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Two new national commercial digital stations could launch if regulation in the sector is cut, according to a leaked report.The report, by Ingenious Consulting and commissioned by the RadioCentre, suggests that commercial radio could launch a 24-hour national news and speech station and a national music-based entertainment service on the DAB platform, said MediaGuardian.co.uk.However, for… Continue reading Two new commercial DAB stations could launch if regulation is cut

Online video gross media spend totaled $2.12 billion in 2008, up 36% v 2007, and is forecast to continue double-digit increases through 2010 at a moderating rate, according to a US analytics report from AccuStream iMedia Research. The research report, Online Video Media Spend: 2003 – 2010 calculates multiple ad sales components corresponding to annual… Continue reading Online video media spend to increase

UBS has revised down its ad spending forecast for the year, with the new estimate putting online revenues at 1.4% growth in 2009, down from 10.4%. UBS analyst Matthieu Coppet has also downgraded 2010’s figure, although only slightly, from 13.8% to 11.2%. Globally, UBS expects newspaper ad revenues to fall 11.7% this year, with a… Continue reading UBS downgrades global ad forecast

ITV is understood to have put its social networking website Friends Reunited up for sale in a move to be announced in its annual results next month. The decision to put sell the business is part of a wider cost cutting drive that will include a possible cut of 10% of the company’s workforce. ITV… Continue reading ITV to sell Friends Reunited

There will be more than 20 million men online in the UK in 2009 – 51% of the UK internet user population – according to a new estimate from eMarketer. More women in the UK continue to go online, said eMarketer, which expects slightly more than 19 million to do so in 2009. The proliferation… Continue reading Men to make up 51% of UK internet population in 2009

YouTube is trialing a service which allows users to download free and paid-for videos.The Google-owned site has partnered with US universities including Stanford, Duke and UC Berkeley, as well as non-profit educational organisation Khan Academy, how-to videos site Household Hacker and entertainment site Pogobat.Thai Tran, YouTube product manager, said that the company is “testing an… Continue reading YouTube trials video downloads

The mobile industry association GSMA plans to roll out an audience measurement system for mobile media by the end of the year.GSMA has approved the launch of a system, which is thought to be similar to ABCe but for mobile, following a year-long study with the UK’s five mobile networks – O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile… Continue reading Mobile industry set to launch audience measurement system

The Office of Fair Trading has launched its review in to local and regional media ownership, with a focus on whether existing rules should be relaxed to help the struggling newspaper industry.Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, which was published last month (see Broadband for all by 2012), promised a review of local ownership rules and… Continue reading OFT launches local media ownership review

ITV1 stole the show this weekend by holding on the peak audience every evening during the all-important peak time slots with Trial & Retribution, Dancing on Ice and all-new Ant & Dec.Coronation Street and the last in the series of Trial & Retribution pulled in 8.8 million and 5.3 million peak viewers respectively on Friday… Continue reading ITV steals the show

Customer magazines have shown growth of 16% in the past six months according to the latest ABC figures.The top eight magazines by circulation are now customer titles, with 12 customer magazines in the top 20.Julia Hutchison, COO, Association of Publishing Agencies, said: “The average circulation for actively purchased magazines is down 6.8% but customer titles… Continue reading Customer magazines show 16% circulation growth in six months