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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

Millions of households in the US could receive government help with the planned digital switchover in the form of coupons for those who rely solely on analogue broadcasts. The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NITA) has proposed that these viewers, of whom there are estimated to be about 21 million, could be eligible… Continue reading US Households Could Receive Coupons For Digital Switchover

VoIP services will have $120 billion spent on them in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific between 2005 and 2009, according to new a new report from Infonetics Research. The report says that in North America VoIP service revenue will grow from $2.6 billion in 2005 to $13.3 billion in 2009, while across the same… Continue reading European VoIP Service Revenue To Reach $12.7 Billion In 2009

BSkyB’s annual revenues rose from £3.84 billion to £4.15 billion, as it added 77,000 new subscribers during the last quarter and 389,000 for the year, according to the broadcaster’s results for the year ending 30 June. The rise in subscriber numbers over the past financial year takes BSkyB to 8.18 million subscribers. The company’s expansion… Continue reading BSkyB’s Revenue And Subscriber Numbers Up

There were 50.2 million US homes and businesses connecting to the internet via broadband by the end of last year, marking a 33% increase from 2004, according to a recently released report by the Federal Communications Commission. Cable modems accounted for about 51% of broadband lines, while DSL lines accounted for about 41%. The Federal… Continue reading US Broadband Grows 33% In 2005