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Tomorrow, the media and telecoms regulator, Ofcom is set to publish a draft of its new, single programme code for all British broadcasters. It is hoped that the new report will put an end to conflicting rights on issues such as privacy, fair treatment and freedom of expression, with competing regulators covering the same pitch.… Continue reading Ofcom Broadcaster Code Set To End Two-Tier Regulation

The BBC’s board of governors have ordered a wide-ranging investigation into BBC One’s peak time schedules amid growing public concern about programme quality and criticism over its increasingly populist approach to scheduling. The BBC’s annual report has today revealed that the Corporation is planning to commission an independent study to see whether its flagship entertainment… Continue reading Governors Order Investigation Into BBC One Programming

Future Network was the best performer in last week’s media market with shares rising by 19.03% to close at 72˝p after announcing that revenue for the first five months of 2004 is up by 8%, fuelled by growth in Europe and the United States (see UK Lags Behind Europe And US Growth For Future).Kelvin MacKenzie’s… Continue reading Sharewatch: Future Network Boosted By Positive Trading Update

BT Group is preparing to take on satellite broadcasting giant BSkyB with plans to launch a pay-per-view television service over its broadband network.The project, which is being led by Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail, is part a wider-initiative to drive the uptake of broadband internet. It would mark the telecom’s company’s first major… Continue reading BT Plans To Take On BSkyB With Broadband TV Service

Viacom Outdoor has secured an innovative sponsorship deal with Highland Spring and VisitScotland that will see a water sampling initiative launched to prevent passengers overheating on the London Underground.The campaign, dubbed Scotland Underground, will see 300,000 bottles of specially branded Highland Spring mineral water handed out to thirsty tube travellers at Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus,… Continue reading Viacom Brings Highland Spring To London Underground

A new report from Amercian-based research firm IMS Research has predicted an influx of Freeview-ready DVD recorders to the UK, potentially boosting the digital terrestrial television service with an extra 1.8 million viewers by 2009.According to the research, around 3.6 million recorders will hit British shores before the end of the decade, with about half… Continue reading DVD Recorders Expected To Boost Freeview Numbers

IPC Media has announced plans to celebrate the five hundredth issue of its weekly teen Mizz with the publication of a bumper, party-themed edition.The special edition, which goes on sale later this week with the usual £1.60 cover price, includes an interview with Jamelia, a pop souvenir poster of Peter Andre and a 16-page Spooky… Continue reading Mizz Celebrates Nearly Twenty Years With Bumper Edition

Sales of traditional men’s lifestyle magazines are believed to be falling rapidly following the multi-million pound launch of weekly competitors, Nuts and Zoo, earlier this year.Senior magazine sources quoted by the Observer claim that the launch of Emap’s Zoo and IPC Media’s Nuts have dented the circulations of their more established monthly counterparts, FHM and… Continue reading Nuts And Zoo Hit Sales Of Monthly Lads’ Mags

The recent Euro 2004 football tournament was not only a major success for the majority of broadcasters and sponsors, but also attracted record online audiences, according to the latest research from Nielesen//NetRatings.The study shows that the the BBC’s Euro 2004 website was far and away the most popular in the UK during the tournament, with… Continue reading Euro 2004 Tournament Attracts Record Online Audiences

More than a third of mature web users currently access the internet via a high-speed broadband connection, according to new research released today.A study of 1,000 UK internet users carried out by web portal 50 Connect claims that the number of so-called silver surfers with a high-speed internet connection has more than doubled since May… Continue reading More Than A Third Of Silver Surfers Now Have Broadband