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UKTV History confirmed it will be re-branded Yesterday from early next year, with a new emphasis on modern events.A re-launch of UKTV’s factual channel group, which also includes UKTV People and UKTV Documentary, has been planned since August.UKTV People and UKTV Documentary will turn into Blighty and Eden under the new re-brand, according to reports.Yesterday… Continue reading UKTV History is to be re-branded Yesterday

ITV has signed a new VoD deal with BT, the first of its kind for the broadcaster, to supply a range of programmes to BT’s digital TV service.BT Vision customers will have access to key episodes of ITV’s shows, including Coronation Street, Emmerdale and The X Factor, from next month.BT’s VoD customers will also be… Continue reading ITV signs VoD deal with BT Vision

UBC Media has reported a 15% decline in revenue to £6.4 million for the six months to September 30. The radio group blamed an “extremely challenging” few months for the fall. UBC, one of the shareholders of 4 Digital, invested £150,000 into the digital radio consortium which was abandoned by Channel 4, its majority shareholder,… Continue reading UBC Media reports 15% decline in revenue

The twenty largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 94% of the market – acquired approximately 1.3 million net additional high-speed internet subscribers in the third quarter of 2008, according to new figures from Leichtman Research Group. These broadband providers now account for nearly 66.7 million subscribers – with cable companies… Continue reading 1.3 Million US broadband additions in Q3

Centaur Media has reported a 16% year on year fall in group revenues for the four months to October 31. Centaur, which owns titles such as Marketing Week and New Media Age, warned of an “uncertain” outlook for the year ahead, adding that the “visibility of future market conditions is poor”. The company said in… Continue reading Centaur Media suffers fall in group revenues

Reed Elsevier is on track to meet its target of £15 million in cost savings in 2008. In a trading update released today, the publisher said that it is well placed to defy the tough economic outlook. Crispin Davis, Reed Elsevier chief executive, said: “The business is on track for a very successful year and… Continue reading Reed Elsevier on track to meet cost savings target

Havas, the French holding company that owns creative group Euro RSCG and media agency MPG, has reported organic revenue growth of 1.5% for the third quarter of 2008. This was down from 9.5% growth for the same period last year, which Havas blamed on the loss of the Dell account in Asia Pacific and a… Continue reading Havas reports Q3 organic revenue growth of 1.5%

More than three-quarters (78%) of adult online consumers in the US made some type of online purchase in the past six months, according to a new study from Nielsen Online. Nielsen said that the top transaction categories were travel, credit-card management and online banking. The top online transaction category was travel, with 38% of adult… Continue reading Almost 80% of US adult online consumers made web purchases in past six months

News International is understood to have turned down Daily Mail & General Trust’s attempts to call a truce in the London freesheet newspaper war.DMGT executives spoke to News International to try to end the battle that has been raging between the two firms since they launched the titles in 2006 (see NewsLine), according to a… Continue reading News International rejects DMGT’s truce offer

The prospects for newspapers are not as gloomy as some think as long as they look to innovate, James Murdoch told the Monaco Media Forum on Wednesday.While Murdoch, who was making his first public appearance since he took over News Corp’s European and Asian businesses, said that the company’s UK titles were facing pressure from… Continue reading James Murdoch: Newspapers need to innovate