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The return of Grand Designs to Channel 4 last night saw the broadcaster beat the four other terrestrial broadcasters on a rare and wonderful night.The series, fronted by the dashing Kevin McCloud, began with a 90-minute special following a couple as they battled to save a romantic 14th-century castle from ruin.The first show in the… Continue reading Grand Return For Grand Designs

Shortly after midnight last night, around three million Virgin Media cable homes tuned in to Sky’s basic channels saw their transmission cease, after talks between the two companies broke down.Sky had increased the fees for channels such as Sky One and Sky News, and Virgin said it refused to pay the amount, which, according to… Continue reading Sky Anytime? Not For Virgin Media Cable Homes

Capital 95.8 has announced that Bam Bam will be joining the station to present a new weeknight show.Bam Bam’s show will broadcast Monday to Friday from 7pm-10pm. Launching on Monday 12 March.Capital 95.8’s programming director Scott Muller said: “Bam Bam is an absolutely exceptional and unique personality, and I’m incredibly excited he’s joining the Capital… Continue reading Bam Bam Joins Capital 95.8

ITV has been put in the spotlight following Channel 4’s Richard and Judy ‘You Say We Pay’ controversy, after Britain’s biggest broadcaster admitted to overcharging red button users by a combined total of £200,000 on eviction votes for The X Factor.ITV said it had discovered that viewers using the red button on Sky Digital remotes… Continue reading ITV Joins Vote Scandal List For X Factor Overcharging

The UK’s commercial radio representative body, the RadioCentre, has announced the appointment of Simon Redican as managing director of the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB).Redican joins the organisation from News International where he was media account director of the Times solutions team. His appointment is seen as the next step in the overall re-energising of the… Continue reading RAB Appoints New MD

Former Virgin Radio presenter Martin Collins has been lined up as the next presenter of GMG Radio’s Smooth drive-time show.It is expected that Collins will begin broadcasting on Smooth on March 26, as part of a major revamp of the station’s daytime line-up.Last week GMG announced that Graham Dene had been recruited to front the… Continue reading Collins Goes From Virgin To Smooth

Today’s MediaTel Group Future of Magazines seminar saw Paul Keenan, chief executive of Emap Consumer Media, take his seat on the panel and discuss the changes ahead for the publisher.Keenan said that the forthcoming changes would see Emap stop doing a number of processes, which will lead to some jobs being taken out of the… Continue reading Emap Job Losses As Magazines Look To Unleash Talent

Virgin Media lost 37,000 customers in the last three months of 2006, according to a financial statement released by the company today.It telephony service had 64,300 net fewer subscribers, with Virgin Media putting this down in part to competitive pressure.Broadband saw strong growth in the number of subscribers, with net additions of 78,100 in the… Continue reading Virgin Media Loses Customers

The television industry needs to be able to self-regulate, moving away from the “nanny state” that Ofcom is imposing, according to Five’s Jane Lightning, who was speaking at yesterday’s Thinkbox conference in London.Lightning expressed great concern about the current climate of restrictions, particularly in relation to the long-running HFSS debate, saying the industry needs a… Continue reading Ofcom Contributing To “Nanny State” View On TV Advertising

The magazine industry needs to adapt in the digital age, with the key being the evolution of content to take readers online, rather than the replication of magazines online, according to panellists at this morning’s latest MediaTel Group seminar.It is important to give readers a reason to go to magazines’ online offerings, said Future plc… Continue reading Magazines Must Work Harder To Evolve Content For Digital Platforms