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Lesley Douglas, controller of BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music, has been appointed controller, BBC Popular Music.Keeping her current roles, Douglas will take on her new job as the BBC’s first controller of music with immediate effect.Douglas’ expanded remit includes responsibility for co-ordinating the full range of popular music output that is being produced across… Continue reading BBC Appoints New Popular Music Controller

Virgin Media’s customer base dropped to 4.81 million in the first quarter of 2007, with a net loss of 46,900 subscribers.Gross customer additions were down from 215,500 in the fourth quarter of 2006 to 184,300 in the first quarter of the year.Virgin said that this was in large part due to Sky’s removal of its… Continue reading Virgin Media Subscriptions Decline

Shaun Woodward, the broadcast minister, has said that the government would consider implementing a total ban on premium rate phone-ins if broadcasters do not clean up their act.Woodward warned broadcasters that the government took such breaches very seriously and would be prepared to intervene and legislate against them, in a move similar to Ofcom’s introduction… Continue reading Broadcast Minister Hints At TV Phone-In Ban

Virgin Media’s total revenue for the first quarter of 2007 was £1 million, with the company saying that the majority of the decline from the previous quarter was due to a reduction in content segment revenue. The cable company’s revenues from its consumer cable operations were £637.3 million in the first quarter, up year on… Continue reading Virgin Media Releases First Quarter Results

Carat Sponsorship has conceived and negotiated with Viacom Brand Solutions an integrated title sequence for the interactive chart shows on MTV Hits and MTV Dance.The new sequence forms part of a sponsorship agreement with Beiersdorf’s NIVEA Lip Care Caregloss & Shine range.The deal was negotiated between Maria Donaldson (sponsorship exec, Carat Sponsorship) and Justin Stephenson… Continue reading Carat Creates First Sponsorship Package For MTV’s Interactive Charts

BBC One’s new Holby City spin-off, police drama Holby Blue, debuted with an average adult audience of five million, giving the channel a 23.8% viewing share between 8pm and 9pm.Following on from the action packed escapades of the police force in the fictional borough of Holby, popular presenter Jamie Theakston lent his hand to narrating… Continue reading Five Million Join BBC One For Holby Blue Debut

A single online planning currency is absolutely necessary, particularly as most medium’s content distribution will be via the internet in the future, according to Louise Ainsworth, managing director for Nielsen//NetRatings, who was speaking from the floor at last week’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Media Research’ seminar. Ainsworth indicated that having come to research from an… Continue reading Single Planning Currency For The Internet Is ‘Absolutely Necessary’

A suitably sinister looking David Suchet crept about our screens on Friday night in BBC Two’s Maxwell, when the star of Poirot stepped into the shoes of Robert Maxwell.Maxwell told the story of the corrupt fraudster’s last months, as his tangled web of deceit unravelled around him.The hour and a half show attracted a peak… Continue reading BBC One Edges Bank Holiday Battle

Xfm is to make its ‘Xfm Residency’ shows available as a series of free podcasts, giving listeners the chance to hear their favourite music idols again and again.The podcasts feature the artists in residence and excerpts from their musical choices. To download the podcasts listeners will need to go to a link on the Xfm… Continue reading Xfm Launches ‘Residency’ Podcasts

A single online planning currency is absolutely necessary, particularly as most medium’s content distribution will be via the internet in the future, according to Louise Ainsworth, managing director for Nielsen//NetRatings, who was speaking from the floor at last week’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Media Research’ seminar.Ainsworth indicated that having come to research from an agency… Continue reading Single Planning Currency For The Internet Is ‘Absolutely Necessary’