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Worldwide unit sales of digital radios are expected to increase more than three-fold from 2006 to 2011, according to a new report from In-Stat. Recent developments include the availability of the new, enhanced Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)+ standard in the UK, an increase in the number of DAB trials throughout Europe and Asia, and the… Continue reading Worldwide Digital Radio Sales To Grow More Than Three-Fold To 2011

The BBC and Sky have won the contract to show Football League and Carling Cup matches from next year in a record £254m deal.The contract, which lasts to 2012, will see Championship matches screened on the BBC for the first time, with 10 first-choice games per season exclusively live.The final of the Carling Cup will… Continue reading BBC And Sky Win Joint Bid To Show Live Football League Matches

Sunday night saw ITV1’s A Room With A View outperform the new drama from Stephen Poliakoff, Joe’s Palace, on BBC One.The adaptation of the EM Forster novel had a peak of 5.2 million adult viewers in its 9pm timeslot, a 22.2% share of the audience.Joe’s Palace, on BBC One at 9pm, had a peak audience… Continue reading 5.2M Adults Flock To A Room With A View

Freesat, the BBC and ITV backed free to view satellite service, has made key senior appointments ahead of its launch.Simon Winder takes up the finance director role after joining from Chrysalis, where he was group finance manager, and will be responsible for the finance, HR, IT and company secretary departments.Joining him is the Digital Television… Continue reading Freesat Makes Senior Appointments

Private equity firm Cinven has pulled out of the race for Emap’s consumer magazine division, apparently unhappy with the £700m price tag. This weekend’s Times reported that Cinven was not willing to pay anywhere near the £700 million asking price in a “challenging” magazine market. However, the report also says that the American media group… Continue reading Cinven Pulls Out Of Emap Consumer Magazine Bidding

The recent airing of television’s dirty laundry with phone-in scandals and declining audience trust has considerably damaged the industry, according to new ITV MD of global content, Dawn Airey.Speaking last week at the Promax Branding and Marketing Conference, Airey said: “This year the media spotlight shone into the darkest corners of the industry and what’s… Continue reading Airey Says TV Viewer Trust Can Be Restored

The Mail on Sunday is set to relaunch in the New Year, with the paper breaking in to two main sections in a bid to attract a new crop of younger readers.The Associated Newspapers title will distribute the two sections alongside its magazines You and Live!. There will be a main news section, and a… Continue reading Mail On Sunday Set To Relaunch

Last week saw Sky announce an 11% increase in group revenue for the six months to the end of September, to £1.19bn.The satellite broadcaster added that its adjusted operating profit of £150m reflects very strong Sky+ customer growth, of 323,000 to 2.7 million (Full Story).It was also reported that Sky could give up nearly a… Continue reading Media In The City: Sky Revenues Up

More than 4.8 billion text message were sent during September 2007, an average of over 1.2 billion each week, according to the latest figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA). Britons are demonstrating an increasingly voracious appetite for the medium, as this equates to the same number of messages sent during the whole of… Continue reading More Texts Sent In September 2007 Than The Whole Of 1999

More than 4.8 billion text messages were sent during September 2007, an average of over 1.2 billion each week, according to the latest figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA).Britons are demonstrating an increasingly voracious appetite for the medium, as this equates to the same number of messages sent during the whole of 1999.This… Continue reading More Texts Sent In September 2007 Than The Whole Of 1999