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UKTV is continuing the rebrand of its channel portfolio, with UKTV Style relaunching as Home and UKTV Gardens becoming Really.Home will target 35-54 year olds, with shows such as DIY SOS and Escape to the Country, while Really will be skewed towards 18-35 year-old females and offer shows including Mary Queen of Shops and The… Continue reading UKTV to launch Home and Really channels in Q2

Last week, reports suggested that NBC Universal and News Corp’s US Online TV platform Hulu was about to launch in the UK – an established model that works and could hit the ground running would surely benefit the UK market, wouldn’t it?The two US-based broadcasting giants are keen to monetise the UK’s VoD space, and… Continue reading Should Hulu launch in the UK?

Global fixed broadband subscriptions stood at 422 million at the end of 2008, adding nearly 68 million subscriptions in the year and 16 million in the final quarter, according to new figures from Informa Telecoms & Media. Western Europe has seen broadband growth stagnate, said the research firm, as all but five of its 30… Continue reading Global fixed broadband subscriptions hit 422m in 2008

Aegis’ market research business Synovate enjoyed a 20.9% increase in operating profits to £42.2 million in 2008. Synovate put the growth down to a mix of organic growth, acquisition effects and benefits from its SmartWork efficiency programme. Overall revenues were up 19.7% to £518.2 million, with EMEA revenues up 20.3% to £248.4 million. Americas revenues… Continue reading Operating profits up 21% at Synovate

Special interest media group Future has announced that its pre-tax profit will be down by about £1 million following disruption to distribution of its newsstand magazines in the US. It said: “In February and March, Future’s US business experienced an unexpected disruption to distribution of up to 40% of its newsstand magazines, following a dispute… Continue reading Future Publishing expects fall in pre-tax profits

Daily Mail & General Trust has reported that advertising revenues fell 24% at its national newspaper division, and 37% at its regional business Northcliffe Media in the first quarter. The company said that it expects a net total of about 1,000 job cuts at Northcliffe this year, double the level it announced in November. Classified… Continue reading DMGT reports fall in ad revenues

A new survey shows that younger audiences are more interested in special offers, entertainment and exclusive information within online advertising. According to the results of a survey carried out by Lightspeed Research and the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), for 45-54 year olds, ads need to be more relevant and useful to make an impact, while… Continue reading Online ad preferences vary by age

Dancing on Ice – The Final pulled in more than 11.5 million peak viewers last night, securing ITV1 with the highest ratings all weekend.Over 10.8 million average viewers tuned in to see the last three celebrities – Ray, Jessica and Donal – battle it out for this year’s trophy – securing ITV1 with an impressive… Continue reading The final Dancing on Ice pulls in over 11.5 million viewers

The BBC could launch an online radio player open to all broadcast radio providers within the year.According to reports, under the preliminary proposals – which would have to be approved by the BBC Trust – commercial stations such as Capital Radio or Heart FM would available on one hub, similar to the BBC’s iPlayer.Tim Davie,… Continue reading BBC could launch online player for UK radio stations

Global Radio is set to complete the second phase of its national Heart roll-out venture today by launching 12 new stations across the south-west region.The new additions, which will be on-air in Bristol, Bath, Wiltshire, Oxford, Reading, Plymouth, North Devon, South Hams, Exeter, Somerset, Torbay and Gloucester today, will join the nine Heart stations that… Continue reading Heart launches 12 new stations