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Sir Martin Sorrell, head of WPP, has said that those in charge of running media companies should make sure that they keep up with the shift in power taking place in the media industry.Sorrell, speaking yesterday at a Chrysalis event, said that media owners need to get their heads around the fact that profitability will… Continue reading Sorrell: Media Owners need To Keep Pace With Change

Five has replaced Nick Thorogood, controller of its digital channels Five Life and Five US, with Hannah Barnes, currently managing editor of Sky One, Two and three.In his role as director of programming, Barnes will oversee Five’s digital channels, Five Life and Five US, which were both launched last October (see Five To Launch Two… Continue reading Five Digital Controller Replaced

Life On Mars remained strong against the brawling scenes of the Champion’s League, luring almost 5.5 million adults to BBC One once again, compared to the football’s average of 4.6 million.The 1970s time-glitch crime drama gave the channel a 24.2% viewing share, up slightly from its series two debut last week (see Life On Mars… Continue reading Life On Mars Battles Champion’s League Brawl

Former Ofcom chief policy partner, Kip Meek, is set to become a non-executive director on the board of the RadioCentre.Meek helped to set up Ofcom in 2003 and became chief policy officer in 2005, setting up an international group and chairing the European Regulators Group, which was made up of representatives from regulatory bodies across… Continue reading RadioCentre Makes Meek Appointment

Many early adopters of mobile television and video services are not keen on revisiting the technology, according to a survey of 22,000 European mobile users commissioned by Tellabs.The research, conducted by M:Metrics in the UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain, showed that on average, former users of mobile TV and video outnumber current users by… Continue reading Early Adopters of Mobile TV Not Keen On Service

Jeff Smith, director of UK and international programming at Napster, has been named as the new head of music at Radio 2.He will take over from Colin Martin on March 26 this year, following the announcemt of Martin’s retirement in December 2006.Smith joined Napster in 2004 where he was responsible for sourcing all content and… Continue reading Radio 2 Names New Head Of Music

Sky will be launching the TV version of its Anytime package in March, allowing customers to watch a selection of the week’s best programming on-demand.Anytime on TV will be available to more than one million customers, making use of the additional capacity available on more recent Sky+ and Sky HD boxes.Launched next month, the service… Continue reading Sky Anytime Moves To TV In March

Virgin Media has signed a major content agreement with Warner Bros which will see US shows like Friends and ER made available to subscribers via its on-demand service.Over three million cable customers will be able to access more than 500 episodes of top-rating US shows such as Nip/Tuck and The OC.This agreement follows recent content… Continue reading Virgin Media Signs Warner Bros Content Deal

The return of Inspector Morse spin-off, Lewis, drew around 7.2 million adults to ITV1 last night, giving the station a 32.5% audience share in primetime.A year on from the pilot episode, Sunday night saw the return of Kevin Whately as the late Inspector Morse’s sidekick, now teamed up with a new partner.As Lewis‘ murder investigation… Continue reading Whately Wins For ITV1

The BBC is to begin a research trial on the Freeview platform of a video on demand (VOD) service which will utilise the platform’s interactive capabilities.Ashley Highfield, the BBC’s director of future media and technology, said that the BBC is currently working with a manufacturer of set-top boxes in order to segment a section of… Continue reading BBC Begins Research On Freeview VOD Service