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BSkyB’s movie channels are to be reorganised into genres, with the film channels being split into two separate subscription packages.Currently called Sky Movies 1 to 10 and Sky Cinema 1 and 2, they will be split into two separate subscription packages along genre lines for the first time, with comedy, family classics and modern greats… Continue reading BSkyB Makes Movie And Broadband Announcements

IPC Media’s What’s On TV magazine retained the top spot in its sector, despite a 4.3% year on year drop in circulation.According to today’s ABC concurrent release for July to December 2006, the TV listings title now holds a figure of more than 1.4 million issues, down 65,327 year on year and almost 5% period… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2006:Soap Mags Boost Circulation Whilst What’s On TV Retains Top TV Spot

TV listing and shopping magazines have the greatest circulation totals in the UK, according to today’s consumer magazine July to December 2006 concurrent release from the ABC.Sky’s subscriber magazine, which has now been taken over by News International’s News Magazines division (see News International Company Scoops Sky Mag Contract), has a total circulation of more… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2006: TV Listings On Top Whilst Digital Only Mag A Success

Reed Elsevier’s revenues were up 4% in 2006, to £5.3 million, driven by a 10% increase in digital revenues. Organic revenue growth was 5% despite the weak education markets. Organic adjusted operating profit was 8%, reflecting underlying margin improvement across the rest of the business. Overall operating margin was up 0.3% points at reported exchange… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Revenues Up 4% In 2006

Western Europe and North America continue to lead the digital satellite pay-TV market in subscribers and revenue, but the fastest growth over the next several years will come from other areas, especially Asia, according to a new report from In-Stat. Key satellite market trends include consolidation in established markets, interactivity, HD, launches, and bundling, the… Continue reading Rapid Growth For Digital Satellite TV In Asia

A new report from eMarketer has been published which examines the trends which will continue to drive the growth of US internet ad spending for the next several years. The report says that, at first glance, it appears that internet ad spending has kept pace with the online audience, as advertisers last year spent an… Continue reading US Online AdSpend Per User To Increase

TalkSPORT has signed goalscoring legend Ian Wright to co-present the station’s drivetime show alongside Adrian Durham.The former England and Arsenal superstar will be on air from Monday March 26, at 4-7pm Mondays to Thursdays, replacing Rodney Marsh who left the station in October last year.Wright was Arsenal’s top scorer for six seasons in a row,… Continue reading TalkSPORT Gets It Wright

TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, has launched Farcast TV, which allows users to create their own television channel using content created on their mobile phone.Farcast TV can be embedded into websites, with owners given a few lines of code to incorporate into their site. Movies can be sent from the consumer’s phone… Continue reading New Mobile Television Channel Launched

BBC Two has developed a series of new on-screen I-dents to the tune of £700,000 in which the figure ‘2’ represents a portal through which the world is seen differently.The seven different scenarios, which were designed by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and produced by Red Bee Media, are designed to reflect the range and diversity… Continue reading BBC Two Gets New I-dentity

The return of 70s time-glitch crime drama, Life On Mars, drew almost 5.5 million adult viewers on average to BBC One last night, giving the channel a 23.7% viewing share in the all-important 9pm to 10pm timeslot.Series two sees DI Sam Tyler (John Simm) more established in his 1973 life but still struggling with his… Continue reading Life On Mars Firmly Grounded In Peaktime