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Ofcom has announced that it is to finalise its market impact assessment of the BBC’s new online catch-up service by December 15.Ofcom and the BBC governors have established a steering group to examine the new on-demand service, which will be delivered online via the BBC’s iPlayer.The new offerings are comprised of a seven-day TV and… Continue reading Ofcom Launches BBC iPlayer Assessment

Digital channel FX has apparently developed the first television advert aimed at retaining its message even when ad breaks are fast forwarded on PVRs.According to a report in the Guardian, he 30-second advertisement is designed to retain its message when viewed at up to 12 times its normal speed.The ad contains a single image on… Continue reading FX To Air PVR Resistant Ad

It looks as if one of the front runners for the top job at ITV is no longer in the running, after it emerged today that Stephen Carter is being kept on gardening leave until the end of February.According to a report in the Guardian, Zygos, the headhunters leading the race for Charles Allen’s successor,… Continue reading Carter Stuck On Gardening Leave

The BBC and Arqiva have signed a deal worth more than £1.8 billion that will see the company design, deploy, and operate the Corporation’s new high-power digital terrestrial television (DTT) network.Arqiva will replace both the BBC’s analogue television networks and the current low-power DTT network, as well as build and operate additional transmitters to expand… Continue reading BBC And Arqiva Sign £1.8 Billion Deal To Aid Switchover

BSkyB has suspended its Sky by broadband movie download service after pirates hacked the Microsoft supplied facility using software from FreeUse4WM.It is Microsoft’s Windows Media Data Rights Management software that has been compromised. Sky said: “We took this step as a precaution after Microsoft said it was working on an update to its Digital Rights… Continue reading Hackers Force BSkyB To Suspend Movie Download Service

Total media spend grew by 8% year on year for the second quarter of 2006, from £2.48 billion to £2.68 billion, according to new research from Thomson Intermedia and KPMG. However, TV adspend grew only 1%, despite this summer’s World Cup, and the report says that the outlook for the rest of the year remains… Continue reading Total Media Spend Increases For Q2 2006

The growth of Freeview and a strong BBC are to blame for ITV’s falling audience numbers, according to outgoing ITV chief executive Charles Allen, who was speaking at the Royal Television Society’s conference yesterday.“Freeview accounted for 75% of our decline,” said Allen, also attributing the performance of the BBC and the speedy growth of digital… Continue reading Freeview And Strong BBC To Blame For ITV’s Problems

Marketing services spending is expected to reach $455.72 billion by 2010, according to new research published by Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS). Spending on direct response media, event marketing and custom publishing is fuelling the growth says VSS. VSS says that total media and communications spending is forecast to rise 7.2% in 2006 to $961.9 billion,… Continue reading Strong Growth Forecast For Marketing Services Spending

Independent media specialist Target Media has launched the UK’s largest regular specialist survey into consumer entertainment products and services.The online Eyeball research panel has been developed in partnership with Market Evolution and is intended to provide clients with insight into fast changing consumer trends.Robert Wilkerson, managing director of Target Media, said: “Eyeball Entertainment offers deeper… Continue reading Target Media Launches UK’s Largest Online Entertainment Panel

IPC tx has announced the appointment of Richard Coles as publisher of TV Times, TV & Satellite Week and Soaplife.Coles replaces Natalie Bell, who is moving on to What’s On TV and TV Easy as publisher.Philippa Brown, IPC tx managing director, said: “Richard is an extremely talented publisher and I’m delighted to appoint someone of… Continue reading IPC Tx Appoints New Publisher