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Smooth Radio launched early this morning, officially replacing the Saga Radio and Smooth FM brands.Smooth 102.2 is set to target the more mature adult listener with a mix of music from the past five decades and today, combined with a selection of experienced presenters.The station can be listened to online at www.smoothradio.com with variations in… Continue reading Smooth Transition For New Radio Transmission

ITV has announced that ITV1’s net advertising revenue (NAR) was £1.2 million in 2006, down from £1.4 million in 2005. In a financial statement released today, ITV said that its 2006 share of total ITV1 net advertising revenues (NAR) represented 59% of the company’s total revenues before disposed businesses (2005 68%). The broadcaster added that… Continue reading ITV1 Net Ad Revenue Declines

US marketers will continue to shift their spending into online advertising in 2007, according to a new report from eMarketer. Despite this, adds eMarketer, growth in US online ad spending will be lower than it has been for three years, dropping from annual rates of over 30%to just under 19% in 2007 for a total… Continue reading US Marketers Will Continue To Move Online

Ofcom has given ITV1 the go-ahead to cut the amount of children’s shows it broadcasts this year from around eight hours on average to about five hours per week.The five hours each week are not subject to scheduling restrictions, and ITV1 does not need to run the programmes in its traditional afternoon weekday slot. A… Continue reading Ofcom Gives Green Light To Less Kids TV For ITV1

New research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that 29% of TV homes in the Asia Pacific region will receive digital signals in 2012, up from just 6% in 2006. The 11th edition of Informa’s Asia Pacific TV report shows that China will overtake Japan as the biggest digital market during 2007 and will account… Continue reading Asia-Pacific Digital TV Households To Increase

The WorldDMB Forum has hit back at comments made by European telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding that mobile broadcasters should use the digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H) standard rather than DAB/digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB).The European Mobile Broadcasting Council (EMBC) last week published a report which called on the industry to adopt a single technological standard, with Reding… Continue reading Mobile Broadcasting Body Hits Out At EC Commissioner

Imagine Publishing is to invest over £1.5 million this year as it seeks to develop its digital brands.Imagine currently publishes 20 magazines and operates 20 websites across the video game, home computing and digital photography/video markets.Over the coming year the publisher is set to develop its existing websites for its key magazines, including Digital Photographer,… Continue reading Imagine To Develop Digital Brands

The BBC Trust has asked that the BBC’s next editorial compliance report sets out procedures to ensure that problems such as those encountered with the Blue Peter faked-winner scandal are not repeated.The BBC executive board is required by the trust to submit an editorial compliance report twice yearly, with the first one due in May.At… Continue reading BBC Trust Emphasises Editorial Guidelines

A scheduling shake up at BBC Radio 2 will see Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a nightly prime time slot in April, according to reports on MediaGuardian.co.uk.The report suggests that the programming shuffle will see specialist shows pushed to the margins of the station’s schedule, which also sees the legendary Steve Lamacq with a… Continue reading Scheduling Shake Up At BBC Radio 2

A new music magazine, a spin-off of the Channel 4 programme Popworld, is set to launch next month into an increasingly fragile market.Popworld Pulp, to be published in association with publisher Brooklands Group, will be on sale at 19,000 retail outlets across the UK from April 11 with an initial print run of 130,000 copies,… Continue reading New Music Magazine Enters Volatile Market