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Broadcast audience research body, BARB, will mark its quarter century of reporting viewing data by issuing its plans for the future of the service on 1 August.BARB has said that it envisages the potential for development of two separate panels in the future – one deploying fixed meters attached to TV equipment, and one deploying… Continue reading BARB Marks 25th Anniversary With Release Of Plans For The Future

Teletext is set to expand its sport content with the launch of a comprehensive new editorial section dedicated to football’s Coca-Cola Championship and it will also be introducing a sport betting section.The new Championship section will feature a dedicated page for each of the 24 teams in the league, which Teletext says will build on… Continue reading Teletext To Expand Sport Content

Last night’s final ever episode of Top Of The Pops failed to prove its worth at the last hurdle, with ITV1’s soap double bill of Emmerdale and Coronation Street attracting a far greater audience in the 7pm timeslot.TOTP‘s last effort drew 3.5 million adult viewers to BBC Two , a more than 20% audience share,… Continue reading TOTP Fails To Prove Itself At The Last Hurdle

Choice FM, the urban radio station owned by GCap Media, has signed a six-figure deal with Viacom Outdoor to promote the station at the Notting Hill Carnival in London.The outdoor ad company, which specialises in transport advertising, will help the radio station to target main commuter routes at the street party by taking over sites… Continue reading Choice FM Signs Major Deal With Viacom Outdoor

Terrestrial broadcasters in the UK may have to pay millions of pounds in extra licence fees, as media regulator Ofcom considers charges for spectrum used for digital terrestrial radio and digital terrestrial television.The charge is designed to encourage broadcasters to use their spectrum more efficiently, and would bring broadcasters in line with other spectrum users… Continue reading UK Terrestrial Broadcasters Could Face Extra Licence Fees

Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers has hired its first head of mobile strategy as the group further diversifies the ways in which it delivers content.Andrew Bagguley will be overseeing the group’s push to get more people reading the Sun and the News of the WorldBagguley, previously the head of international portal management at T-Mobile, joins… Continue reading News Group Hires Head Of Mobile Strategy

BT Vision has appointed Marc Watson as commercial director of the next generation TV service, with responsibility for all BT Vision commercial activities including programming and content acquisition.BT Vision, due to launch in autumn 2006, will combine access to Freeview digital-terrestrial channels through the aerial with catch-up TV and broadband video-on-demand.Watson previously worked as a… Continue reading BT Vision Appoints Commercial Director

Chrysalis-owned LBC is venturing on to the DAB digital network, meaning the London radio station will be able to broadcast regionally.The station, which has won several awards, could potentially broadcast to 17 million listeners nationally. Programmes that are currently heard in the Capital on FM and DAB digital will, from September, be broadcast on DAB… Continue reading LBC Radio To Expand To Regions Via DAB

The Financial Times made £5 million profit in the first half of 2006, with advertising revenues up 11% and circulation up 5% in the same period. The figures were revealed in parent company Pearson’s interim results, with the publisher saying that the Financial Times is continuing to show good momentum. Sales were up 10% to… Continue reading Financial Times Makes £5 Million Profit

The number of US households with digital video recorders (DVR) and video-on-demand (VOD) is rising significantly, according to new research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG). The research says that 60% of all digital cable subscribers have used VOD, up from 25% two years ago, and about 12% of households in the US now have a… Continue reading US DVR And VOD Households Increase Significantly