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Andy Duncan, Channel 4 chief executive, has said that there have only been two incidents of possible racial abuse on Celebrity Big Brother, and that he has no intention of taking the show off air.Duncan said: “The latest series of Celebrity Big Brother has strayed into particularly controversial territory – the issue of racism and… Continue reading Duncan Defends Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother is continuing to make headlines across the globe, and the controversy over the current series shows no sign of abating, with the audience for tonight’s eviction banned and Endemol being inundated with calls from potential sponsors.Jade Goody is up against Shilpa Shetty in tonight’s eviction programme, with Goody, who has been at… Continue reading Audience Banned From Big Brother Eviction

News Magazines is believed to have shelved plans to publish a new women’s weekly, which was being developed under the name Project Dannii.News magazines, the magazine publishing division of News International, had suffered a series of delays in launching the title, which was first meant to hit the market last September.Karl Marsden, News Magazine’s commercial… Continue reading News Magazines Shelves Project Danni

A new Public Service Publisher could be on the agenda for the UK media landscape in the future, according to the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Tessa Jowell.Speaking at the Oxford Media Convention, Jowell said that there could potentially be around £800 million available at the end of the licence fee period,… Continue reading UK Media Landscape Set To Change In Five Years

Johnston Press has conditionally acquired the assets and titles of the Scottish Newspaper operations of Archant for a cash consideration of £11.2 million funded from existing bank facilities. The business comprises eight weekly titles, of which three are paid-for newspapers circulating in the North East of Scotland around Peterhead and Fraserburgh and five are on… Continue reading Johnston Press Acquires Archant Scottish Titles

The international controversy currently raging over the bullying in the Celebrity Big Brother house had viewers flocking to their televisions in droves last night.The show, on Channel 4 at 9pm, attracted a peak of 5.1 million adults for the last fifteen minutes of its duration.Following Donny Tourette’s great escape it seemed as if this series… Continue reading Big Brother Bullying Boosts Viewing Figures

The BBC licence fee is expected to rise by 3% over each of the next two years, seeing the current price rise from £131.50 currently to a maximum of £151 by 2012.Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell is also expected to announce today that a borrowing limit of between £220 million and £230 million will be set,… Continue reading BBC Licence Fee To Rise 3%

The Food Standards Agency last night launched a series of TV advertisements raising awareness of traffic light colour-coded front of pack food labelsThe ad aired for the first time last night at 7.45pm on ITV during Coronation Street. Other marketing activity to accompany the TV work will feature in the press, on poster sites and… Continue reading Food Standards Agency Launches Ad Campaign

There were over 4 billion text messages sent in the UK during December 2006, according to figures announced today by the Mobile Data Association (MDA).It is the first time that text messages have broken through the 4 billion mark, and this huge total takes the overall figure for 2006 to 41.8 billion, beating the MDA’s… Continue reading Record 4 Billion Texts Sent In December

Regulator Ofcom is to revamp its regulation of short-term radio licences, which could see a host of new stations able to cover events such as conferences.Following a consultation which showed backing for proposals to liberalise restrictions on 28-day restricted service licences (RSLs), Ofcom has decided to extend the number of short-term RSLs.Long-term RSLs will also… Continue reading Ofcom Reviews Regulation Of Short-Term Radio Licences