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Mobile phone game revenues look set to increase in 2006, with M:Metrics saying the overall trend for downloading is encouraging. Despite a slight drop in the number of US subscribers paying a downloaded game in January, M:Metrics claims that the average price paid for one-off game downloads has been rising since September 2005. According to… Continue reading M:Metrics Optimistic For Mobile Downloading

Today sees GCap Media’s London-based indie station, Xfm, launch a new look schedule, just months after re-organising its breakfast routine in the build up to its launch in Manchester.The station’s new line up will give a more prominent role to new music guru John Kennedy, Rock DJ Ian Camfield and resident remixer Eddy Temple-Morris.Both Kennedy… Continue reading Xfm Rejigs Schedule Ahead Of Manchester Launch

Cable giant Telewest has extended the reach of its fledgling high definition TV service to over 4.5 million homes, building on its launch to 400 customers in London at the end of last year.Announced in parallel with the launch of the company’s new personal video recorder (PVR), dubbed TVDrive, the extended HD services will bring… Continue reading Telewest Tackles Sky With Increased HD Service

Total digital reception in UK households is at 64.2%, up by 10% from 54.4% at the beginning of 2004, according to the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising’s (IPA) latest Trends in Television Report. Non-terrestrial viewing remained at 30% for the second successive quarter, seeing a year on year increase of 2.5%. The strong bias of… Continue reading UK Digital Penetration At 65%

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) enjoyed strong growth in 2005, with new estimates from TeleGeography forecasting VoIP enabled lines to reach over 19 million by 2010 in the US. Total VoIP subscribers grew by a massive 284% year on year in the last quarter of 2005, reaching 4.5 million, compared to just 1.3 million for… Continue reading VoIP Lines To Hit 19 Million By 2010

Channel 4 has signed a landmark agreement with Twentieth Century Fox to acquire the rights to content for its family of channels, marking the largest deal of its kind for Fox in the UK, and securing content for FilmFour’s relaunch as a free-to-air channel.The new agreement will see Channel 4 air blockbuster titles such as… Continue reading Channel 4 Signs Largest Ever Fox Content Deal

BBC One’s slick drama series Hotel Babylon continued to perform well for the broadcaster last night, notching up an average adult audience of 5.1 million to see off ITV1’s similarly polished Footballers’ Wives.The sensationalist ITV drama drew an average adult audience of 3.7 million in the same time slot, with its share of 17.53% proving… Continue reading Hotel Babylon Floors Footballers Wives

Bjarne Thelin, chief executive officer of BARB, has revealed responses to its Future into View Consultation, saying the TV ratings body is committed to providing a clear and decisive method of measuring ratings in an increasingly fragmenting TV arena.Following the consultation in June (see BARB Launches Future Into View Consultation), BARB is looking into three… Continue reading BARB Reveals First Findings Of Future Into View Survey

The Financial Times put in a healthy performance last month, seeing its circulation increase by 5.1% year on year, outperforming not only every rival quality title, but every national newspaper in the country in terms of growth.The success follows the departure of editor, Andrew Gowers, who handed in his resignation at the end of last… Continue reading FT Strong As Tabloids See Circulations Dip

Capital Radio has secured Thorpe Park as the six-figure sponsor of its drive time show, fronted by Richard Bacon, for the six months from 13 March to 8 September.The deal will see the theme park receive coverage on the show’s “Friday Feature,” two drive time promotions and two outside broadcasts.Aired between 5pm and 8pm, the… Continue reading Capital Signs Thorpe Park For Bacon Sponsorship