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Virgin Media has launched a new on-demand Sci-fi & Fantasy area on its cable TV platform.The new section features up to 150 hours of programming from Warner TV, FX UK, ContentFilm and Virgin Media TV.Virgin Media Television customers on the XL package, or those subscribing to TV Choice, will have unlimited access to classic shows… Continue reading Virgin launches Sci-fi on-demand

Five chief executive Dawn Airey backs the potential merger of Channel 4 and Five, despite Channel 4’s continued reluctance.While the future of Channel 4 continues to stimulate debate among the industry, Five’s chief Dawn Airey has confirmed her positive view on the potential merger of the two broadcasters.Speaking to a Lords Committee yesterday, Airey said… Continue reading Airey backs Five/C4 merger

This week’s edition of “The Inside Line” looks at the UK Quality newspaper market. Each week we will take a key media topic and ask the industry for their opinion.This week’s question:In light of the news that the Independent could be up for sale, do you think that there are too many Quality newspapers in… Continue reading The Inside Line: The UK Quality newspaper market

It has been a busy few weeks in the world of Television, with the release of Ofcom’s long-awaited PSB blueprint and Lord Carter’s much-anticipated Digital Britain report, but what will the future really hold for commercial television?New figures from Sky and Freeview+ show that both platforms have managed to defy the downturn, reporting significant sales… Continue reading Was this the defining fortnight for television?

WPP and Omniture have announced a strategic partnership to provide clients with more-effective insights across digital and traditional media channels.The two companies will collaborate on technology development, on sharing data and information, and in consulting services. The collaboration will focus on providing chief marketing officers and other marketing executives at clients, with greater consumer insights,… Continue reading WPP and Omniture launch partnership to improve marketing ROI

ITV’s chairman Michael Grade has confirmed the broadcaster’s desire to remain a public service broadcaster, but with a number of key conditions to allow the organisation to remain competitive.Speaking before the Lord’s PSB Committee hearing yesterday, Grade outlined ITV’s views towards last week’s public service broadcasting review conducted by Ofcom (see Ofcom rejects top-slicing the… Continue reading Grade tells Lords his requirements for ITV’s future

JCDecaux saw UK revenues fall 4.7% during 2008, although the company said that it “outperformed” its domestic advertising market. Excluding acquisitions and the impact of foreign exchange rates, the UK street furniture business enjoyed a “high single-digit” decrease in organic revenue in Q4. UK billboard business revenues were flat in the last quarter of 2008.… Continue reading JCDecaux revenues fall 4.7% in 2008

Although mobile operators have seen average revenue per user decrease, they have sought to boost revenue via new value-added services; however, the most profitable data service is still text messaging, reports In-Stat. Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Message Service (MMS) technologies provide potentially endless revenue streams for forward thinking Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), the… Continue reading Text messaging remains most profitable mobile data service

Internet giant Yahoo! has reported a $303 million (£212 million) net loss in the fourth quarter, although its revenue was up for the period. The company’s net income for the whole of 2008 was down 36% on 2007 to $424 million. Yahoo! said that the loss was due to restructuring charges related to layoffs and… Continue reading Yahoo! reports $303m net loss in Q4

The increasing availability of broadband-enabled mobile networks will underpin continued strong growth in mobile phone usage in Brazil, Russia, India and China, according to a report published by Juniper Research. Mobile phone usage in the BRIC markets will grow from 1.21 billion in 2008 to 1.64 billion by 2013, said Juniper. The report also found… Continue reading Strong mobile usage growth forecast in BRIC markets