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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 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

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

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

Business broadband value-added services (BVAS) are making an increasingly important contribution to overall broadband revenues, according to a new report from Point Topic. By the end of the year, value-added services were adding 42% to basic business broadband access revenues, up from 31% the previous year. Proportionately, therefore, business BVAS revenues make a larger contribution… Continue reading Broadband Value-Added Services Making Important Contribution To Revenues

A new forecast from Canalys predicts that worldwide IPTV subscriber levels will increase more than tenfold by the end of the decade, growing from fewer than 4 million in 2006 to almost 40 million in 2010. Europe, the Middle East and Asia accounted for two-thirds of global IPTV subscribers at the end of 2006, said… Continue reading Worldwide IPTV Subscriber Levels To Increase More Than Tenfold

A peak of 9.5 million adults (a 45.7% share) watched the hour-long episode of EastEnders last night on BBC One.The wedding special had an average audience of 8.6 million adults (a 41.8% share) in its 7.30pm slot.Over on Channel 4 It was the final part of hard-hitting drama Britz, with the controversial show picking up… Continue reading EastEnders Wedding Special Gets 9.5m Adults

Google is to take on social networking giant Facebook with the launch of a new cross-platform project called OpenSocial.The new service will link with a range of other networks including business-focused sites, and will work across a number of social networking sites including LinkedIn, Plaxo, and Google’s own Orkut service.Other confirmed partners for the project… Continue reading Google Launches Cross-Platform Social Networking Project