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Top Up TV, the paid-for service available on Freeview, is to offer new customers Setanta Sports 1 for free for the 2008/2009 Barclays Premier League football season.New subscribers will get access to live Barclays Premier League Games, England World Cup qualifying games (and home friendlies), the Clydesdale Bank Premier League, Magners League rugby, US PGA… Continue reading Setanta Sports Free For New Top Up TV Subscribers

Thinkbox has commissioned an in-depth research study into the rapidly expanding phenomenon of online TV.The research aims to reveal exactly how consumers are using online TV services and how attitudes towards online TV compare with those towards linear, broadcast TV. The research is designed to provide fresh insight into how the online TV environment is… Continue reading Thinkbox To Examine Online TV

Mark Cranmer has been appointed chairman of JICIMS – the Joint Industry Committee for Internet Measurement Systems – in a move by the body to establish a single online measurement panel.JICIMS is currently searching for a research company that will become the sole supplier of an online measurement currency, similar to Barb for TV and… Continue reading Cranmer Appointed As Chairman Of JICIMS

Telegraph.co.uk has launched a new free version of its site on 3G and WAP-enabled phones, with updated news, sports and travel articles.The new site is set to include simplified navigation tools to make it easy to access lead stories, with images alongside the text and automatically updated breaking news stories.Telegraph.co.uk was previously available to mobile… Continue reading Telegraph Revamps Mobile Site

The latest ABCe results – to be released next week – are set to reveal that Nuts.co.uk has more than doubled its online audience during the past year, making it the fastest growing men’s lifestyle website in the UK.The ABCe Group Product Report is expected to unveil a figure of 1,398,243 unique users for Nuts.co.uk… Continue reading Nuts.co.uk Is The Fastest Growing Men’s Lifestyle Website

ITV1’s Agatha Christie’s Marple topped BBC One’s film premiere of Miss Potter, starring Renee Zellweger, with a peak audience of 5.6 million viewers last night.The ITV1 crime drama, with a guest appearance by tennis star Greg Rusedski, gained a 24% audience share with an average 5.5 million viewers between 8pm and 10pm.BBC One’s film, about… Continue reading Agatha Christie Beats Miss Potter With 5.6 Million Viewers

News International has cut the price of The Sun across the UK to 30p today.The move comes less than a month after the company increased the price of the paper in London and the south-east by 5p to 30p, following its 0.8% year on year increase in the latest ABC figures (see The Sun Ups… Continue reading The Sun Slashes Its Cover Price Across The UK

Royal Mail is launching a new direct mail campaign designed to heighten awareness of its range of DM campaign solutions.The mail pack, which will also have a dual function as a ‘leave behind’ for Royal Mail’s sales team, is designed as a ‘DM seedbox’.The variety of products and services are covered in a set of… Continue reading Royal Mail Promotes Media Portfolio Through New Campaign

WPP has made a £1.08 billion formal hostile takeover bid for Taylor Nelson Sofres to shareholders, following four earlier rejections by the market research company.Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP Group hopes the bid will finally put an end to TNS’s planned merger with its German rival company, Gfk.WPP’s statement said: “WPP announces that the offer document… Continue reading WPP Makes Formal Hostile Bid For TNS

Manufacturers and consumer groups have criticised a government switchover scheme, which was designed to help elderly and vulnerable viewers make the switch to digital, for being ‘stressful and confusing’.BSkyB secured a deal to aid the switchover in June, which sees them receive licence fee money to supply low-cost set top boxes for older and disabled… Continue reading Switchover Scheme Comes Under Fire