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The number of Mobile TV users has reached 20 million globally, and will rise to over two billion in 2013, according to a new report from Telecom Trends International. The Mobile TV: Executing the Vision report shows that the vast majority of users currently access free-to-air mobile TV, but pay-TV will catch on as high-quality… Continue reading More Than Two Billion To Use Mobile TV Globally By 2013

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! won the 9pm to 10pm timeslot last night, with more than 6.1 million adults on average tuning in to ITV1.The programme, which gave the channel a 26.4% share of the television viewing audience, was watched by more people than the gripping action of MI5 drama, Spooks.Almost 4.9… Continue reading I’m A ‘Celeb’… Continues To Deliver For ITV1

Suzanne Moorey-Denham, managing director, Dynamic Logic Europe, examines recent research from the company, which shows new ways of gaining the most effective impact from online advertising…Recent research based on Dynamic Logic’s MarketNormsÂŽ database, shows that limiting the number of times an online ad is served to a particular person (or technically their browser cookie), and… Continue reading Frequency Capping

Freeview has today confirmed that it is in 14 million UK homes, reinforcing its position as the most popular Digital TV Service in the UK.The service also reports that it continues to be the number one choice for those converting to digital TV for the first time.According to Ofcom’s latest figures over 80% of people… Continue reading Freeview In 14 Million UK Homes

IPC Media is extending its NME magazine brand with the launch of a 24-hour TV channel.The channel will debut on Friday sometime between 6am and 11am on Sky Digital 377, making it available to 8.6 million households, with content heavily based on the charts and the latest offerings from the UK’s indie and alternative music… Continue reading IPC Launches NME TV Channel

Ford Ennals, the chief executive of Digital UK, the body overseeing the digital switchover, is stepping down just weeks after the process began.Ennals is leaving to become president of Cole Hann, the footwear and leather-goods division of Nike, ahead of a major global expansion. The brand is introducing sports technology such as Nike Air into… Continue reading Digital UK Chief Quits As Switchover Gets Underway

The BBC Trust has approved proposals to launch a high definition TV channel, concluding it was essential HDTV was made universally available.The channel will air on cable and satellite as soon as possible and on Freesat, the BBC’s free-to-view digital satellite service (see Freesat Gets BBC Trust Approval), when it is launched.But proposals for the… Continue reading BBC Trust Approves HDTV Channel Launch

Chrysalis Group has reported pre-tax losses of £6 million for the year ending August 31, while group revenue has fallen £11.5 million year on year to £56.4 million. The group, which has been linked to a sell-off following the £170 million sale of its radio assets in June to Global Radio (see Charles Allen Heads… Continue reading Chrysalis Reports Pre-Tax Losses Of £6 Million

Emap Radio could be sold off bit by bit, with some radio brands sold to the buyers of accompanying magazine or television brands to speed up the sale process, according to City analysts. The radio division is known to have attracted significant interest from Global Radio and GCap, but competition issues that would arise from… Continue reading Emap Radio Could Be Sold Off Bit By Bit

Facebook has reportedly offered £41 million to buy Chinese social networking site Zhanzuo.com. The Chinese website is one of the largest social networks in China, with an estimated seven million users, many of whom are college students. The move would give Facebook a ready-made entry into the largest internet market outside the US, and would… Continue reading Facebook Looks At Entering Chinese Market