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The New York Times has settled a lawsuit with the National Basketball Association after agreeing to sell photographs of NBA games taken by NYT photographers and providing promotional benefits to the association. Additionally, the New York Times will display the NBA.com logo on NYTimes.com and in print and offer a direct link from its online… Continue reading New York Times Settles Lawsuit

Digital television viewing figures for March shows that non-terrestrial channels continue to grow audiences in general terms, having increased their share of viewing across all homes. The biggest loss of viewing share was at ITV, which, although it still commands the largest share of viewing, has seen a decrease in share year on year. BBC2… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – March 2001

Channel 5’s proposal to move its early evening news bulletin to 5.30pm, in order to show Home and Away in the vacated 6pm slot, has been blocked by the Independent Television Commission (ITC).In its original licensing remit, Channel 5 agreed to provide a minimum 20 minutes of news coverage and 10 minutes of current affairs… Continue reading Channel 5 News Move Refused By ITC

Advertising the performance capabilities of a car without encouraging dangerous driving is a tricky one. Daihatsu found itself on the wrong side of the line this week with an advert in the national press that prompted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.The ad in question, for the Sirion 1.3 SL featured a picture of… Continue reading ASA Puts Brakes On Daihatsu Advertising

Prohibitively high costs and a lack of awareness of the benefits will lead to slow broadband take up in Europe, reports Jupiter MMXI. Currently the average cost of broadband connection in Europe is over £125 and the average monthly subscription is around £30, Jupiter predicts that only around 14% of European households will have a… Continue reading Jupiter MMXI Reports That Broadband Take Up In Europe Will Be Slow

Digital television viewing figures for March shows that non-terrestrial channels continue to grow audiences in general terms, having increased their share of viewing across all homes from an average 15.5% in March 2000 to 19.9% in March 2001. The biggest loss of viewing share was at ITV, which, although with 28.5% it still commands the… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – March 2001

ONdigital owners Carlton and Granada are expected to announce spending cuts at the digital broadcaster when they reveal the latest subscription figures in two weeks time, according to a report in today’s Daily Telegraph. At present the company is spending around £3m every year thanks to the heavy subsidies on set-top boxes. Yesterday ONdigital’s chief… Continue reading Carlton And Granada May Implement Spending Cuts At ONdigital

Trinity Mirror shares have fallen by over 3% or 14½p this morning, as condemnation of the Sunday Mirror for publishing an interview with the father of the victim in the Leeds footballer trial continues to mount.Both the defence and the prosecution in the trial of Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate for affray and GBH had… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Shares Fall As Fears Of Contempt Charge Rise

French radio group NRJ may be winding up to its first move into the UK radio market, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. The paper says that NRJ’s founder and chairman, Jean-Paul Baudecroux, believes he could teach a thing or two to the UK’s radio operators. It speculates that Chrysalis Radio is the… Continue reading France’s NRJ Reported To Be Considering UK Radio Move

The Radio Authority received just one application for the local digital multiplex licence for the Southend and Chelmsford area in time for its deadline of 3 April. The applicant for the licence, which covers an area with a potential audience of up to 1.2m adults aged 15 and over in Southend, Chelmsford and surrounding parts… Continue reading Radio Authority Awards Aberdeen Digital Licence, Receives One Application For Southend