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Emap’s consumer media division has paid £8.7 million for the mobile user-generated content business Yospace.Emap will pay another £5.7 million depending on Yospace reaching certain targets.Yospace produces ‘See me TV’ for 3 and the ‘LookAtMe!’ service for 02, and also provides services to other major mobile phone operators.Research from Emap Advertising, released last November, claimed… Continue reading Emap Buys UGC Company

The mobile web will herald dramatic growth in revenues in the mobile content and services market, according to a new forecast from Informa Telecoms & Media. Informa says that despite falling average revenues per user for mobile operators, the mobile content and services market will continue to grow dramatically as services and applications reach maturity… Continue reading Mobile Internet To Herald Growth In Content And Service Revenues

Chrysalis has revealed that its radio division saw revenues grow 5% year on year in January, after suffering a 10% decline for the four months to December 31. In a trading update released today the group said that the decline in revenues felt over the last four months of 2006 was in line with the… Continue reading Chrysalis Revenues Increase In January

David Dimbleby is the latest figure to rule himself out of the race to be the next chairman of the BBC, revealing that he has decided against applying for the role for a third time. The Question Time presenter has been passed over for the post twice, first in favour of Gavyn Davies and then… Continue reading Dimbleby Out Of BBC Chairman Race

Tiscali has revealed its plans for the roll out of its IPTV service, saying that it will be available in more than 10 million homes by the end of this year.Tiscali TV launches on 1 March 2007 when over 40,000 Homechoice subscribers will become Tiscali TV customers and will be able to receive broadband plus… Continue reading Tiscali Reveals IPTV Plans

Havas has reported its first growth in annual revenue in five years, with full year revenue at €1.47 million, compared to €1.46 million for the previous year, an increase of 0.8%. Excluding exchange rate and scope of consolidation changes, organic growth for 2006 was 0.6%. The UK reported its strongest quarterly growth for five years,… Continue reading Havas Reports First Annual Revenue Growth In Five Years

ITV1 won the battle for peaktime Saturday night viewing, with Dancing On Ice proving to be the biggest ratings winner of the night.Saturday’s programme, which saw former Gladiators and TV-AM weathergirl Ulrika Jonsson voted off, attracted an average adult audience of 7.9 million.This was comfortably ahead of BBC1’s offerings of When Will I Be Famous… Continue reading ITV Has Ice Time With Saturday Viewing

Chrysalis, owner of Heart and Galaxy, could sell off its radio operations if it goes ahead with a strategic review.Chris Wright, the company’s founder and 26% majority shareholder, is coming round to a suggestion put forward by Schroder, the group’s second largest shareholder, that its radio business should be sold off, according to a report… Continue reading Chrysalis Could Sell Off Radio Operations

Dennis publishing has decided to change the name of its gambling magazine InsideEdge to InsidePoker.Launched in April 2004, and aimed predominantly at sports betters, InsideEdge was the first monthly betting magazine to have a national news stand distribution and the first to have an officially audited circulation figure.The magazine underwent a redesign in May 2005… Continue reading Dennis Renames Gambling Magazine

The majority of US households that receive their television signals over the air are still unaware of the digital TV switchover even though an estimated 22 million over-the-air homes need to make some kind of digital decision by February 17, 2009, according to a new survey from the Association Of Public Television Stations (APTS). The… Continue reading US Households Unaware Of Digital Switchover