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Freeview is to launch a new catch-up service giving viewers the chance to watch popular programmes they might have missed and also plans to add subscription pay channels to its offering.Ilse Howling, Freeview general manager, said that the catch-up service was about giving people more value and would make Freeview a “more sophisticated” platform.She added… Continue reading Freeview To Launch Catch-Up Service

Irn-Bru is launching its first ever UK seasonal campaign, with a re-imagining of children’s Christmas classic The Snowman.Airing on TV from December 10, Irn-Bru worked with the original composer Howard Blake and Snowman Enterprises to complete the 60-second film.The ad sees Irn-Bru’s Snowman take to the skies with a small boy before realising the child… Continue reading Irn-Bru To Launch First Ever Seasonal Campaign

thelondonpaper remained ahead of the London Lite in November, with a total circulation of almost 496,000.It recorded a month on month rise of 300 copies, while the London Lite‘s circulation fell by almost 500 copies over the same period, leaving its circulation at more than 400,500.The Evening Standard was down by around 550 copies month… Continue reading thelondonpaper’s Circulation Stays Ahead Of London Lite

IPC TX’s compact TV guide, TV Easy, is unveiling a new look beginning with its New Year issue, on sale on December 28.There will also be a price increase for the title, up 3p to 45p, which follows it’s last price increase in April (see IPC Increases TV Mag Cover Prices).The new look will be… Continue reading TV Easy Gets New Look For The New Year

Daily Newspaper MarketIn the six months to September, the daily newspaper market showed an overall fall in readership of 0.7% year on year, although some titles did manage to post healthy rises in their reader numbers.For the Quality dailies, only one title managed to record year on year growth.In the Mid-Market, although both the Daily… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: September 2007

The recent unveiling of Kangaroo – the joint on-demand video service from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 – has stirred the ever-changing IPTV and VoD market.With such a wealth of content available to the three broadcast behemoths, Kangaroo is likely to be highly successful, with many suggesting it will push the likes of Joost… Continue reading Feature: Content-Rich Kangaroo Looks To Dominate VoD Market

The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has launched a guide to the Audiovisual Media Services (AMS) directive, which updates and replaces the existing EU framework for the television and broadcast industry.Taking over from the Television without Frontiers (TWF) directive, the AMS directive will see existing rules for traditional TV enforced for mobile multimedia services, including mobile… Continue reading Mobile Industry Gets Guide To New EU Directive

A new report from the National Consumer Council (NCC) has called for children to be better protected from online ads on some of their favourite websites.The Fair Game report found that lots of the websites popular with children are actually targeted at older age groups, which means that some of the ads children see are… Continue reading Report Claims Children Need More Protection From Online Ads

IPC TX has appointed Gareth Beesley as publisher of TV Times, TV & Satellite Week and Soaplife.Beesley is currently associate publisher of IPC Ignite monthlies Uncut and Loaded, before which he was associate publisher of IPC Inspire’s technology portfolio.Before working in publishing he was circulation manager for IPC TX and was part of the launch… Continue reading IPC Appoints New Publisher For TV And Soap Mags

Duncan Edwards, chief executive of the National Magazine Company, has confirmed that the company has pulled out of the bidding for Emap’s consumer magazine division. Edwards emailed staff earlier today to say that he would not be buying the business, according to a report on MediaGuardian.co.uk. The report quotes the email as saying: “As I… Continue reading NatMags Pulls Out Of Emap Bidding