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BT has expanded on its plans to launch a pay TV service, delivered via broadband, announcing the specifications of its forthcoming set-top-box equipment with integrated PVR functionality.The telecoms giant has selected electronics firm Philips to manufacture the new equipment, which will be high definition-ready, and feature a PVR capable of storing up to 80 hours… Continue reading BT Fleshes Out Plans For IPTV Service

The unstoppable march of digital radio led to some healthy increases in weekly reach for the nation’s national digital stations, with the BBC’s wide ranging portfolio reaping particular benefits.The Corporation’s comedy and drama station, BBC 7, notched up particularly impressive listening with an increase of 56.19% year on year, pushing its audience to 631,000.BBC music… Continue reading Digital Proves Popular As Listening Increases

Last night’s National Television Awards 2005, which saw Eastenders pull off a shock win for most popular soap, helped ITV to win the battle for peak time viewers. The award ceremony peaked at 6.93 million adults during the 9-9.15pm timeslot, with an average audience of 6.53 million adults.For the duration of the two and a… Continue reading TV Awards Proves A Winner For ITV

The BBC retained its position over commercial radio in Q3 2005, with the latest set of RAJAR figures showing the Corporation holding on to its position as market leader across national stations.However, local commercial stations outperformed the BBC in terms of share of listening and average hours per listener.Share of ListeningThe UK’s national commercial radio… Continue reading BBC Retains Position As Britons’ Favoured Listen

Heart 106.2 took the lead in the London market during Q3 2005, increasing both its weekly reach and share of listening to secure the top spot, according to the latest RAJAR data covering Q3 2005.The station’s astonishing increase of 14.91% period on period gives Heart a total weekly reach of 1.91 million, while its share… Continue reading Heart Takes The Lead In London

BBC Radio 2 retained its market leadership in the national breakfast market during Q3, despite a substantial dip in weekly reach of 4.9% period on period.The station’s breakfast show, which is hosted by veteran presenter Terry Wogan between 7:30-9:30, now commands an early morning audience of 7.7 million.BBC Radio 1’s Chris Moyles is hot on… Continue reading Radio Market Sees Musical Chairs At Breakfast

The uptake of digital radio in the UK is increasing at a healthy pace, with the latest set of RAJAR figures for the third quarter of 2005 showing the medium enjoying a surge in popularity, with DAB radio ownership amongst adults rising to 10.5% in Q3, up 6 percentage points year on year.The latest RAJAR… Continue reading Digital Radio Increases UK Penetration

Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has told MPs that there will be no review of television cricket coverage until 2008-9, heading off a backbench uprising against Sky’s exclusive coverage of test matches played in England in 2006-2009.The deal, which gives Sky a monopoly over matches played within Britain, as well as one day internationals and test… Continue reading Jowell Pledges Cricket Coverage Review – In 2009

Tomorrow will see the release of the latest wave of RAJAR data, providing radio listening data for Q3 2005, with broadcasters and advertisers alike eagerly awaiting the new statistics.The figures promise an update on the closely fought London market, with the battle between GCap’s Capital 95.8, Chrysalis’ Heart 106.2 and Emap’s Magic 105.4 guaranteed to… Continue reading Industry Readies Itself For RAJAR

Text messages sent across the UK during September continued to break records, with new figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA) revealing an average of 89 million texts were sent per day.Person-to-person texts sent across the month increased by 25% compared to this time last year, resulting in the MDA revising its annual forecast to… Continue reading Texts Sent In September Continue To Break Records