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Over half of online Briton’s visit a travel site every month, a growth of 20% in the last year, according to new figures from Nielsen//NetRatings, with the over 50s being particularly active in the area.Nielsen//NetRatings claim that 86% of all British internet users aged over 50 have visited a travel site in the last year,… Continue reading UK Online Travel Site Increasing In Popularity

Media intelligence provider, Thomson Intermedia has secured a contract with Trinity Mirror to provide E-vouchering services to the newspaper publisher, with the deal ensuring that Thomson Intermedia will be the only media monitoring company with direct access to the vast dataset of Trinity Mirror’s regional titles.Thomson Intermedia’s e-vouchering system will sit on the desktops of… Continue reading Trinity Signs Thomson Intermedia For E-Vouchering

Martin Newland has resigned as editor of the Daily Telegraph, being replaced immediately by John Bryant as acting editor.Newland is due to leave the newspaper at the end of the month, with industry speculation claiming that Newland did not want to work under a editor-in-chief after Bryant’s recent appointment.Earlier this year, Newland signed Neil Darbyshire… Continue reading Newland Steps Down As Daily Telegraph Editor

Digital television is preparing for a seven year marketing push, with a new advertising campaign launched on Monday urging customers to buy digital TV’s and set-top boxes in the upcoming Christmas season.The multimedia campaign will be shown in the areas where the switchover will start, covering Cumbria and southern Scotland, with the region due to… Continue reading Digital TV To Enjoy Strong Advertising Push

The ASI European TV Symposium, which started in Warsaw yesterday, saw one of the most convincing presentations yet of the future of mobile television. Delivered by consultant Dermot Nolan of TBS, his analysis of the Telco / TV markets was compelling.Global Telcos seeking new markets having achieved saturation coverage, and with appropraitely global economies of… Continue reading Brace yourselves for Many Years of “Mobisodes”

Podcasting in the US is rising in popularity, with new figures from Bridge Ratings showing that 4.8 million listeners have used the new media channel so far this year, forecasted to reach 5 million by the end of 2005, compared to just 820,000 in 2004. Bridge Ratings claims the podcast audience would reach critical mass… Continue reading Podcasting To Reach 5 Million US Listeners By End Of 2005

Delegates of the ASI European TV Symposium in Warsaw this week heard of the emerging IPTV models as broadcasters and programme companies begin to accept that a new era of TV beckons.Graham Lovelace of Lovelace Consulting illustrated four recent examples:CBS – making programmes available three days after broadcast; free and – an interesting point –… Continue reading IPTV Models Emerge as Commercial Momentum Increases

Channel Five has announced plans to take a strategic investment in pay-TV provider Top Up TV’s business, allowing both parties to explore and develop a number of free and pay services on Freeview.The agreement will also allow the groups to investigate broadcast options on other platforms, including Five’s plans to launch further free-to-air channels.Commenting on… Continue reading Five Joins Forces With Top Up TV

BBC1 swept the board last night with its high profile schedule of programmes enjoying a strong audience of adult viewers. The return of Matt Lucas and David Walliams Little Britain attracted an average adult audience of 8.1 million, beating ITV’s Doc Martin which drew in 7.3 million.The first part of Eastenders pulled a healthy average… Continue reading BBC Enjoys Little Britain Success

The European Commission has announced a new deal over the broadcast rights of the football Premier League, ending Sky’s exclusivity over the sporting event and opening up a more even system of bidding over football rights.Commenting on the new decision, Richard Scudamore, chief executive of the Premier League said: “This has been a long a… Continue reading Euro Regulator Ends Sky Premier League Exclusivity Rights