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Hachette Filipacchi has announced the closure of its women’s magazine, B, with the title’s current edition being its last to retail in the UK.The magazine was suspended from publication last month, with an internal review conducted by Hachette resulting in the decision to close the title permanently.Kevin Hand, chairman of Hachette Filipacchi UK, announced the… Continue reading Hachette Closes B Magazine Following Review

Mobile TV penetration is being hindered by technological difficulties, with poorly designed features, high costs and low standard visibility slowing consumer uptake. According to new research from Amberlight, users complained of “patchy” 3G coverage leading to frozen broadcasts. Consumers also cited the time taken to access services through different menus as well as difficult electronic… Continue reading Mobile TV Up-Take Slowed By Technological Faults

Radio giant GCap Media has appointed Ivor Etienne as the new managing director of Choice FM, taking responsibility for the station’s programming and strategic direction.Etienne will also be charged with increasing Choice’s appeal to listeners. The last wave of RAJAR data showed Choice increasing its weekly reach by 7.4% year on year, totaling 510,000.Commenting on… Continue reading GCap Signs Etienne As New Choice MD

Canadian e-commerce continues to perform well, enjoying increases for the fourth consecutive year, according to new figures from Statistics Canada. Online sales rose by 38.4% year on year in 2005, with the growth six times more than that in overall offline retail sales in Canada. Breaking the figure down, online sales by private firms increased… Continue reading Canadian E-Commerce Continues Good Performance

Freedom Media has appointed Mark Wood, former commercial director of Sky Media, to its management team, holding the same job title and working to boost the company’s client offering, which already spans strategic planning, TV production, event management and talent negotiation.The move will see Wood join Freedom’s founder Robert Dodds, with whom the new commercial… Continue reading Freedom Media Signs Former Sky Media Boss

The FA Premier League has awarded three of the six live television rights packages to BSkyB, announcing that a second round of bidding for the remaining three will now take place.The second bids will decide which broadcasters can air the remaining 50% of Premier League coverage, although Sky remains eligible to bid, and could scoop… Continue reading Sky Scoops Half Of Premier League Rights

Newspaper heavyweight Trinity Mirror has appointed Sir Ian Gibson, CBE, as its new chairman, replacing Sir Victor Blank, who is to step down next month.Blank will relinquish his post immediately after the company’s Annual General Meeting on 4 May, with Gibson taking control from that date.The new chairman currently holds non-executive directorships at GKN and… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Ends Search For New Chairman

Channel 4’s pledge to push video on-demand content has taken a further step forward, with the broadcaster securing the rights to deliver hit series Lost and Desperate Housewives using the technology.The landmark deal is The Walt Disney Company’s first on-demand licensing in Europe and will enable Channel 4 to screen the entire first series of… Continue reading Channel 4 Signs First On-Demand Distribution Deal

Nickelodeon is to launch its second pre-school kids’ channel next week, with Nick Jr 2 aiming to extend the influence of the original brand, rather than simply offering a time-shifted version of current programming.The new channel will feature favourite programmes from the Nick Jr stable, including Dora the Explorer, Bob the Builder, Lazytown and Backyardigans,… Continue reading Nick Launches Second Pre-School Channel

Outdoor advertising group, JCDecaux, has enjoyed a strong start to 2006, reporting an increase of 16.5% in revenues for the first three months of the year. Revenues reached €442.2 million in the first quarter of 2006, compared to €379.7 million in the same period last year. JCDecaux’s street furniture division increased revenues by 7.4% to… Continue reading JCDecaux Sees Strong Start To 2006