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The UK telecoms, media and technology (TMT) sector is being held back by a lack of funding, restrictive legislation and over-caution on the part of content owners. That is the verdict of city media analyst, Neil Blackley, who had some harsh words for industry executives at last night’s Royal Television Society Dinner in London. In… Continue reading Black Tidings For Advanced Television Sector

The BBC is to ask the Independent Television Commission to force BSkyB to guarantee it the top two slots on its electronic programming guide, following the breakdown of talks between the two broadcasters (see BBC And BSkyB Set To Take Digital Disagreement To ITC).The BBC’s decision not to renew its digital encryption deal with BSkyB… Continue reading BBC Appeals To TV Regulator To Resolve BSkyB Dispute

AOL Time Warner has confirmed that it has devised a new service, akin to TiVo, that will enable subscribers to skip through TV programming without the need to install new hardware. It was first revealed last month that AOL was testing a digital recording service, called Mystro TV, that would be available to cable subscribers… Continue reading AOL To Enter PVR Market With Mystro TV

Heavy TV users may be slightly less likely to pay attention to television adverts, according to data from Jack Myers Report’s Media Brand Track survey.The study, which surveyed across 42 US entertainment networks, found that an average of 22% of viewers with fewer than 80 channels say they are likely to pay attention to television… Continue reading Only 20% Of Viewers Likely To Pay Attention To Ads

The proposed £2.6 billion merger of Carlton Communications and Granada may be subject to Competition Commission-enforced remedies and restrictions, according to an article in the Financial Times.The paper reports that Sir Derek Morris, the Commission’s chairman, is looking to test new Enterprise Act proposals, which empower the body to attach detailed conditions to mergers and… Continue reading ‘Remedies’ May Be Attached To ITV Merger

Digital marketing company, ValueClick, has secured the ad sales contract for web-to-phone text message provider, Fonetastic, in a deal designed to offer advertisers greater access to the online youth market.The deal will see ValueClick manage third party sales of Fonetastic’s database of 2.2 million mobile phone users and its portfolio of youth-focussed websites, which includes… Continue reading ValueClick Deal Offers Access To Online Youth Market

ITV has denied reports that it is planning to abandon the Saturday night football highlights programme that it poached from the BBC for £183 million.The UK’s largest commercial broadcaster clinched the three-year deal for The Premiership back in July 2000. However, the show failed to attract a significant following in its early evening slot and… Continue reading ITV Denies Plans To Boot The Premiership

The UK TMT sector is being held back by a lack of funding, restrictive legislation and over-caution on the part of content owners. That is the verdict of city media analyst, Neil Blackley, who had some harsh words for industry executives at last night’s RTS Dinner in London.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…NTL Counts The Cost… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Black Tidings For Advanced TV Sector

Cinema-style classifications should be introduced for television programmes, according to Paul Bolt, director of the Broadcasting Standards Commission.Bolt wants viewers to receive the type of warnings that come with computer games, videos, DVDs and at the cinemas. His comments come amid concern about the type of programmes being shown before the 9pm watershed.In an interview… Continue reading TV Programmes Should Have Cinema-Style Ratings

Linda Genower, managing director of IPC’s women’s weeklies division is leaving the company less than a week after the appointment of Sylvia Auton as chief executive (see IPC Media Appoints Sylvia Auton As New Chief Executive).Genower will officially retire from her role at IPC Connect at Easter after a career spanning 20 years with the… Continue reading Genower Steps Down As Head Of Women’s Weeklies At IPC