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Top Up TV, Freeview’s pay TV provider, is set to expand its video-on-demand service by adding over 400 hours of extra content a year, after signing a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN.The Top Up TV Anytime service will now feature shows like Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost and Desperate Housewives.The new deal was brokered by Disney-ABC-ESPN Television’s… Continue reading Top Up TV Adds Disney Programmes To Its VOD Service

Culture secretary Andy Burnham has revealed that the list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air television is to be reviewed.Giving the keynote speech at the Royal Television Society conference in London, Burnham said that the list – which was last reviewed 10 years ago when Test match cricket was removed – has to “move with… Continue reading Government To Review Free-To-Air Sport List

Google’s new web browser, Chrome, gained market share within its first 24 hours, although it has since given back some of these gains to the market leaders Internet Explorer and Firefox.According to internet measurement firm Net Applications, Chrome grabbed 1% of the market but as of last week had fallen to 0.77%.Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice… Continue reading Google’s Chrome Faces Battle For Market Share

Total US measured advertising expenditures in the first six months of 2008 declined by 1.6% year on year, according to the latest data from TNS Media Intelligence. US ad spending during the second quarter of 2008 was down 3.7% versus last year, the steepest quarterly drop since 2001. “Advertising expenditures started to contract in March,… Continue reading US Adspend Down In First Half Of 2008

Capital Radio reveals its new look and line rebrand to 95.8 Capital FM – “London’s Number 1 Hit Music Station”.It is the station’s fifth re-brand in less than three years, with the latest slogan adding to the last 95.8 Capital FM “London’s Hit Music Station” rebrand in December 2007.The new design and slogan was launched… Continue reading Capital FM Reveals 5th Rebrand

Guardian News & Media has today committed to releasing data on the new ABCe six month certificate.The data covers the Guardian News & Media portfolio together with a number of its regional sites including: manchestereveningnews.co.uk, manchesteronline.co.uk, getreading.co.uk and thejobsmine.co.uk.The certificates detail monthly, weekly and daily unique user/browsers, listing all the top level domains that have… Continue reading Guardian News & Media Commits To Six-Monthly ABCe Audits

MediaTel Group has confirmed three new panellists for its ‘Future of the Media Agency’ seminar, taking place on October 15.Nigel Morris, CEO, Isobar; Greg Grimmer, partner, Hurrell Moseley Dawson and Grimmer; and Andy Barnes, Channel 4 sales director, have all been confirmed for the panel of what promises to be an unmissable event.The seminar will… Continue reading Three More Panellists Confirmed For Media Agency Seminar

David Evans, business director, MediaTel.co.uk, looks ahead at the forthcoming season of must-see MediaTel seminars…The morning of October 15 sees the beginning of our 08/09 seminar season with the first of our “Future of..” events examining the prospects for media agencies. Feedback from attendees over the past three years indicates the relevance, convenience and value… Continue reading MediaTel Seminar Season Kicks-Off

Ofcom has today published the second phase of its review into Public Service Broadcasting (PSB), unveiling plans for an extra £145 – 235 million in replacement funding by 2012.The review found that in order to sustain PSB programmes on channels other than the BBC, “replacement direct or indirect funding is likely to be necessary”.Ofcom also… Continue reading Ofcom Publishes Second Phase of PSB Review

WPP’s Mindshare has unveiled a comprehensive worldwide rebrand of its corporate identity, including a complete refresh of the agency’s brandmark and visual identity.The redesign, developed in partnership with branding agency Moving Brands, coincides with the agency’s ongoing global restructure announced earlier this year.The network’s branding retains the signature colour purple and the new brandmark consists… Continue reading Mindshare Rebrands Corporate Identity