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Telegraph Media Group has revamped its mobile site to give readers access to Telegraph.co.uk and Telegraph TV.The new-look site, m.Telegraph.co.uk, now offers Telegraph TV content and features a site-wide mobile search function as well as improved usability.The mobile site will also offer new ad formats to commercial clients, including banner placements, Google Ad sense and… Continue reading Telegraph revamps mobile site

The New York Times is set to charge users a monthly fee to access its website, although it has reportedly ruled out micro-payments.The title launched a survey asking its print subscribers for their opinions on the proposed $5 (£3) a month payment for its online content, which will include articles, blogs and multimedia.It asked: “How… Continue reading New York Times considers paid-for model

Our weekly columnist Raymond Snoddy attends a London Business School conference on the future of on-demand television, where “the evidence is starting to pile up in support of evolutionary, rather than revolutionary changes to viewing behaviour”… Paddy Barwise takes no prisoners when denouncing “the digerati” – those who insist on predicting the death of conventional, or… Continue reading Linear TV still going strong

Global advertising expenditure across television, newspapers, magazines and radio recorded a year on year drop of 7.2% for the first quarter of 2009, according to a global advertising trends report from Nielsen. The report, Global AdView Pulse reveals that the global economic crisis is taking its toll on the ad sector, with European countries taking… Continue reading Global adspend fell 7.2% in Q1

UKTV has signed a new multimillion-pound landmark deal that will give it access to almost 200 hours of Channel 4’s content.The two year deal, which will give UKTV’s newly rebranded channels access to programmes like Green Wing, will allow UKTV to minimise its reliance on BBC archive content and strengthen its position in the pay-TV… Continue reading UKTV signs new content deal with C4

The number of American children between ages two and 11 who go online totaled nearly 16 million in May 2009 and comprised 9.5% of the active internet-using universe in the US. According to data from Nielsen Online, there also has been a 63% increase since 2004 in the amount of time this group spends online.… Continue reading 16m American children online in May

BBC One’s five-part Torchwood – Children of Earth series continued to secure the highest peak-time ratings last night with almost 6 million viewers.The Doctor Who spin-off sci-fi drama, which is due to air every night this week during BBC One’s prime-time slot, attracted 5.8 million average viewers and a 27% audience share between 9pm and… Continue reading Overnights: Torchwood continues to bank the top spot

ITV has unveiled its new Thursday night drama line-up, which will see Coronation Street move from its Wednesday night slot after nearly 50 years.Coronation Street, which has been broadcast on ITV1 on Wednesday evenings since it launched in December 1960, will move to Thursday night as part of the channel’s major overhaul of its popular… Continue reading ITV unveils new drama line-up

News International is set to slash The Sun‘s cover price by a third to 20p in the north of England from Monday to match London and the south-east.The Sun‘s 10p price cut, which will cost NI millions of pounds in revenue, will affect the north-west, Yorkshire and north-east regions.The red-top tabloid’s price has already been… Continue reading Sun to cut its cover price by a third

In our latest Research Focus report, Future Foundation reveals that TV is still the main way for consumers to get their news, although the internet is catching up…It seems that old habits are hard to break, and in spite of the accelerated pace of internet usage and near ubiquitous nature of the medium, our research… Continue reading Future Foundation: When it comes to the latest news – TV is king