The Competition Commission has today announced that it will force Global Radio to sell stations in seven areas of the UK as part of a fair acquisition of Real and Smooth.
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Ipsos’ latest ‘Influential Brands’ research has identified five key pillars that contribute to the overall influence of the UK’s strongest brands. Talking us through the key findings, Jon Weeks, survey director, investigates what makes some brands successful whilst others flounder…
The BBC’s red button service, which serves over 17 million people every week, should be better connected to ensure access to more online content a BBC Trust report, published today, finds.
Some of the biggest UK net firms including Virgin Media and BSkyB, have begun blocking access to film streaming sites that have been accused of breaching copyright laws.
Turning the attention away from any ongoing internal scandals, last night saw BBC One’s Panorama investigation into the Hillsborough disaster point its big stick of blame at misleading officials and the emergency services.
BT has launched into Millward Brown’s Brandz Top 100 ‘most valuable global brands’ for the first time – ranking at number seven in the UK ahead of Barclays and O2, while Vodafone nabs top spot once again.
TalkTalk’s commercial director describes the move as a “Freeview assault” as the company sets its sights on “value-seeking” customers.
The ‘Tech City Futures’ report highlights the impact a shortage of skilled workers and lack of funding is having on the tech sector’s growth as business leaders claim to have mixed feelings about the effectiveness of the UK Government’s support.
Last week RAJAR announced that 90% of the UK adult population – 47.3 million people – tuned in to their selected radio stations in the first quarter of 2013, up by approximately 608,000 on Q1 2012. Here Newsline presents industry reaction on the latest results, with opinion from Indicia, G2 Joshua, Gekko and Adconnection.
Placing the Sun online behind a paywall is an all-or-nothing bet by News International, so you can be certain the company will be throwing a considerable amount of promotional cash at the platform to lure in and maintain readers says Dominic Mills. However, it’s the newsbrand’s competitors who have the most to get excited about – and whoever the first port of call for Sun readers is, the one thing they won’t be doing is putting up a paywall…
