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Ofcom has announced the first stage of its proposals for the UK radio industry, intended to support greater choice for listeners and less intrusive regulation of the commercial radio sector.The watchdog’s review of the nation’s commercial radio broadcast industry has been undertaken as result of the Broadcasting Act, requiring Ofcom to report to the Secretary… Continue reading Ofcom Launches First Stage Of Radio Review

US mobile phone operators Sprint and Nextel have announced their multi million dollar merger after recent industry speculation. The move creates third super operator in the US, with around 39 million subscribers, just behind current market leaders Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless who have around 42 million subscribers. T-Mobile have been pushed into fourth place,… Continue reading Sprint And Nextel Complete Multi Million Dollar Merger

United Business Media (UBM) delivered a positive trading statement yesterday for the second half of 2004, showing particularly strong performance in new product investments. Revenue from publications and events businesses in Asia and the UK is ahead of the same period last year. UK classified revenues are in line with last year, with increased levels… Continue reading United Business Media Delivers Positive Trading Statement

Newspaper giant Trinity Mirror continued its upward trend yesterday, seeing a 4.8% rise in share price, to close at 666˝p on Wednesday. Despite a positive trading statement last week Trinity share prices have been in decline recently, however, private equity group CVC Capital Partners is said to be analysing the company to see how much… Continue reading Sharewatch: Trinity Mirror Continues Upward Trend

IPC Media had cause for celebration with the release of the latest National Readership Survey results, as its weekly men’s offering Nuts came out ahead of rival Emap’s Zoo Weekly.Nuts has clocked up an adult readership of 1,174,000 in the six months to September, compared with a total of 910,000 for Zoo. The statistic builds… Continue reading Nuts Ahead Of Zoo In Readership Survey

The legal battle between Kelvin MacKenzie’s Wireless Group and RAJAR ended in victory for the radio ratings body this morning, with Mr Justice Lloyd striking out TWG’s claims of an abuse of market power under competition laws.The move brings to an end months of bitter claims and counter-claims between the two organisations, with the court… Continue reading RAJAR Exonerated As Wireless Court Case Struck Out

Walt Disney’s recently launched ABC1 entertainment channel has announced that it will soon begin to carry advertising, adopting an American format with no breaks between programmes, instead favouring breaks in the middle of its shows to achieve increased standout for advertisers.Advertising sales on the channel will be handled by DMS (Digital Media Sales). John De… Continue reading ABC1 Appoints DMS To Handle Unique Ad Structure

Reduced connection and rental charges for Local loop unbundling services announced by Ofcom today should result in a more competitive and innovative telecoms market, with customers offered cheaper broadband packages and increased multi-media content.The final connection and rental charges for local loop unbundling (LLU) services were announced by the media regulator following consultations in May… Continue reading Lower Charges To Boost Internet Customer Choice

Media super-regulator Ofcom has found an increasing trend by consumers to upgrade second household TV sets to receive digital broadcasts, creating a much larger market than initially anticipated for Freeview receivers.The watchdog’s Digital Television Update for the third quarter of 2004 states that the total number of Freeview households by the end of September is… Continue reading Second Set Upgraders Fuel Digital TV Penetration

Kelvin MacKenzie’s Wireless Group has been awarded the last remaining FM radio licence in Edinburgh, enabling the broadcaster to provide the region with a 24-hour speech radio station dubbed Dunedin FM.The licence’s award followed several weeks’ consideration by Ofcom and will see the region offered the new station with a focus on local news, national… Continue reading Wireless Group Scoops Edinburgh Radio Licence