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The BBC may not get the full over-inflated rise in the licence fee that it is claiming, culture secretary Tessa Jowell has said.Jowell has indicated that high wages could be a key factor in this, saying she would look into the BBC’s wage costs as she assesses the level at which the licence fee should… Continue reading BBC May Not Get Expected Rise In Licence Fee

ITN is to receive a £1 million boost from shareholders and has unveiled a rebrand which will see each division given its own identity, with news, consultancy, production divisions, archive and multimedia operations all included.The £1 million will go to ITN On, the company’s 3G and broadband business, and the ITN archive service, ITN Source.… Continue reading £1 Million And Rebrand For ITN

The first interactive ad campaign to be launched across Freeview has had 9-10% of viewers pressing their red buttons, reveal newly released figures from ITV.The T-Mobile ad, the first from ITV and Emuse’s interactive ad initiative, has allowed advertisers to target the seven million Freeview households in addition to the digital satellite homes where the… Continue reading Results For First Freeview Interactive Ad

Kiss FM, Emap’s Urban commercial radio station, has been fined a record £175,000 by Ofcom after the communications regulator upheld complaints about offensive and intrusive behaviour.The ten complaints, lodged at various points over 2005, concerned the scheduling of inappropriate material such as offensive language and sexual content, and ‘prank-calls’ where the ‘victim’ had not consented… Continue reading Kiss FM Gets Record Fine For ‘Offensive And Intrusive’ Behaviour

Measuring online adspend will become more accurate, as Nielsen Media Research and Nielsen//NetRatings collaborate to expand their coverage to almost 600 websites.Combining Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance data with Nielsen Media Research expenditure methodology, information on internet share of voice via the Nielsen Media Research suite of products should significantly improve.The new methodology brings Nielsen Media Research cost… Continue reading Online Adspend Measurement Set To Improve

As national daily newspapers see their readership figures slide, the Guardian has developed a new method of staying on top of changing consumer patterns with the launch of a downloadable and printable A4 PDF document.The free 8 to 12-page file, labelled G24, will be updated every 15 minutes and will feature news content from the… Continue reading Guardian Stays Ahead With Downloadable Format

Emap has agreed to sell off its French Consumer Magazines division, Emap France, to the Italian media group Mondadori for approximately £380 million. Emap announced its plans to sell its French operations in February, in order to return the cash generated to shareholders (see Emap To Sell French Operations). When the sale (conditional on the… Continue reading Sale Of Emap France Agreed

A new report from Research and Markets says that the global digital media market is on the verge of massive changes owing to the convergence of telecoms, media and IT, with the changes driven by new developments in broadband technology and consumer electronics. The report forecasts that video streaming technology will be mainstream and fully… Continue reading Digital Media On The Verge Of Huge Changes

The “free” broadband war has stepped up a notch with the launch of BT Total Broadband, a comprehensive package that includes services such as the planned television service, BT Vision.The package involves fast download speeds, internet voice and video calls, and a suite of security software, all brought together through BT Home Hub. BT Total… Continue reading BT Joins “Free” Broadband Battle

The advent of peer-to-peer streaming technology may mean that the internet is finally ready as a medium for radio and television. So argues Will Morton, managing director of Robonobo Ltd, an online company made up of a group of individuals who undertake projects designed to promote collaboration and community through digital technology…The adoption of the… Continue reading Peer-To-Peer, Changing The Face Of Broadcasting