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4 Digital Group, a consortium led by Channel 4 Radio, has been awarded the new DAB national multiplex licence by Ofcom.Other members of the consortium include Emap, UTV, Chrysalis/Sky, Carphone Warehouse and UBC Media Group.The new 12-year licence will see the launch of 10 stations by the start of next year.Channel 4 Radio will launch… Continue reading Channel 4 Consortium Wins Radio Multiplex Licence

Rupert Murdoch’s $5 billion (£2.5 billion) bid for Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal, has finally been accepted, with a formal announcement expected next week. According to a report in Business magazine, the announcement is expected next week once the majority shareholders, the Bancroft family, have formally agreed to the sale. News Corp… Continue reading Murdoch Dow Jones Deal Set To Go Ahead

Nearly half (47%) of all adult Americans now have a high-speed internet connection at home, according to new research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Among individuals who use the internet at home, 70% have a high-speed connection while 23% use dialup. The number of Americans with broadband grew 12% from 2006 to… Continue reading Nearly Half Of US Adults Have Broadband At Home

New research from Ofcom has found that the UK’s digital terrestrial TV platform could carry at least four high definition channels.Speaking at the Westminster Media Forum on HD, Paula Guest, strategy manager of Ofcom’s Digital Dividend Review, revealed that the regulator has now entered into discussions with public service broadcasters over the findings.The Ofcom research,… Continue reading Four HD Channels Possible On DTT Says Ofcom

Premium-rate phone regulator Icstis has imposed its highest ever fine, of £150,000, on Eckoh, the service provider on Richard & Judy‘s ‘You Say, We Pay’ phone-in quiz.Icstis ruled that Eckoh misled viewers by actively encouraging them to enter the competition after the potential winners had already been selected.In addition to the fine, the regulator has… Continue reading Record Fine For Richard & Judy Phone Quiz Operator

Channel 4 has announced that it will be the first of the main terrestrial TV stations to introduce a time-shifted digital channel, whilst Five is to launch two +1 services for its digital offerings, Five Life and Five US.Channel 4+1 will begin on 20 August on Freeview, Sky and Virgin, whilst Five Life +1 and… Continue reading Time-Shifted Channels For C4, Five Life And Five US

Digital Marketing Group has acquired Graphico New Media, a full service creative digital agency with skills in mobile marketing, and Hyperlaunch New Media, an award-winning digital creative marketing agency. DMG is paying £8.6 million for Graphico and £3.5 million for Hyperlaunch. Graphico’s core business area lies in the design, development and maintenance of web-sites, from… Continue reading Digital Marketing Group Acquires Two Agencies

The structure of agencies and the creativity of advertising for newspapers were brought into question at the ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar held by MediaTel Group in London yesterday, with panellists urging agencies to become more integrated. Stuart Taylor, commercial director at Guardian News and Media, said that agencies are “too structured separately”. He conceded… Continue reading Agencies Must Consider Restructure For Digital Age

The NRS is to take an increasingly web based approach to readership measurement according to NRS chairman Simon Marquis, speaking at yesterday’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar.Marquis said that not only is the NRS currently measuring publishers websites, with the data to become available by early next year, but it is also developing… Continue reading Web Based Approach Is Future Of NRS

This year, Britain is set to account for over half of all online ad spending in Western Europe, rising to a 52.6% market share in 2010, according to new research from eMarketer. Steady economic growth, further advances in broadband, mobile internet access and associated ad-serving technology will help fuel this growth, according to the UK… Continue reading UK To Spend £2.6 Billion On Online Advertising In 2007