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Channel 4 has announced the launch of its new music strand, E4 Music Zone, acting as a test bed for the latest interactive techniques and signalling the broadcasters increased commitment to music across all of its platforms. The zone will be broadcast from 6am to 2pm daily, resulting in E4 being available to viewers 24… Continue reading Channel 4 Tests Interactivity Through Music Offering

The National Readership Survey (NRS) has announced plans to “investigate options for change” within the surveys’s methodology, as well as extending the scope of information that it delivers to the UK media industry.The research represents the first step in a long term programme investigating three important areas of NRS activity. The possibility of aligning NRS… Continue reading NRS To Investigate Options For Change

Media super-regulator, Ofcom, has awarded the FM commercial radio licence for Banbury to CN Radio, selecting the company’s bid from three applications received by the closing date in February.Ofcom’s licensing committee selected CN for approval following its application for “a locally focused, adult contemporary radio station with news information and features of particular interest to… Continue reading CN Radio Scoops Banbury FM Licence

Less than a third of UK consumers have heard of the term “digital switchover” with a significant proportion not knowing where to turn to for advice, according to media watchdog Ofcom’s new Consumer Panel Study.The research showed that out of more than 2,500 consumers surveyed, just 10% said they were aware of the digital switchover,… Continue reading UK Public Unaware Of Impending Digital Switchover

Viacom’s digital poster sites will go live for the first time this week, with Tottenham Court Road tube station the first underground site to feature the digital billboards.The 66 digital sites, either side of the escalators at the station, will enable advertisers to create animated posters that move or feature changing text and images. All… Continue reading Viacom Breaks New Ground With Digital Tube Posters

Paris based advertising group, Havas, has continued its turnaround which began in the first quarter of 2004, both in terms of organic growth and Net New Business, revealing a growth of 1.4% in the first quarter of 2005, double what it achieved in the same period of 2004.Havas attributed this strong increase to the performance… Continue reading Havas Continues Strong Performance

Virgin Radio confirmed to NewsLine today that sales director Lee Roberts has left the station by mutual agreement.This comes weeks after the appointment of a new chief executive Fru Hazlitt, who joined from Yahoo, where she had been managing director, having previously been head of sales at Capital Radio (see SMG Strengthens Hold Over Virgin… Continue reading Sales Director Roberts Leaves Virgin

Paris based advertising group, Havas, has continued its turnaround which began in the first quarter of 2004, both in terms of organic growth and Net New Business, revealing a growth of 1.4% in the first quarter of 2005, double what it achieved in the same period of 2004. Havas attributed this strong increase to the… Continue reading Havas Continues Strong Performance

This year’s Sony Radio Academy Awards, held last night, saw the BBC sweep the board winning 21 of the 32 awards on offer, with BBC Radio 2 winning the station of the year prize. Meanwhile, Xfm’s breakfast DJ, Christian O’Connell, won a hat-trick of prizes showing the success of his irreverent morning show.See below for… Continue reading Sony Radio Awards Sees BBC Sweep Board

The battle for supremacy amongst London’s radio stations is closer than ever, with high-profile TV personalities being brought in by broadcasters to bolster competing schedules. Paul Chantler, programming consultant and former group programme director of The Wireless Group, Essex Radio Group and Chiltern Radio Network explains how, despite their household names, the current slew of… Continue reading Getting A Bigger Bite Of Breakfast