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Broadband information service Point Topic has increased its forecast for the number of fixed broadband lines in the world by the end of 2009 from 493 million to 496 million. The five-year forecast for the end of 2013 has gone up from 683 million to 695 million. Tim Johnson, chief analyst at Point Topic, said:… Continue reading Global broadband lines to reach 496m by end of 2009

Britain’s Got Talent peaked on Saturday night with a high of 12.8 million viewers and an impressive 52.3% average audience share between 8pm and 9pm.Around 12.2 million average viewers tuned in for the third audition show, hosted by Ant and Dec, which saw more acts perform to judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden… Continue reading Britain’s Got Talent peaks with 12.8m viewers

Independent News & Media has seen two of its biggest shareholders offer £27 million of their own cash to secure refinancing for the ailing group. Sir Anthony O’Reilly and Denis O’Brien have put up the cash to help renegotiate a €200 million bond before a mid-May deadline. INM’s advisors hope to convince investors to roll… Continue reading Independent News & Media shareholders attempt to secure refinancing

The BBC and commercial radio representatives are set to announce a new partnership initiative today, in a bid to secure the future of digital radio.The joint venture will see the BBC, RadioCentre and members from Global Radio, Bauer Media and GMG, establish a Radio Council, which will aim to bring the industry together in order… Continue reading BBC and commercial radio announce new digital partnership

Three Northcliffe Media titles in the east Midlands have dropped their final city editions and moved to full overnight printing.The Derby Evening Telegraph is set to become the Derby Telegraph – a single overnight edition – while the Leicester Mercury and the Stoke Sentinel have each dropped from four to three editions a day.The Stoke… Continue reading Three Northcliffe titles cancel final city editions

MediaTel NewsLine understands that Henry Lawson, president of DDS worldwide & chief operating officer for Europe, has left the systems and software provider Donovan Data Systems.Lawson was responsible for the management of DDS operations in Europe and also worked alongside the DDS chairman and chief financial officer to oversee its worldwide operations.He joined the company… Continue reading Henry Lawson leaves DDS

Media regulator Ofcom has warned that Project Canvas, the joint broadband TV venture between BBC, ITV and BT, could face a competition investigation.In its submission to the BBC Trust, Ofcom said Canvas could face the same regulatory scrutiny as Project Kangaroo, a VoD venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, which was subsequently blocked… Continue reading Project Canvas could face competition investigation

Kiss radio is set to launch a new website in a bid to host the first commercial radio site to run a display ad-free homepage.Kiss will trial the new format, which is similar to Channel 4 and Channel Five’s sites, and instead offer creative commercial takeovers and integrated advertising options.The site will launch with an… Continue reading Kiss launches ad-free home page

Lord Carter, the communications minister who is currently composing the final Digital Britain report, has been mooted as a potential replacement for Michael Grade as ITV’s chief executive.Yesterday, the commercial broadcaster announced that Grade would step down before the end of the year to become a non-executive chairman and allow the broadcaster to bring in… Continue reading Lord Carter could replace Grade at ITV

UK companies are continuing to invest in search marketing as both paid and natural search continue to deliver, according to a report from Guava and Econsultancy. The third annual UK Search Engine Marketing Benchmark Report is based on a survey of more than 800 company and agency digital marketers. Search engine optimisation (SEO or natural… Continue reading UK companies continuing to invest in search marketing