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MEMS, the sales house for multicultural digital television, has announced the addition of four new channels to its portfolio, increasing its line up to total 15 Asian, Afro-Caribbean and Latin American broadcasters in the UK.The company will now handle national sales for the long-running Asian channel, Zee TV as well as the new ZEE SAW… Continue reading MEMS Adds Ethnic Channels To Portfolio

Future publishing has scooped the rights to create the official magazine to accompany the next generation of Microsoft Windows software.The deal will see Future hold the rights to Windows Vista The Official Magazine for five years, with worldwide licensing and distribution opportunities coming as part of the package.The magazine will accompany Microsoft’s newest version of… Continue reading Future Scoops Rights To Windows Title

French entrepreneur and chairman of Havas, Vincent Bollore, continued to increase his stake in media buying firm Aegis today, approaching the 20% mark with the purchase of 9.15 million shares.The purchase, made through Bollore’s Financiere Du Loch, gives the media boss a total share of 19.96% in the company, which owns and operates the Carat… Continue reading Bollore Boosts Share In Aegis To Almost 20%

Newspaper giant Trinity Mirror has warned employees that it may be forced to make redundancies across its national and regional portfolio. The company, Britain’s largest newspaper publisher, said that concerns over advertising revenues may lead to job losses, with an internal memo explaining: “All media owners are currently experiencing tough trading conditions due to the… Continue reading Trinity Mulling Job Cuts Across Portfolio

Radio broadcasters UBC Media and Chrysalis Radio this morning welcomed plans by media regulator Ofcom to expand the digital radio spectrum on local and national basis next year, announcing plans for the new bandwidth including video and data services.The new spectrum space, which Ofcom said is intended to achieve “additional coverage for DAB local services… Continue reading Broadcasters Welcome Expanded Digital Radio Spectrum

Groupe Bollore, owned by French entrepreneur and Havas chairman Vincent Bollore, has further increased its stake in Aegis Group to 19.15%, increasing from the 19.10% share reached yesterday. The company’s latest purchase of 629,939 shares at 126 pence per share is described as a financial investment by Bollore, as opposed to a strategic holding. However,… Continue reading Bollore Continues To Raise Share in Aegis

ITV’s football coverage failed to dominate last night’s television schedules, despite two high-profile international games featuring English clubs airing across ITV1 and 2.The games, Manchester United Vs Lille on ITV1 and ITV2’s Sparta Prague Vs Arsenal, drew average audiences of 4.4 million and 552,000 respectively, but were beaten by non-sporting offerings by both the BBC… Continue reading ITV Fails To Dominate With UEFA League

Satellite giant BSkyB is to cut the cost of response advertising on interactive television (iTV) in an effort to drive growth in the medium, and increase the cost effectiveness of iTV campaigns.Sky hopes to make iTV advertising more attractive in all categories, but is likely to see a particular surge in uptake amongst FMCG and… Continue reading Sky Slashes Interactive Response Rates

Newspaper giant Trinity Mirror has warned employees that it may be forced to make redundancies across its national and regional portfolio.The company, Britain’s largest newspaper publisher, said that concerns over advertising revenues may lead to job losses, with an internal memo explaining: “All media owners are currently experiencing tough trading conditions due to the slowdown… Continue reading Trinity Mulling Job Cuts Across Portfolio

ITV has announced a line up of sporting events, including the UEFA Champions League and world championship boxing, for its latest digital channel, ITV4, which launches on all digital platforms next month.Tuesday 1 November will see ITV4 go live to Freeview, cable and Sky homes with live coverage of Chelsea as they take on Real… Continue reading ITV Signs Sports For ITV4 Launch