The chair of the Radio Authority, Richard Hooper, today unveiled the organisations vision for the future of radio. He revealed the areas for change proposed to the government at the Radio Festival, saying, “The radio regulator for the 21st century has one overriding objective in the management of the scarce spectrum allocated to it by… Continue reading Radio Authority Calls For End Of Points System And BBC Self-Regulation
The daily battle to get to work faced by London commuters may be eased slightly in future, thanks to a new addition to the The Jam Cam system is thought to be one of the biggest projects of its kind in Europe and is provided through a partnership with the Metropolitan Police and their contractor,… Continue reading London Live ‘Jam Cams’ Set To Ease The Capital’s Congestion
The BBC this week unveiled its new sports website (news.bbc.co.uk/sport) bringing up-to-date news and features from all its sports coverage into a interactive portal. Its launch coincided with a new report which finds sports websites are top scorers amongst online revenue earners, and predicts a massive growth during the next few years.Ad revenue is expected… Continue reading Web Report: Online Sports
A few years ago, the poaching of a computer magazine’s deputy editor by a rival publishing company was unlikely to make the front pages of the media trade press. When Dylan Armbrust, who held just that position at VNU’s fortnightly Computeractive left to join Future Publishing last month, Media Week were interested enough to give… Continue reading Feature: Home Computing Magazine Market Goes From Strength To Strength
The Independent has unveiled a cut-price marketing scheme through its website. For an indefinite period readers can buy the Independent and the Independent On Sunday for a minimum of £1.50 a week if they take out an advance subscription through the newspaper’s website.The scheme applies to 12, 24 or 48 week subscriptions of all seven… Continue reading Independent Lures Readers Through Website
The ITC has upheld complaints made against GMTV for insensitive scheduling. Eight viewers complained to the regulatory body after an advertisement for the Turkish Tourist Office was broadcast during reports on a football match between Galatasary and Leeds in the week of the fatal stabbing incident involving British fans in Turkey.The breakfast television company apologised… Continue reading GMTV Apologises For Insensitive Scheduling
ITV’s ongoing tussle with the ITC over news programming (see ITV’s Battle With The ITC Could End In Court) has attracted a lot of the wrong sort of attention to its programming. The channel is rumoured to be considering High Court action over the Commission’s insistence that it moves its nightly news to an earlier… Continue reading ITV Launches Autumn Schedule As ITC Issues Stay Unresolved
A system which allows viewers to click straight from programming or advertisements to the internet, while a TV picture remains in the corner of the screen, is under development by ONdigital. The company has recruited e-business consultants Rubus to help design the infrastructure of the portal, while BBC Resources will help design the look and… Continue reading ONdigital Teams With BBC For Internet On TV
Johnston Press announced that it would compete for the acquisition of Regional Independent Media on Friday, putting in an application to the trade and industry secretary (see Johnston Press Joins Race For RIM). The same move was made the previous day by Newsquest owners Gannett (see Gannett Seeks Consent To Bid For Regional Independent Media).… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Tuesday IFG Group, publisher of Hotdog, holds its AGM.Wednesday Granada Group holds an extraordinary general meeting.Friday Cable & Wireless holds its AGM.
