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The post of chief executive of media industry regulator Ofcom is up for gabs after confirmation of the imminent departure of current incumbent Stephen Carter.Carter, who became chief executive on 1 March 2003, will continue leading on financial and operational issues until he formally steps down as CEO of the government watchdog on 15 October.… Continue reading CEO to Leave Ofcom

BSkyB, in a joint bid with BT, has won ‘near-live’ rights to 242 FA Premier League Matches with a three-year £84.3m deal covering the 2007-08 to 2009-10 seasons.BSkyB will be able to show full delayed coverage or extended highlights of all Barclays Premiership matches which are not broadcast live.Vic Wakeling, managing director of Sky Sports,… Continue reading ‘Near-Live’ Football For Sky And BT Vision

Emap plans to create city-specific digital radio stations on the back of its existing brands.The new local stations will retain the media group’s already established brand identities such as Kiss and Kerrang but would feature local content and presenters for individual cities.The plans come amidst the news that the company has seen a 9% rise… Continue reading Emap Plans For Regional Radio Stations

ITV1 was last night’s big TV winner, with Coronation Street grabbing around 9 million viewers and more than 50% of the adult viewing share. The British Soap Opera Awards, which followed on from Corrie, held the attention of more than 5 and a half million soap-lovers, 27% of adult viewers.The first instalment of BBC’s two-part… Continue reading ITV1 Top In Last Night’s Telly

Network Rail is seeking bids for a publisher to produce and distribute a free afternoon paper at ten of London’s busiest stations.The paper could rival Associated Newspaper’s freesheet Metro, as well as the company’s paid-for evening paper The Evening Standard. It is planned to be distributed between 3pm and 9pm on weekday afternoons, prime commuting… Continue reading Bids Wanted For New Commuter Newspaper

Vodafone has reported an overwhelming take-up for their mobile TV service, launched last year with BSkyB. Sky Mobile TV, which is streamed straight to mobiles so it doesn’t need to be downloaded, has signed up over 100,000 subscribers, and now experiences over 70,000 streams per day.Speaking to delegates at MEM2006, the annual Mobile Entertainment Forum… Continue reading TV To Go

Text messaging football fans should be careful that their thumbs don’t drop off, after a staggering 120 million messages were sent on FA Cup final day (May 13) and a whopping 124 million on Champions League final day (May 17).Figures revealed by the Mobile Data Association (MDA), show that 104 million texts were sent per… Continue reading Text Messaging Continues To Grow

April saw viewing share fall across the terrestrial channels in all TV homes year on year, with ITV’s viewing share dropping below 20%.In digital homes, BBC One, BBC Two and Channel 4 all saw slight increases in viewing share, whilst multichannel’s share of viewing continued to rise.All ViewingFollowing the trend of previous months, ITV’s share… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – April 2006

Business magazines have retained their position as an invaluable source of information despite the boom in online publishing, new research commissioned by Royal Mail reveals.The survey of UK business decision makers saw 92% say that printed magazines are as relevant as ever, stating that print copies would be their chosen route for receiving industry information… Continue reading Businessmen Prefer Print

Google has added video to its current catalogue of text, static image, banner and flash animation ads, which it provides to other sites.The search engine colossus plans to place online video ads on the many websites in US, Canada and Japan where it sells advertising, though for the moment they will not appear on Google’s… Continue reading A Commercial Break For Google