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Ofcom is to allow advertisers to sponsor entire TV channels and radio stations for the first time, instead of just individual programmes.Following a wide-ranging consultation conducted in February, the communications regulator now intends to amend the broadcasting code to expand sponsorship opportunities, enabling the sponsorship of any channel, as long as that channel only shows… Continue reading Ofcom To Allow Sponsorship Of Entire Channels

What’s On TV, IPC Media’s television listings magazine, will launch a website for the title in the New Year, whatsontv.co.uk.The site will offer users a multi-channel TV listings guide, TV news and gossip, coverage of all the major soaps, previews of the day’s top programmes and an in-depth TV film guide.Philippa Brown, managing director of… Continue reading What’s On TV To Launch New Website

Outdoor advertising company JCDecaux has taken the £5 million advertising contract for panels on 50,000 BT phone boxes across the UK from rival Clear Channel.“This is a great opportunity to market a product that has universal penetration and is an integral part of the cityscape,” said Jeremy Male, UK chief executive at JCDecaux. “It is… Continue reading JCDecaux Takes £5 Million Contract From Clear Channel

Spooks came out on top in last night’s ratings battle, with the programme drawing in an average of just under five million adult viewers to BBC One between 9pm and 10pm.ITV1’s new series Vincent, starring Ray Winstone, managed over 4.7 million, taking a 22.5% audience share between 9pm and 10.30pm, the same viewing share as… Continue reading Spooks Battles Vincent

David Evans, director of Continental Research, discusses how the impending digital switchover will effect UK households, and the potential problems that lie ahead for the terrestrial television channels…Forget White City, Gray’s Inn Road, Horseferry Road, Long Acre or Osterley, the most exciting place in British broadcasting is the media hotbed of Cumbria and the Scottish… Continue reading Switching Off

A new online system is set to go beyond time-shift and on-demand television facilities, with the launch of TIOTI, described by one of its founding partners as a giant personalised digital video recorder online.The system is “like TiVo for the internet,” according to Paul Cleghorn, who developed the service as a reaction to waiting for… Continue reading Next Generation Of Online TV To Launch

ITV is supposedly lining up a ‘dream team’ of Stephen Carter, former head of Ofcom, as chief executive, and Channel 4’s Kevin Lygo as director of programmes.According to reports in the trade press, the duo are the frontrunners to take over the posts, with shareholders wanting to bring in a new programming chief at the… Continue reading ITV Could Get Carter

The founder of Wallpaper, Tyler Brule, is to launch a new high-end business and cultural magazine called Monocle.The new magazine will, according to reports in the trade press, be based in London and be sold worldwide, with offices in Tokyo, New York and Zurich.Monocle will provide business reportage, and coverage of the latest cultural happenings… Continue reading Wallpaper Founder To Launch New Magazine

Future publishing has signed a deal with Sony, reviving the Official PlayStation Magazine title for a new magazine to launch next month.The magazine will continue to lead with editorial about the forthcoming PlayStation 3 console, which is launched in the UK next March, alongside coverage of portable console the PSP and the established PS2.Future will… Continue reading Future To Revive Official PlayStation Magazine

London International Television Ltd is set to launch a new broadcast and IPTV channel on the Sky Digital platform next month, designed to appeal to entrepreneurial and business-minded viewers.The Business Channel will broadcast for 18 hours a day and will aim to feature a wider spectrum than established financial news channels. The station will house… Continue reading New Channel To Launch On Sky Digital Platform