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Sky’s plan to launch a pay-per-view service is under threat as Ofcom could be unlikely to alter the terms of the satellite broadcaster’s licence.Sky had planned to take its three free-to-air channels from Freeview and replace them with a pay-TV service available through a new specification set-top box.Sky announced that it would be launching a… Continue reading Ofcom Could Scupper Sky Pay-TV Plans

Thomson and Reuters have agreed a merger which will see the Canadian news group Thomson pay approximately £8.7 billion for Reuters. The combined business will be named Thomson-Reuters, with Reuters chief executive Tom Glocer becoming chief executive of the merger company. The deal has the backing of the Reuters Founders Share Company which has the… Continue reading Thomson And Reuters Agree Merger

This Thursday 17 May sees the cream of the UK’s radio and media industry come together to discuss the future of the medium.Following on from last week’s RAJARs, Radio 3.0, which is hosted by Broadcast, will examine the growth of digital technology and forthcoming developments to keep the platform vibrant.Held at the Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych,… Continue reading Cream Of UK Radio Industry Set To Discuss Medium’s Future

Endemol has been bought by a consortium including John de Mol, Endemol co-founder, and Silvio Berlusconi, former prime minister of Italy, for £1.8 billion. Telefonica sold its remaining 75% stake to the consortium and as part of the agreement, Mediaset, Berlusconi’s TV production company, John de Mol and Goldman Sachs have agreed to make a… Continue reading John de Mol Buys Back Endemol

Business to business customer magazines engage readers for an average of 26 minutes, according to new findings from the APA’s customer magazine effectiveness benchmark, the Advantage Study.In addition, 24% of respondents spent between 30 minutes and more than two hours with a B2B title in comparison to the Advantage Study average of 19%. 51% of… Continue reading B2B Customer Magazines Prove Engaging For Readers

Google has been in the news a lot recently following its acquisition of the online ad company DoubleClick and the announcement of its strong profits increase for the first quarter of the year. In light of Google’s recent manoeuvres, MediaTel INSIGHT spoke to Ovum analyst David Bradshaw about where the search engine giant could be… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT Interview:Ovum Analyst Discusses The Future Of Google

A new report from Screen Digest predicts that by 2011 mobile TV revenue will reach €4.7 billion from 140 million subscribers. The new broadcast services, says Screen Digest, which launched in only a handful of markets, are growing rapidly. For instance, Unicast services, delivered over existing 3G networks, have begun to generate real revenues in… Continue reading Mobile TV Revenue To Grow

Chrysalis has announced a 9.1% decline in radio revenues for the six months from September to February this year. Chrysalis, which owns Heart, LBC and Galaxy, said that the decline was due to poor radio ad takings, adding that revenues for its third quarter are likely to be flat and forward bookings for the fourth… Continue reading Chrysalis Radio Revenues Decline

So said Phil Georgiadis, managing partner of Walker Media at the Media Week Media 360 conference in Wales last week. Georgiadis’ point was that this led to advertisers diverting some of the money assigned to marketing their brands into search and away from traditional brand building media.The PR that Google has overtaken Channel 4 is… Continue reading Thoughts On Media 360: “It Is Dangerous To Think Of Google As A Medium”

Iostar, the television start-up which former head of Sky Networks Dawn Airey recently left, is to reveal today that it is going into liquidation. According to a report in today’s Guardian the company will release a statement saying “The board of Iostar has considered a number of options to continue the business according to a… Continue reading Iostar To Go Into Liquidation