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The Daily Telegraph will support its partnership with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) tomorrow with the launch of the Daily Telegraph British Academy Film Season, offering readers two for one tickets to see a selection of films nominated for a BAFTA award.The promotion will run from February 4 to 10 at… Continue reading Telegraph Boosts Film Association With BAFTA Promotion

Internet giant MSN will launch its new MSN search engine with a multi million pound advertising campaign next week, marking the company’s first TV activity in four years and designed to drive consumers to the new system in droves.The TV activity will be complimented by a large scale online campaign which MSN claims will reach… Continue reading MSN Launches Search Site With Huge Cross Media Push

Video Networks’ on-demand TV provider, HomeChoice, has announced a large-scale extension of its replay service, allowing customers to access popular programming from the BBC, Channel 4 and Chelsea TV, for up to seven days after it has been broadcast.A total of four new BBC channels will now be added to the line-up, and the number… Continue reading HomeChoice Boosts Replay To Encompass Digital Channels

Satellite heavyweight, BSkyB, has announced very positive interim results for the second quarter of 2004, revealing 192,000 new subscribers in the six months to December 31; bringing it closer to reaching its 8 million subscriber target by the end of 2005. Total revenue for Group has seen an increase of 10%, taking it to £1,945… Continue reading BSkyB Closes In On 8 Million Subscriber Target

Subsidiary company of The Local Radio Company (TLRC), First Radio Sales (FRS) has today announced the win of the representation contract of the Kent Messenger Radio (KM) group of stations, giving FRS an additional six stations and increasing its coverage to 92 UK radio stations. The deal with Kent Messenger means that FRS now represents… Continue reading First Radio Sales Wins Representation Of Kent Messenger Radio Groups

The broadcasting division of newspaper publishers Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), has announced the sale of Arts and Entertainment Programming Limited (A&E) to broadcasting and cable TV company, Eiacom plc, for £365,000 in cash. The sale of A&E by DMG Broadcasting will give rise to an exceptional loss on disposal of approximately £4 million… Continue reading DMG Broadcasting To Sell Arts and Entertainment Programming Limited

The number of multiroom digital video recorders (DVR) units deployed by cable and satellite television providers in the US are set to exceed 25 million by 2009, according to a new report by market research and consulting firm, Parks Associates. The study forecasts that companies will bring into action mass-entertainment networking solutions in limited numbers… Continue reading Multiroom DVRs To Exceed 25 Million By 2009

US local online advertising expenditure is set to hit $3.9 billion in 2005, enjoying more than twice the growth rate of overall internet advertising, according to a new report by media research firm, Borrell Associates. The new projections reveal that local online adspend in 2005, will increase by 46% more than 2004, with paid search… Continue reading US Online Adspend To Reach $3.9 Billion In 2005

Channel 4 has announced a restructuring of its commercial arm, 4 Ventures, in an attempt to increase profits from its secondary business activities.Channel 4 chief executive, Andy Duncan, has unveiled plans to reintegrate a number of 4 Ventures’ activities back into the core Channel 4 organisation and retain a streamlined commercial arm, focussing on 4’s… Continue reading Channel 4 Restructures Commercial Arm To Boost Profits

Magazine giant Emap has announced the appointment of James Mannion as the new editorial director of its flagship men’s magazine website, FHM.com.Mannion is currently executive editor of FHM and has been working on the brand for the last three years; he will take up the new role from 1 March this year.Before joining FHM, Mannion… Continue reading FHM.com Announces New Editorial Director