The Radio Authority has confirmed that eight applications have been made for the Greater London ILR licence currently held by Liberty Radio. As well as a re-application by the existing licensee, there have also been a number of applications from stations catering for the Asian community, two for children’s stations and one from Saga radio,… Continue reading Eight Applications Received For Liberty Licence
ITV has told the BBC that it could save £50m of licence fee payers money if it scraps its bid for the digital terrestrial TV (DTT) licences made available following the collapse of ITV Digital (see Administrators Confirm ITV Digital Sale) and joins the rival ITV and Channel 4 coalition.ITV and Channel 4, which make… Continue reading ITV Offers BBC £50m Incentive To Abandon Digital Bid
Future’s Games division has announced the launch of a brand extension of its Official UK Playstation 2 Magazine. Official UK Playstation 2 Tips will be published monthly, targeting “all dedicated PS2 gamers”.The 132 magazine will contain tips, cheats and guides on all the major releases for the gaming console. Each edition will be covermounted with… Continue reading Future To Launch PS2 Cheats Magazine
The text messaging trend shows no signs of slowing according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA), which reveal that 1.38 billion person to person SMS messages were sent during May, an increase of 46 million on the previous month.Over 45 million text messages were sent across the four GSM network operators… Continue reading Text Trend Continues To Blossom During May
Three major UK radio groups have come together to secure a six-figure advertising deal with drinks brand Dr.Pepper.In what is understood to be a first for the radio industry, a month long campaign will run throughout July across Chrysalis Radio’s Galaxy Network, Capital’s regional network and Emap’s Kiss 100 in London.The three radio groups came… Continue reading UK Radio Groups Come Together For Six-Figure Ad Deal
Radio First this morning said that it is in discussions with a number of parties about securing additional funding for further development of its football club-based Fan Radio Network (see Radio First On Target For Football Station Launches). In a trading statement this morning, the group said that it needs extra investment in its four… Continue reading Radio First Seeks Further Funding For Football Club Stations
US consumers intend to spend $14 billion online in the third quarter of 2002, up 41% year on year, according to a survey by ACNielsen. The latest Internet Confidence Index report from Yahoo! and ACNielsen indicates that there is a growing mainstream acceptance of internet products, services and ecommerce in the US, with a stronger… Continue reading US Ecommerce Grows In Acceptance, Finds ACNielsen
Flytxt has reported success for Emap’s customer relationship management campaign for Smash Hits, the SMS Poptext Club. Research into the service, which includes gossip, offers and competitions, has revealed a high level of enjoyment among members, as well as acceptance among the opt-in members of messages from third party advertisers.The research findings showed that 96%… Continue reading Smash Hits SMS Club Sees Success
Chrysalis-owned London radio station Heart 106.2 is launching a major marketing campaign to promote its Drivetime show.The campaign, which is the second phase of the station’s marketing initiative, will give listeners the chance to win a luxury holiday. Running throughout July the ‘Dream Ticket’ promotion will give away over £100,000 worth of holidays to destinations… Continue reading Heart 106.2 Launches Dream Ticket Promotion
Poor local press advertising conditions in the south east and London have caused a regional revenue decline of 2.3% at Trinity Mirror for the first half of the year. A decline of 11.6% in this region was offset by growth of 1.7% across the rest of the company’s regional divisions, said a trading statement today.Trinity… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Sees Very Little Visibility, Poor South East Revenues
