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Press Gazette, the monthly trade magazine for journalists, is set to cease printing after more than 40 years.The magazine’s parent company, the Wilmington Group, said the final issue of the title would be its May edition, which goes on sale this month.A company spokesperson said: “”Unfortunately Press Gazette, along with much of the profession, has… Continue reading Press Gazette to close after 40 years

Global Radio has today confirmed the sale of its majority stake in the national digital radio platform Digital One to fellow shareholder Arqiva.Transmission company Arqiva, previously a 37% shareholder, is understood to have paid a nominal sum for Global Radio’s 63% stake.However, in return Global expects cheaper transmission costs for its digital stations from Arqiva.Digital… Continue reading Global sells Digital One to Arqiva

Sky has upgraded the electronic programme guide (EPG) for Sky+HD, featuring a small video screen in the top right corner, new fonts, and new colours.The new EPG, originally due to launch last September, is being rolled out progressively across Sky HD boxes. The previous guide has been in use since the launch of Sky digital… Continue reading A kid’s view of the new Sky+HD TV guide

Almost half of all households with televisions in the UK are choosing to pay for additional TV channels, according to a new report from Ofcom.The media regulator’s Digital Progress Report for Q4 2008 showed that 49.5% of UK television households pay for some form of digital TV for their main TV set, which is the… Continue reading Ofcom: 13 million homes pay for extra TV channels

Young people are clocking up around 23 hours a day texting, emailing and using social networks, according to a new study by OTX Research.The study found that young people aged between 12-24 engaged in up to five activities simultaneously, including text messaging, instant messaging, emailing, using Skype and social networking.Young people’s favourite activities are predominantly… Continue reading Under-24’s are in touch 23 hours a day

Mobile phone operator Orange is in talks about buying the technology behind Project Kangaroo, the failed VoD venture between ITV, BBC Worldwide and Channel 4.Project Kangaroo’s partners are understood to have invested around £20 million to develop the technology behind the proposed broadband TV service, which is now likely to be acquired for just a… Continue reading Orange to buy Project Kangaroo broadband TV technology

ITV1’s Sunday evening run of Lewis and Piers Morgan’s Life Stories proved to be a winner once again, securing the highest ratings from 8pm onwards.The third episode in the four-part Lewis series, with Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox, pulled in almost 6.5 million peak viewers and a 25% average audience share between 8pm and 10pm… Continue reading ITV1’s Sunday evening line-up triumphs again

Rupert Murdoch predicts that newspaper publishers will have to charge for online content due to the lack of revenue generated by the current free model and the advertising downturn.Murdoch said: “Nobody is making money with free content on the web, except search. People are used to reading everything on the net for free and that’s… Continue reading Murdoch: Newspapers will need to charge for content online

The IPA’s latest Bellwether survey published today has found that the rate of decline of marketing spend slowed in Q1 2009, suggesting budget cuts may have reached their peak in Q4 2008.Businesses confidence has also picked up from the all-time low of Q4, with the percentage of companies believing their prospects have improved rising from… Continue reading Q1 2009 Bellwether Report: Turning point for marketing budgets

Nielsen’s Louise Ainsworth on why the industry needs to rethink its approach to measuring online…