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Ofcom chief executive, Ed Richards, has received a letter from consumer campaign group, the Consumer Panel, urging the watchdog to step in to solve the spat between Branson’s Virgin Media and Murdoch’s BSkyB.While in theory the three million Virgin customers who are now without Sky’s flagship channels can switch, the process is too complex and… Continue reading Consumer Pressure Group Wades In To Virgin/Sky War

A high definition access group has started a campaign to make the television technology available to everyone in the UK.The push, which has been labelled HdforAll, has come from a group of broadcasters, retailers and manufacturers, who say that plans to auction off the airspace required for HDTV to work on the Freeview platform means… Continue reading Campaign Group Applies Some Pressure For HDTV Access

The start date for the digital switchover has been announced today by Digital UK, with Whitehaven and the surrounding area of Cumbria having BBC Two switched off on October 17 this year.Speaking today, Ford Ennals, chief executive of Digital UK, said that the remaining three analogue channels will be switched off four weeks later on… Continue reading Digital Switchover Gets October Start Date

Aegis has announced that its total revenue increased 14.5% in 2006, to £996.9 million, up from £870 million in 2005. The group’s organic revenue grew 7.7%, with Aegis saying that it the company grew faster than the marketing services industry as a whole, as it has for each of the past ten years. Underlying operating… Continue reading Aegis Records 2006 Revenue Increase

Cable TV set top box manufacturers enjoyed a record year in 2006 as cable operators around the world signed up millions of new digital cable subscribers, according to new research from In-Stat. Fuelled by a sharp rise in demand for cable set top boxes in China, worldwide digital cable set top box unit shipments increased… Continue reading Cable TV Enjoyed Record 2006 Worldwide

Viacom, owner of MTV, has filed a $1 billion (£520 million) lawsuit against Google concerning the activities of its video-sharing website, YouTube. Viacom has accused Google of “massive intentional copyright infringement” on YouTube, which the search engine giant bought last year for $1.65bn (see Google Acquires YouTube For $1.65 Billion). Viacom claims that around 160,000… Continue reading Viacom Files $1 Bn Lawsuit Against YouTube

More than one million households converted to digital television in the three months to the end of December last year in the UK, according to a new report from Ofcom. According to the communications regulator, growth has been driven by another strong quarter for digital terrestrial television (DTT), with total sales of DTT equipment reaching… Continue reading Last Quarter Of 2006 Sees More Than One Million Get Digital TV

BBC One’s time travelling cop drama, Life On Mars, was watched by almost 4.9 million adults last night, giving the channel around a 22% audience share between 9pm and 10pm.The conclusion of ITV1’s crime drama Fallen Angel, also set in the 70s, failed to gain as many viewers, with a little over 4.6 million adults… Continue reading ITV1 Crime Drama Falls From Grace

GCap Media is launching DAB multimedia adverts across its portfolio of radio stations, including Classic FM, Capital Radio, Planet Rock and The One Network from March 19.The service will see radio commercials accompanied by synchronised messages (known as ‘DABverts’) which appear on the DAB radio screen whilst the ad is playing.The initiative follows successful trials… Continue reading GCap Launches DAB Text Ads

Richard Bacon, presenter of the Xfm drivetime show, is to leave the station at the end of the month, moving to BBC Radio Five Live.Bacon moved to Xfm in August last year (see Drivetime For Bacon In Xfm Reshuffle) having presented the drivetime show on Capital Radio.The presenter of the BBC Three Castaway spin-off, Castaway… Continue reading Five Live Gets Bacon