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The slow death of ITV1 has been greatly exaggerated, although the channel does need to rebalance its schedule so that it does not suffer another period of discontent to compare with this summer’s. This was the message coming through loud and clear from Simon Shaps, director of television at ITV, at the 2006 MediaGuardian Edinburgh… Continue reading MGEITF 2006: ITV1 Rebalances Schedule After Summer To Forget

The outgoing chief executive of ITV, Charles Allen, heavily criticised Channel 4 at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, saying the broadcaster may need a fundamental remodelling of its structure to bring it in line with its commercial competitors.Delivering the MacTaggart lecture on Friday night, Allen didn’t hold back, saying there was a stark imbalance… Continue reading MGEITF 2006: Allen Uses MacTaggart To Criticise Channel 4

The BBC has been criticised for its attempt at cross-media dominance, with industry experts calling for the Corporation to resist turning into an enormous media conglomerate.Key industry figures gathered for a Sunday morning Question Time style session at the MGEITF on the weekend. Martin Bell, the veteran BBC correspondent and former MP, was particularly harsh,… Continue reading MGEITF 2006: BBC Must Resist Cross-Media Dominance

Eric Fuller has been promoted to managing director of IPC ignite! following Tim Brooks departure earlier this week to the Guardian. He will join the IPC Media board on 18 September and will oversee the IPC ignite! profolio, which includes Nuts, Loaded, NME and Uncut.Eric has been at IPC since 2000 where he is currently… Continue reading Eric Fuller New MD of IPC Ignite!

MediaTel Group is pleased to announce the sixth in its successful series of seminars, featuring several high-profile guests including event chair and BBC media correspondent Torin Douglas, a panel debate and audience Q&A session.Some of the topics up for discussion include; the impact of new TV technologies, including IPTV, VOD and mobile; do PVR fears… Continue reading MediaTel Group Announces Forthcoming Television Seminar

It’s Friday August 25, and that can only mean one thing for the television industry: It’s the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television (MGEITF).NewsLine will be bringing you all the latest info from this weekend’s MGEITF, making sure that you get the hottest news and major talking points from what promises to be a scintillating weekend.All… Continue reading NewsLine Hits The Road For The MGEITF

Bad Girls, which according to press speculation may be axed by ITV, showed that it has some signs of life by comfortably winning its slot.The prison drama show attracted a peak of 4.6 million adult viewers (a 24.8% audience share) yesterday evening, with an average audience of 4.3 million adults (a 22.7% audience share) for… Continue reading Bad Girls Are Good For ITV

Internet advertising is expected to grow by 46.4% in 2006, with a 25% increase expected in 2007, according to a new report from Merrill Lynch.Merrill Lynch puts this down to the increase in broadband penetration; falling traditional media prices accommodating new media; marketing becoming more data driven; and the closing of the mismatch of internet… Continue reading UK Online Ad Growth

Following a week of launch date changes, Associated Newspapers have announced that their freesheet, London Lite will hit the streets at lunchtime today.A few thousand copies will be available today as a trial, ready for the full launch on 30th August, when the title will have a print run of 400,000. Today’s edition is designed… Continue reading Lunchtime News War Starts Today

Marie Claire, IPC SouthBank’s flagship women’s glossy, has announced the appointment of Carla Bevan as editor of its recently launched website marieclaire.co.uk, ahead of the magazine’s October revamp.Currently deputy editor of Glamour‘s website, glamour.com, Carla has also written for Vogue.com and GQ.com. Her experience also includes time as assistant editor of Swarovski Magazine as well… Continue reading New Editor For Marie Claire Website