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Revenues from online music services are set to multiply in the next few years, according to a new study from Screen Digest. With retail sales in Europe stabilizing, record companies are stepping up efforts to distribute their products by alternative means. The report predicts that online music sales will represent 17% of total music industry… Continue reading Music Sites To Find Right Rhythm, Says Screen Digest

Peugeot has awarded its outdoor planning and buying account to Outdoor Connection. Peugeot’s spend on outdoor advertising last year was around £2m, according to MMS.Andrew Allerton, joint managing director of Outdoor Connection, commented: “Peugeot has a reputation for being a consistent and innovative user of the outdoor medium – our aim is to ensure that… Continue reading Outdoor Connection Wins Peugeot Account

Public access wireless local area networks (PWLANs) will not have a dramatic impact on the European telecommunications market, according to a new study by The Yankee Group. The report, Public Access WLAN in Europe: A Technology in Search of a Business Case?, acknowledges the progress made in developing WLANs but questions whether the infrastructure is… Continue reading Potential of WLANs Has Been Exaggerated, Says Yankee Group

Shadow Culture Secretary, Tim Yeo, has welcomed the ITC’s decision to award the digital terrestrial TV (DTT) licences made available following the collapse of ITV Digital to the BBC and BSkyB (see However, he warned that awarding the licences to a consortium comprising of the two “most powerful” groups in television means that the Government… Continue reading Shadow Culture Secretary Welcomes DTT Licence Decision

Natmags has appointed freelance journalist Laurel Ives as assistant editor for Cosmopolitan. The appointment comes as the magazine fights to retain its place at the top of the women’s glossy market in the face of fierce competition from Condé Nast’s Glamour (see graph below).Ives’ experience has mainly been writing features for national newspapers, although her… Continue reading Freelancer To Be Cosmo Assistant Editor

The beleaguered cable firm, Telewest, has announced that it is to start talks with bondholders and Liberty Media about restructuring its balance sheet. In a letter sent to shareholders today, the board confirmed that Liberty, which has a 25% share in the company, had made an offer to buy 20% of Telewest’s outstanding bonds. Chairman… Continue reading Telewest Agrees To Discuss Refinancing

The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has awarded the BBC and BSkyB the UK digital terrestrial television licences made available following the collapse of ITV Digital.When applications were invited for the multiplex licences in May, the ITC recieved six submissions (see Four Bidders Emerge For Digital Terrestrial Licences), including one made jointly by ITV and Channel… Continue reading Free To Air Application Wins DTT Battle

The beleaguered cable firm, Telewest, has announced that it is to start talks with bondholders and Liberty Media about restructuring its balance sheet.In a letter sent to shareholders today, the board confirmed that Liberty, which has a 25% share in the company, had made an offer to buy 20% of Telewest’s outstanding bonds.Chairman Cob Stenham… Continue reading Telewest Agrees To Discuss Refinancing

The Independent Television Commission has awarded the BBC and BSkyB the UK digital terrestrial television licences made available following the collapse of ITV Digital. More to follow on NewsLine…

Granada Enterprises has secured Vanish Powershot as the £450,000 sponsor of the new ITV1 series Home On Their Own, presented by Ulrika Jonsson.Sponsorship of the show, which gives children the chance to redesign their family home whilst their parents are on holiday, marks Reckitt Benckiser’s first foray into broadcast sponsorship. Brokered by OMD Affinity, the… Continue reading Sponsorship Deal Makes New ITV1 Show Vanish