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George Entwistle, head of BBC TV current affairs, has been announced as the acting controller of BBC Four for six months.The current controller, Janice Hadlow, is taking a sabbatical to complete a book on George III. The BBC says that she will also be spending time “consulting on the wider BBC Vision strategy”.Jana Bennett, Director… Continue reading Entwistle Appointed Acting Head Of BBC Four

Broadcasters should embrace online advertising rather than concern themselves with the perceived threat of it overshadowing the traditional ad model, according to Google chief executive Eric Schmidt.During a keynote speech at the broadcast technology exhibition NAB in Las Vegas, Schmidt said: “Don’t bet against the internet… find a solution that connects your content with this… Continue reading Broadcasters Should Embrace Online Advertising, Says Google Boss

Channel 4’s Popworld spin-off magazine, Popworld Pulp, has folded after just two issues.The new music magazine had entered an already volatile market, where many titles had seen their circulations slide, and several titles, like the once unrivalled Smash Hits and Xfm’s X-Ray had closed in recent years (see Smash Hits To Close As Music Fans… Continue reading Popworld Pulp An Almighty Flop

BBC Sport is launching a new sports magazine show called Inside Sport, which will air for the first time on Monday 30 April at 11.05pm on BBC One.The show will be presented by Gabby Logan and feature guest panellists including Steve Bunce, Tony Livesey and Des Kelly.There will also be a second edition of the… Continue reading BBC To Launch New Sports Show

Sky News has announced that it is to introduce a new-look website this Thursday, heralding the first phase of the redevelopment of sky.com/news as a video-rich site.The design changes are intended to provide a synergy between the look of Sky News channel and sky.com/news, thus creating a user-friendly, easy to navigate site with a focus… Continue reading New Look Website For Sky News

Video games have evolved dramatically since the days of Pong and Space Invaders, as has the advertising contained within the formats. Kieron Matthews, head of marketing at the Internet Advertising Bureau, examines the rise of the media and its potentially massive benefits for advertisers…Video games have come of age in the past 10 years. Many… Continue reading Press Space Bar To Begin

The national commercial digital radio network operator, Digital One, has announced plans for ten new transmitters.Digital One says that the project will result in the UK digital radio network extending to 90% of the British population.This will be acheived by adding sites in the Scottish Borders, Cumbria, the the Yorkshire Coast, Derbyshire and the South… Continue reading Digital One Reveals Plan For New Transmitters

A new report claims that the UK’s current and planned broadband infrastructure may not meet the future needs of the most intensive users and could harm the UK’s competitiveness.The report from the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) says that the UK could be left behind as several key competitor nations are in the process of deploying… Continue reading Challenges Ahead For UK Broadband

Westminster Council has told Associated Newspapers and News International that it will ban their afternoon freepapers, the London Lite and thelondonpaper if the companies cannot reach an agreement on the cost of recycling.The council says that free newspapers generate three to four tonnes of waste every day and it wants the publishers to contribute to… Continue reading Council Could Ban Freesheets

Radio groups will be granted greater freedom in what they broadcast and the number of stations they are permitted to own, according to communications watchdog Ofcom, which today published its consultation on the future of radio.Other findings from the report indicate that AM radio could be switched off in two years, whilst the regulation of… Continue reading Ofcom Outlines Its Future Vision For Radio