watching straight from their browser.Suranga Chandratillake, CEO and founder of… Continue reading Blinkx Launches New Web-Based Version Of BBTV

The Independent has raised its weekday cover price from 80p to £1, making it the UK’s most expensive daily national paper after the Financial Times.This come just two weeks after The Times put up its cover price by 10p to 80p in a bid to match the cost of the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and… Continue reading The Independent Raises Its Cover Price

Daily Mail & General Trust is to combine its national and regional operations, bringing together the newspaper and digital assets of Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Media under the banner A&N Media. The restructure will see Kevin Beatty, group managing director of Associated Newspapers, become the chief executive of A&N Media, while Michael Pelosi will remain… Continue reading DMGT To Merge National And Regional Operations

Daily Mail & General Trust is to bring together its national and regional operations, Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Media, under the title of A&N Media.The restructure will see Kevin Beatty, group managing director of Associated Newspapers, become the chief executive of A&N Media, while Michael Pelosi will remain managing director of Northcliffe Media.DMGT said in… Continue reading DMGT To Combine National And Regional Divisions

UK independent production firm All3Media has acquired Illumina Digital as it expands it multimedia division. Illumina Digital was founded 10 years ago and has created large scale interactive and multiplatform experiences for broadcasters, brands and public institutions across the UK. The company has worked on a variety of cross-media projects, including for the BBC, Channel… Continue reading All3Media Acquires Illumina Digital

BBC One’s Who Do You Think You Are? banked more than 6.4 million viewers last night, gaining a substantial 27% audience share during the all important 9pm to 10pm time slot.As the series comes to an end, the popular ancestry programme focused on David Suchet’s background, looking at the origin of his unusual surname in… Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? Banks Over 6.4 Million Viewers

MediaTel Group is set to host a full morning seminar on the ‘Future of Online’ in November, looking at the major issues facing the sector.Panellists confirmed so far include Trevor Johnson, planning and strategy, EMEA at Facebook; Robert Horler, managing director of Diffiniti; and Khalil Ibrahimi, managing director of Unanimis, who will be joining chair… Continue reading MediaTel Group Announces ‘Future Of Online’ Seminar

Ofcom has warned that Channel 4 faces a £100 million a year funding gap by 2012 because of the “external situation” in the market.The Ofcom chief executive, Ed Richards, made comments about the public service broadcasting review before a speech at the Royal Television Society, which is due to take place later today.He said Channel… Continue reading Ofcom Warns That Channel 4 Faces £100m Funding Gap