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BBC Radio 5 Live is set to get its biggest schedule shakeup in years, with the midday news going and Nicky Campbell taking on a new morning phone-in show.Victoria Derbyshire’s phone-in programme will be moved back to 10am to make way for Campbell’s new hour long phone-in session at 9am, directly after the breakfast show… Continue reading 5 Live Set For Schedule Shakeup

ITV has signed a deal with Setanta to air highlights of England’s remaining away matches in their World Cup qualifying group.The deal, reported to be in the region of £1 million, covers highlights of the away matches against Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.Trevor East, the director of sport at Setanta, said: “Setanta wants to ensure that… Continue reading ITV To Air England Football Highlights

One in ten Britons will spend over 14 years in front of their TV’s over the course of a lifetime, according to research released today by Virgin Media’s TV on demand service.The survey also reveals that despite almost one third (29%) of Britons spending over 20 hours each week in front of the TV, it… Continue reading Virgin Media Releases New TV Research

The Independent has raised its weekday cover price from 80p to £1, making it the UK’s most expensive daily national paper after the Financial Times.This come just two weeks after The Times put up its cover price by 10p to 80p in a bid to match the cost of the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and… Continue reading The Independent Raises Its Cover Price

Daily Mail & General Trust is to combine its national and regional operations, bringing together the newspaper and digital assets of Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Media under the banner A&N Media. The restructure will see Kevin Beatty, group managing director of Associated Newspapers, become the chief executive of A&N Media, while Michael Pelosi will remain… Continue reading DMGT To Merge National And Regional Operations

UK independent production firm All3Media has acquired Illumina Digital as it expands it multimedia division. Illumina Digital was founded 10 years ago and has created large scale interactive and multiplatform experiences for broadcasters, brands and public institutions across the UK. The company has worked on a variety of cross-media projects, including for the BBC, Channel… Continue reading All3Media Acquires Illumina Digital

A new report from eMarketer predicts that search advertising will claim 60% of online ad spending in the UK for at least the next few years. Search is set to become more and more important, according to eMarketer. In the UK, search advertising has always taken a higher share of spending compared with other formats… Continue reading Search Advertising To Claim 60% Of UK Online Adspend

Mobile advertising in the US will reach $1.9 billion in 2012, according to a new forecast from market research firm Frost & Sullivan. With nearly 85% of Americans using cell phones, operators have a customer base of almost 250 million to be tapped for mobile ad revenues, according to Frost & Sullivan. The report warns… Continue reading US Mobile Advertising To Reach $1.9bn

Daily Mail & General Trust is to bring together its national and regional operations, Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Media, under the title of A&N Media.The restructure will see Kevin Beatty, group managing director of Associated Newspapers, become the chief executive of A&N Media, while Michael Pelosi will remain managing director of Northcliffe Media.DMGT said in… Continue reading DMGT To Combine National And Regional Divisions

BBC One’s Who Do You Think You Are? banked more than 6.4 million viewers last night, gaining a substantial 27% audience share during the all important 9pm to 10pm time slot.As the series comes to an end, the popular ancestry programme focused on David Suchet’s background, looking at the origin of his unusual surname in… Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? Banks Over 6.4 Million Viewers