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The BBC overall increased its share of listening by a marginal 0.1% points compared to last quarter, despite a year on year dip of 0.7% points, according to today’s Q4 RAJAR figures.Weekly reach for the Corporation’s stations was up marginally, by almost 0.5% period on period, a dip of almost 0.5% year on year. However,… Continue reading Listeners Spending Less Time With BBC And Commercial Radio

Heart 106.2FM remained well and truly London’s favourite radio station, with Q4 2006 RAJAR figures revealing the station to have the highest weekly reach, share of listening and hours per listener amongst the commercial FM stations in the capital.Heart’s weekly reach leapt more than 8% from last quarter and more than 5% year on year.… Continue reading Heart 106.2 FM Retains Top Spot In London

There was, as we have come to expect, a fierce battle for the breakfast number one spot in London, with Heart 106.2 FM beating both Radio 1 and Capital Radio.The RAJAR figures for Q4 2006 show that Heart 106.2 FM enjoyed a period on period increase of 23.4% in the breakfast slot, giving it a… Continue reading Breakfast Battle Sees Heart 106.2 FM Come Out On Top

The latest RAJAR data for Q4 2006 shows that digital only stations continue to perform well, with year on year gains in the number of DAB households and people listening via DTV.The percentage of adults who live in DAB households also rose slightly period on period, to 16%, whilst listening via DTV remained stable quarter… Continue reading Strong Quarter For Digital Radio

The BBC Trust has given the go-ahead to the Corporation’s iPlayer on-demand TV service, albeit with some significant changes.One of the changes proposed as part of the Trust’s Public Value Test includes limiting the storage time-frame for seven-day catch-up of individual TV shows to 30 days, rather than the BBC management’s requested 13 weeks.The Trust… Continue reading BBC Trust Approves iPlayer Service

As the release of the July to December 2006 consumer magazine ABCs creeps ever nearer, IPC Media has spawned another women’s weekly title into an already crowded market. But will Look, a glossy femme “bible” saturated with celebs, tawdry high street fashions and body image hysteria, really be a viable commercial success, and will women… Continue reading NewsLine Feature: Look, Another Women’s Weekly

The start of WAGs’ Boutique lured just 334,000 adults on average to ITV2 last night, giving the channel a 2% viewing share of the multi-channel television network, despite a considerable marketing push.London freesheet thelondonpaper, which has a circulation of 410,000, was yesterday wrapped in a full colour advert for the programme, designed to look like… Continue reading WAGs Fail To Wow For ITV2

River FM, a radio station based in Livingstone, has become just the second ever station in UK history to return its licence to Ofcom, after it failed to find a buyer.The Scottish station stopped broadcasting yesterday evening having been on the air for three years.Its owner, the Kingdom Radio Group, put it up for sale… Continue reading Scottish Radio Station Hands Back Licence

Head of marketing at the Internet Advertising Bureau, Kieron Mathews, discusses why digital creative and media agencies need to find a way to work together to generate more effective campaigns…There’s a lot of talk of communications convergence these days – from hardware like telephones to music, TV and online, through to agencies championing convergence in… Continue reading Digital Creatives Need Creative Media

MediaTel Group is gearing up for the next installment in its ‘Future Of…’ series of seminars, with the latest focus on consumer magazines.Shortly after the July to December 2006 ABC data for consumer magazines is released, the UK’s leading online media intelligence company will turn its attention to this ever mutable sector, hosting a lively… Continue reading MediaTel Group Examines Future of Consumer Magazines