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Mobile operators are in a good position to boost their revenues by offering users compelling mobile phone content, according to a new report by consulting company Ovum. The efforts of operators worldwide to create attractive content services for consumers will pay off, says Ovum. If they keep momentum mobile companies should prove more successful at… Continue reading Wireless Operators To Reap Content Revenue Benefits

The US hi-tech business publishing sector saw advertising volumes decline by 16.5% during July, according to the latest figures from United Business Media‘s CMP Media division. Within this, CMP’s volumes fell by 14.8%. In the twelve months to July, the whole technology publishing market saw ad page volumes drop by 18.0% year on year. CMP… Continue reading US Hi-Tech Publishing Ad Volumes Fall 17% In July

The cost of digital TV set-top box equipment could fall as low as â‚Ź36 (£27) by 2007, as fierce competition in the supplier market continues to drive down prices, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. Demand for digital terrestrial TV (DTT) services is starting to look much stronger in Europe, with the UK’s… Continue reading DTV Equipment Costs To Fall Below £30 By 2007, Says Report

Chrysalis Radio has secured Telewest Broadband as the six-figure sponsor of Heart 100.7 in the West Midlands.The 12-month deal, planned and negotiated by Media Insight, will run during Nick Piercy’s Evening Drivetime show and will promote Telewest Broadband’s blueyonder 2Mb internet service, which claims to be four times faster than other leading broadband suppliers.On air… Continue reading Chrysalis Brings Telewest To Heart Of West Midlands

Carlton was seen in focus yesterday, down 4.28% as continued concerns over its proposed merger with Granada weighed heavily on the stock.Senior executives at this year’s Media Guardian Edinburgh Television Festival have suggested that the proposed merger will go ahead even if the Government forces them to sell off their airtime sales houses (see ITV… Continue reading Sharewatch: Carlton Falls On Bearish Sentiment

The role of the BBC in the increasingly crowded media marketplace has been the source of much debate and the issue topped the bill once again at this year’s Media Guardian International Edinburgh Television Festival. Tony Ball, chief-executive of BSkyB, delivered an extraordinary James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, in which he argued that the Corporation’s executive… Continue reading NewsLine Column: James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture

Granada has attacked suggestions by former Channel Five chief executive, David Elstein, that its proposed merger with Carlton could produce more than £100 million of cost savings for the combined ITV company.Elstein, who is reportedly planning to parachute in an alternative management team to run the merged broadcaster, claims that the cost savings generated by… Continue reading Granada Dismisses Elstein’s Merger Savings Calculations

IPC’s flagship men’s lifestyle magazine, Loaded, has appointed Martin Daubney as its new editor following Scott Manson’s decision to step down to launch a new youth title.Daubney joined Loaded in February 2003 from the News of the World, where he edited the paper’s sexy sports page, Sin Bin. Prior to that, he was editor of… Continue reading IPC’s Loaded Appoints Daubney As New Editor

Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, has called on British broadcasters to re-run more classic programmes in an unexpected defence of the repeat as a cornerstone of public service broadcasting.Making her first ever appearance at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival last weekend, Jowell claimed that “golden nuggets” such as Pride And Prejudice, The Office and… Continue reading MGEITF 2003: Jowell Defends Core Value Of Repeats

The proposed multi-billion merger of the UK’s largest commercial broadcasters, Carlton and Granada, will go ahead even if the Government forces them to sell off their airtime sales houses, according to senior executives at this year’s Media Guardian Edinburgh Television Festival.Tess Alps, chairman of media buying group, PHD, said: “Advertisers are realistic and we know… Continue reading ITV Merger Will Proceed Despite Divestment