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Ofcom has reduced, Five’s, licence fee payments by a massive 30% to £9 million for 2005, signalling the Government watchdog’s awareness of the pressures on broadcasters due to the impending analogue switchover and multi-channel programming.The new terms mean the cost of Five’s analogue licence has been reduced by 64% over the last three years, down… Continue reading Five Sees Licence Fees Slashed By Ofcom

Telewest’s first foray into on-demand TV services has begun, with the company launching its Teleport product to over 26,000 customers in Cheltenham and Gloucester today, offering viewers the chance to create their own programme schedules, picking content to watch as and when it suits them.Today’s roll out marks the first phase of the company’s on-demand… Continue reading Telewest Completes First Phase Of On-Demand Roll Out

Online gaming firm, 24h Poker, will be sponsoring ITV2’s exclusive new peak series, The Rebel Billionaire, with the deal putting the online gaming site on one of the most watched channels in multi-media homes.24h Poker is a Swedish-owned company within the gaming industry, operating a gaming website, 24hpoker.tv 24hpoker.tv, and designing software for online gaming… Continue reading Poker Firm To Sponsor ITV2 Branson Series

The Latin American wireless market looks set to continue to grow, with wireless carriers expected to add between 55 and 90 million new subscribers between 2004 and 2009, according to analyst eMarketer. Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia are forecast to account for most of the growth, attracting approximately 55 million subscribers, and making them key… Continue reading Latin American Wireless Market Continues Strong Growth

Trinity Mirror has received a bid for its flagship tabloid, the Daily Mirror, from a consortium led by multi-millionaire conference organiser Marcus Evans, according to reports this morning. However, according to The Times, the bid has been rejected despite Evans offering between £700-800 million for Britain’s third-best selling daily. A spokesman for Trinity Mirror said… Continue reading Trinity Rejects £800 Million Take-Over Bid For Mirror

United Business Media (UBM) is to sell its automotive titles, Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange, claiming the publications would be more valuable to other organisations and a sale would be in the best interest of UBM shareholders. Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange generated £35.8 million in revenue for UBM in 2004, with online… Continue reading UBM To Sell Automotive Magazines

GCap Media has teamed up with software giants, Microsoft Windows, allowing users to download the song they’re currently listening to and search from 500,000 old and new tracks, which they can mix, organise and burn.The £750,000 deal starts this month, with Windows XP sponsoring all streaming media activity across the musicradio.com and classicfm.com websites, during… Continue reading GCap And Microsoft To Offer Legal Downloads

ITV’s annual fee payable to industry regulator, Ofcom, has been cut by £135 million to less than £80 million, as part of a review into licence fees by the watchdog, which takes into account the increasing growth of digital TV.The broadcaster paid £215 million for its 12 licences in 2004, astounding city analysts who predicted… Continue reading ITV Has Licence Fees Slashed

A record number of text messages were sent during May, with a massive 2.63 billion texts transmitted, according to the Mobile Data Association (MDA), representing an increase of 20% year on year. May also saw the highest average daily figure recorded to date, with 85 million messages being sent per day. Earlier this month saw… Continue reading Record Number Of Texts Sent In May

Consumers are increasingly using mobile phones as their primary means of communication, with new survey from Arbitron showing that 23.3% of respondents claimed to be mobile phone only users, while 23.1% said that, although they had access to a landline, they relied on their mobile. A study released earlier this year from global market research… Continue reading Rise Of Youth Mobile Market