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Users of news websites spend longer reading articles than those reading print newspapers, according to research from the Poynter Institute in America.In a laboratory setting, 600 people were given identical stories to read. The research showed that readers read more online, where 75% of the text in an online story was read compared with 62%… Continue reading Online News Readers Read More Of The Story

The BBC has announced the start of a trial to syndicate a range of its television channels and radio networks via 3G to mobile phones with mobile operators Orange, Vodafone and 3.The announcement was made at the Broadcast Mobile TV Congress, and explained that the trial will allow subscribers to Orange, Vodafone and 3’s TV… Continue reading BBC Trials 3G TV And Radio

ITV and Setanta have been awarded exclusive rights to the FA Cup tournament as well as England’s home football matches.This will come as a huge blow to the BBC and BSkyB, who have reportedly offered over £400 million for the television rights, beginning August 2008. ITV and Setanta Sports bid separately, which is thought to… Continue reading ITV & Setanta Win FA Cup & England Home Matches

Ian Lewis, director of broadcasting at BSkyB, has been promoted to the position of director of Sky Movies and Sky Box Office.Lewis replaces Sophie Turner Laing, who last month was made managing director of entertainment (see Sky Gets New Entertainment MD).Lewis will now be responsible for Sky’s new genre-defined subscription movie channels (see BSkyB Makes… Continue reading Sky Gets New Movie Boss

Dermot O’Leary has been chosen to replace recently axed Kate Thornton as presenter of X-Factor.The presenter currently hosts Channel 4’s Big Brother’s Little Brother and is said to be flattered by the two-series offer.Speaking about his appointment, O’Leary said: “I’m really looking forward to working with Simon and the team on the kind of Saturday… Continue reading Dermot Has The X Factor

BT Vision has attracted just 5,000 customers since it launched in December 2006, although the telecoms giant says that this is entirely in line with expectations.The investment bank Morgan Stanley estimates that 40% of the 5,000 customers are employees of BT.The service launched to a sample of users on December 4 last year (see BT… Continue reading BT Vision Begins Slowly

Chrysalis Radio’s LBC 97.3 has brokered a sponsorship deal with the health food brand Alpro to promote the Soya-based product on its weekday lifestyle show presented by Jim Davis at 1pm.The sponsorship, which is intended to raise awareness of Alpro as a positive lifestyle choice, will run for three months from Monday April 2.The exclusive… Continue reading LBC 97.3 Signs New Sponsorship Deal

The impending merger between US satellite radio companies XM and Sirius will create a monopoly which would potentially violate US antitrust regulations, according to a recent report. The independent study by Criterion Economics claims to offer “concrete evidence and analysis to some of the most important questions that have plagued lawmakers since the merger was… Continue reading Opposition Grows Against US Satellite Radio Merger

The UK economy is expected to grow by 2.75% in 2007, with growth moderating by just under 0.25% points in 2008, according to the latest report from the Euroframe – European Forecasting Network. Inflation has eased slightly from the highs recorded at the turn of the year and the Network expects it to moderate further,… Continue reading 2007 Growth Forecast For UK Economy

Cable operators and Vonage are driving continuing growth in the US residential Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone market, according to new figures from In-Stat. According to data from the market research firm’s US Residential VoIP Market Tracker service, more than 10.6 million US households now have at least one active VoIP user, up from… Continue reading US VOIP Market Continues To Grow