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Q magazine is set to unveil a “stylish” redesign with its November issue, which is due to hit the news-stands on September 30.The new look magazine was devised by Q‘s editor-in-chief, Paul Rees, and will be the first to be designed by the new creative director, Ian Stevens, who joined the company from Empire magazine… Continue reading Q Magazine Unveils New Look

Top Up TV, Freeview’s pay TV provider, is set to expand its video-on-demand service by adding over 400 hours of extra content a year, after signing a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN.The Top Up TV Anytime service will now feature shows like Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost and Desperate Housewives.The new deal was brokered by Disney-ABC-ESPN Television’s… Continue reading Top Up TV Adds Disney Programmes To Its VOD Service

Culture secretary Andy Burnham has revealed that the list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air television is to be reviewed.Giving the keynote speech at the Royal Television Society conference in London, Burnham said that the list – which was last reviewed 10 years ago when Test match cricket was removed – has to “move with… Continue reading Government To Review Free-To-Air Sport List

Google’s new web browser, Chrome, gained market share within its first 24 hours, although it has since given back some of these gains to the market leaders Internet Explorer and Firefox.According to internet measurement firm Net Applications, Chrome grabbed 1% of the market but as of last week had fallen to 0.77%.Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice… Continue reading Google’s Chrome Faces Battle For Market Share

Channel Five is set to revamp its 7pm evening news bulletin, in an attempt to appeal to more men.The new show will have its own identity, which will differentiate it from the 5pm news bulletin – broadcasting different stories and a new format.The 5pm news slot currently focuses on a daytime audience, while the 7pm… Continue reading Five News Set For Revamp

BBC One’s popular family history programme banked over 6.2 million viewers last night, more than double the figures of ITV1 and other rival channels between 9pm and 10pm.The penultimate Who Do You Think You Are?, which saw the former model Jodie Kidd go to Canada to research her family history, attracted more than 6.4 million… Continue reading Jodie Kidd’s Who Do You Think You Are? Steals The Show

AOL’s digital advertising business Platform-A is to launch a self-service ad exchange next year in an attempt to give advertisers more control in managing display advertising campaigns.Called BidPlace, the self-service marketplace exchange will let advertisers dynamically bid on and manage display inventory across Platform-A’s network.Lynda Clarizio, president of Platform-A, said: “BidPlace unleashes the industry’s most… Continue reading Platform-A To Launch Self-Service Ad Exchange

Ofcom has today published the second phase of its review into Public Service Broadcasting (PSB), unveiling plans for an extra £145 – 235 million in replacement funding by 2012.The review found that in order to sustain PSB programmes on channels other than the BBC, “replacement direct or indirect funding is likely to be necessary”.Ofcom also… Continue reading Ofcom Publishes Second Phase of PSB Review

WPP’s Mindshare has unveiled a comprehensive worldwide rebrand of its corporate identity, including a complete refresh of the agency’s brandmark and visual identity.The redesign, developed in partnership with branding agency Moving Brands, coincides with the agency’s ongoing global restructure announced earlier this year.The network’s branding retains the signature colour purple and the new brandmark consists… Continue reading Mindshare Rebrands Corporate Identity

Endemol, producer of reality TV show Big Brother, is to launch a new sports division.The firm has hired two senior executives from sports marketing agency IMG to head the new division, Lawrence Duffy, former head of development at IMG Sports Media, and Gregg Oldfield, former vice-president of network ventures at IMG Media.Duffy and Oldfield will… Continue reading Endemol To Launch Sports Division