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The return of Grand Designs to Channel 4 last night saw the broadcaster beat the four other terrestrial broadcasters on a rare and wonderful night.The series, fronted by the dashing Kevin McCloud, began with a 90-minute special following a couple as they battled to save a romantic 14th-century castle from ruin.The first show in the… Continue reading Grand Return For Grand Designs

The latest ABC figures, for July – December 2006, show that the regional press has suffered quite badly, with the majority of titles recording declining circulation figures.The West Midlands Express And Star recorded the largest circulation figure, whilst the Liverpool Echo had the second highest.Of the top ten free regional newspaper groups, only one group… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: Jul-Dec 2006

Shortly after midnight last night, around three million Virgin Media cable homes tuned in to Sky’s basic channels saw their transmission cease, after talks between the two companies broke down.Sky had increased the fees for channels such as Sky One and Sky News, and Virgin said it refused to pay the amount, which, according to… Continue reading Sky Anytime? Not For Virgin Media Cable Homes

Capital 95.8 has announced that Bam Bam will be joining the station to present a new weeknight show.Bam Bam’s show will broadcast Monday to Friday from 7pm-10pm. Launching on Monday 12 March.Capital 95.8’s programming director Scott Muller said: “Bam Bam is an absolutely exceptional and unique personality, and I’m incredibly excited he’s joining the Capital… Continue reading Bam Bam Joins Capital 95.8

ITV has been put in the spotlight following Channel 4’s Richard and Judy ‘You Say We Pay’ controversy, after Britain’s biggest broadcaster admitted to overcharging red button users by a combined total of £200,000 on eviction votes for The X Factor.ITV said it had discovered that viewers using the red button on Sky Digital remotes… Continue reading ITV Joins Vote Scandal List For X Factor Overcharging

The UK’s commercial radio representative body, the RadioCentre, has announced the appointment of Simon Redican as managing director of the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB).Redican joins the organisation from News International where he was media account director of the Times solutions team. His appointment is seen as the next step in the overall re-energising of the… Continue reading RAB Appoints New MD

BT has announced the appointment of Steve Norris as head of BT Vision Sport, with effect from April 1.Norris was previously vice-president of operations and production at TAJ Television, a Dubai based sports TV channels network. He will report to Marc Watson, BT Vision’s commercial directorHe was joint founder of TAJ Television in 2000, when… Continue reading BT Vision Appoints Head Of Sport

The ongoing merger talks between SMG and UTV have come to an end, with SMG abandoning the talks and appointing Rob Woodward as its new chief executive.SMG said that talks ended as a result of differing views over the level of SMG’s pension liabilities.SMG also appointed Richard Findlay, former boss of Scottish Radio Holdings, as… Continue reading UTV/SMG Merger Talks Abandoned

Former Virgin Radio presenter Martin Collins has been lined up as the next presenter of GMG Radio’s Smooth drive-time show.It is expected that Collins will begin broadcasting on Smooth on March 26, as part of a major revamp of the station’s daytime line-up.Last week GMG announced that Graham Dene had been recruited to front the… Continue reading Collins Goes From Virgin To Smooth

Today’s MediaTel Group Future of Magazines seminar saw Paul Keenan, chief executive of Emap Consumer Media, take his seat on the panel and discuss the changes ahead for the publisher.Keenan said that the forthcoming changes would see Emap stop doing a number of processes, which will lead to some jobs being taken out of the… Continue reading Emap Job Losses As Magazines Look To Unleash Talent