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Video Networks’ on-demand TV provider, HomeChoice, has announced a large-scale extension of its replay service, allowing customers to access popular programming from the BBC, Channel 4 and Chelsea TV, for up to seven days after it has been broadcast.A total of four new BBC channels will now be added to the line-up, and the number… Continue reading HomeChoice Boosts Replay To Encompass Digital Channels

Satellite heavyweight, BSkyB, has announced very positive interim results for the second quarter of 2004, revealing 192,000 new subscribers in the six months to December 31; bringing it closer to reaching its 8 million subscriber target by the end of 2005. Total revenue for Group has seen an increase of 10%, taking it to £1,945… Continue reading BSkyB Closes In On 8 Million Subscriber Target

The UK is leading Europe in terms of DAB digital radio penetration, with the end of 2004 seeing 1.2 million units in households, a 178% increase compared to 2003, according to new research released by the World DAB Forum. Four years ago, digital radio penetration was just 35,000, but increasing volume in sales shows the… Continue reading UK Leads Europe In Digital Radio Penetration

The customer publishing industry continues to perform well, with turnover during 2004 topping £385 million, signalling an increase of almost 10% since 2003 and a massive 244% rise in the last decade, according to the latest report from market research company Mintel. The study, commissioned by the Association of Publishing Agencies (APA), has forecast that… Continue reading Strong Future Forecast For Customer Magazines

The number of multiroom digital video recorders (DVR) units deployed by cable and satellite television providers in the US are set to exceed 25 million by 2009, according to a new report by market research and consulting firm, Parks Associates. The study forecasts that companies will bring into action mass-entertainment networking solutions in limited numbers… Continue reading Multiroom DVRs To Exceed 25 Million By 2009

US local online advertising expenditure is set to hit $3.9 billion in 2005, enjoying more than twice the growth rate of overall internet advertising, according to a new report by media research firm, Borrell Associates. The new projections reveal that local online adspend in 2005, will increase by 46% more than 2004, with paid search… Continue reading US Online Adspend To Reach $3.9 Billion In 2005

Channel 4 has announced a restructuring of its commercial arm, 4 Ventures, in an attempt to increase profits from its secondary business activities.Channel 4 chief executive, Andy Duncan, has unveiled plans to reintegrate a number of 4 Ventures’ activities back into the core Channel 4 organisation and retain a streamlined commercial arm, focussing on 4’s… Continue reading Channel 4 Restructures Commercial Arm To Boost Profits

Magazine giant Emap has announced the appointment of James Mannion as the new editorial director of its flagship men’s magazine website, FHM.com.Mannion is currently executive editor of FHM and has been working on the brand for the last three years; he will take up the new role from 1 March this year.Before joining FHM, Mannion… Continue reading FHM.com Announces New Editorial Director

Kids’ TV channel Nickelodeon has signed a deal with United International Pictures to promote the new Spongebob Squarepants Movie through a wide-ranging cross media deal specifically targeting young viewers.The deal includes on-air and online activity, culminating in a Spongebob Squarepants competition to win a holiday for a family of four to the Nickelodeon Family Suites… Continue reading Nickelodeon Signs Cross Media Deal For Spongebob Film

Reports this morning suggest that at least 20 journalists will leave the Financial Times following a voluntary redundancy programme designed to cut costs and boost performance at the troubled newspaper.The redundancies follow a wide-ranging cost-cutting programme, designed to save around £7 million, which saw the paper’s respected Creative Business supplement being closed last year. The… Continue reading Staff Cuts Made To Boost Financial Times Fortunes