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Newly launched Channel 4 Radio is understood to have had preliminary conversations with industry body the Radio Advertising Bureau with a view to taking up membership.If Channel 4 does take up membership, it would join other RAB members including GCap Media, Emap Radio and Chrysalis Radio.Channel 4 Radio would be the most recent addition to… Continue reading Channel 4 Radio In Talks To Join RAB

The overall terrestrial marketplace saw little change in revenue year on year during May. However within this ITV1 and Five experienced the greatest fluctuations.Five had a great month, seeing its revenue increase by over £3.5 million year on year, a change of 14.6%.By comparison, ITV1 saw another dip in its revenue, falling by 3.2% to… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2006

BBC director general Mark Thompson is considering proposals to restructure and “streamline” the BBC, which could lead to the end of the controversial broadcast/production split.According to reports in the Guardian, Thompson is following on from the Corporation’s ‘Creative Future’ strategy launched earlier this year (see BBC Plans On-Demand Drive To Catch ‘Lost Generation’BBC Plans On-Demand… Continue reading BBC Could Face Further Upheaval

ITV chief executive Charles Allen has criticised the CRR, warning that advertisers are “taking things for granted” and saying the ad community must choose between the contract and allowing the broadcaster to continue investing in programming that attracts advertisers.In his presentation on ITV’s strategy, Allen said the broadcaster could not guarantee big audiences for advertisers… Continue reading ITV Chief Exec Slams CRR

ITV director of television, Simon Shaps, has outlined the network’s new programming strategy, illustrating how the recent cost-cutting and restructuring announcement will effect schedules and commissioning.The broadcaster, who recently announced it would restructure and cut costs of £100 million (see ITV To Undertake Cost-Cutting Restructure), will scale back and cease some programming.It will cut back… Continue reading ITV Outlines Effects Of £100 Million Cost-Cutting

Albert Read has been appointed general manager of Condé Nast Publications, and will take up the role on September 4 this year. Read was previously deputy planning director at Condé Nast International, and also business director of Condé Nast Asia-Pacific, where he was greatly involved in the company’s expansion into China. Read’s promotion to the… Continue reading New General Manager For Condé Nast Publications

The Evening Standard has appointed Rosemary Gorman as its new advertising sales director following the departure of Alan Brydon. Gorman, head of client sales at the Daily Mail since 1999, began her career on the agency side, becoming head of planning and managing partner at Zenith Media prior to her taking up the position at… Continue reading Evening Standard Appoints New Ad Director

By the end of 2008 there will be 100 million direct-to-home satellite pay TV subscribers globally, meaning that satellite will continue its reign as the top digital TV platform, according to a new study by Research and Markets. The report also examines satellite radio and points to Howard Stern’s departure from traditional radio to begin… Continue reading Satellite Industry To Grow

Mobile TV is looming ever larger on the horizon but industry figures say that it is content that will make or break the platform. Speaking at the Broadcast Live conference, Graeme Ferguson, director of global content development at Vodafone Group, said that consumers had made it clear that content is everything when it comes to… Continue reading Mobile TV Will Rely On Content

M:Metrics, the mobile marketing authority, has announced the deployment of its M:Meter, the first commercially-available mobile device meter designed to measure the behaviour of mobile content consumers in the UK and US.M:Metrics is the only research firm to measure the audience for mobile media and it has recruited more than 1,000 mobile phone users, who… Continue reading New Measurement System For Mobiles