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Owners of Smooth FM, Guardian Media Group, have applied to communications regulator Ofcom requesting a change in the format of the station.The station wishes to covert from its current focus of jazz, soul, blues and R’n’B to an easy-listening station for the over-50s, with GMG promising to retain the 45 hours of specialist jazz programmes… Continue reading Smooth FM Applies For Format Change

Yahoo! UK and Ireland has extended its relationship with Guardian Unlimited, with the two companies continuing a multi-year search and advertising deal.The deal, which began in 2002, will see the internet search engine extend the advertising revenue services it provides the Guardian’s network of websites, with a product called Hotspots that operates in a similar… Continue reading Yahoo! Extends Ad Deal With Guardian Unlimited

Affluent working women in the US with family incomes of $75,000 or more are growing in number and 94.3% access the internet during an average month, according to new research from The Media Audit. From 2004 to 2005 the percentage of affluent working women making five or more purchases on the internet increased from 54.1%… Continue reading Affluent US Women Increase Internet Purchases

The worldwide mobile phone market is edging ever nearer to one billion units shipped for the year, with a total of 254.9 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2006, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Worldwide shipments of mobile phones were up 7.9% from the previous quarter and up an impressive… Continue reading Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Sees Record Shipments

Scottish Media Group, owner of Virgin Radio, has seen its shares drop by 28% today after issuing a profits warning. SMG said that the dip in profits is due to a weak market for TV and cinema advertising, which has affected its Scottish TV franchises and its cinema advertising sales business Pearl & Dean. However,… Continue reading SMG Issues Profit Warning And Sees Shares Fall

Google recorded a revenue increase of 70% for the third quarter, to $2.69 billion, and nearly doubled its profits to $733 million. Google-owned sites generated revenues of $1.63 billion, or 60% of total revenues, in the third quarter of 2006. This represents an 84% increase over third quarter 2005 revenues of $885 million and a… Continue reading Google Revenues Grow 70%

Channel 4 programmes will be available on-demand to almost three million people after the broadcaster signed a deal with NTL Telewest.The three-year deal also means that there will be a seven-day catch up service for the majority of its primetime programmes, such as Hollyoaks and Deal Or No Deal.“It is a major step towards making… Continue reading Channel 4 Announces New On-Demand Service

The final episode of Ricky Gervais’ comedy Extras drew 3.4 million adult viewers on average to BBC Two last night, taking a 16.5% audience share at 9pm.That Mitchell And Webb Look followed with 2.3 million, indicating an 11% viewing share. On at the same time, Ancient Rome: The Rise And Fall Of An Empire on… Continue reading Last Episode Of Extras Gets 3.4 Million

Channel 4 has said that it is in advanced talks to sell its subsidiary Ostrich Media, which runs the TV channel Quiz Call, according to a report in the Guardian.Interactive channels like Quiz Call are currently being investigated by Ofcom to see whether their programming should be reclassified as advertising.In addition, the Gambling Commission is… Continue reading Channel 4 Could Sell Quiz Channel Subsidiary

Global TV advertising clutter rose 16% from 2001 to 2005, according to new research from Initiative. Initiative says that ad clutter rose massively between 2001 and 2003 (11%), calmed in 2004 (1.8%) and rose again in 2005 (2.1%). Overall, this means that globally, television viewers now watch 65 more commercials a week (or nine more… Continue reading TV Advertising Clutter Grows 16% In Five Years