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IPC Media’s What’s On TV magazine retained the top spot in its sector, despite a 4.3% year on year drop in circulation.According to today’s ABC concurrent release for July to December 2006, the TV listings title now holds a figure of more than 1.4 million issues, down 65,327 year on year and almost 5% period… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2006:Soap Mags Boost Circulation Whilst What’s On TV Retains Top TV Spot

TV listing and shopping magazines have the greatest circulation totals in the UK, according to today’s consumer magazine July to December 2006 concurrent release from the ABC.Sky’s subscriber magazine, which has now been taken over by News International’s News Magazines division (see News International Company Scoops Sky Mag Contract), has a total circulation of more… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2006: TV Listings On Top Whilst Digital Only Mag A Success

TalkSPORT has signed goalscoring legend Ian Wright to co-present the station’s drivetime show alongside Adrian Durham.The former England and Arsenal superstar will be on air from Monday March 26, at 4-7pm Mondays to Thursdays, replacing Rodney Marsh who left the station in October last year.Wright was Arsenal’s top scorer for six seasons in a row,… Continue reading TalkSPORT Gets It Wright

TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, has launched Farcast TV, which allows users to create their own television channel using content created on their mobile phone.Farcast TV can be embedded into websites, with owners given a few lines of code to incorporate into their site. Movies can be sent from the consumer’s phone… Continue reading New Mobile Television Channel Launched

BBC Two has developed a series of new on-screen I-dents to the tune of £700,000 in which the figure ‘2’ represents a portal through which the world is seen differently.The seven different scenarios, which were designed by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and produced by Red Bee Media, are designed to reflect the range and diversity… Continue reading BBC Two Gets New I-dentity

The return of 70s time-glitch crime drama, Life On Mars, drew almost 5.5 million adult viewers on average to BBC One last night, giving the channel a 23.7% viewing share in the all-important 9pm to 10pm timeslot.Series two sees DI Sam Tyler (John Simm) more established in his 1973 life but still struggling with his… Continue reading Life On Mars Firmly Grounded In Peaktime

What’s on TV‘s mobile service is launching onto the Vodafone live!, O2 Active and Orange World portals, taking the brand to millions of mobile users to give them easy access to up to the minute TV news and programme listings.The mobile deals follow the launch last month of www.whatsontv.co.uk (see What’s On TV To Launch… Continue reading What’s On TV Expands Mobile Service

A new fashion magazine is set to launch in the UK and beyond in the spring, potentially taking the place of the once successful style bible, The Face.The high-end fashion and culture mag, Plastique, will be published four times a year, and is set to have a cover price of £3.80.Plastique, founded by Benjamin Shrimpton,… Continue reading New Fashion Mag To Face The Market

Clear Channel Outdoor UK has just released the results of new research carried out for T-Mobile and Taxi Media into the UK’s largest ever taxi advertising campaign.A media first of 690 pink liveried taxis in London and Birmingham, running 24 creative executions, led to the campaign delivering the highest advertising awareness figures of any previous… Continue reading Largest Ever Taxi Campaign Yields Research Results

Virgin Media has today announced a content programming deal with HBO, including smash-hit series like The Sopranos, Six Feet Under and Entourage.The deal marks HBO’s first entry into the UK market place. At least 50 hours of premium programming will be available upon full roll-out, through Virgin Media’s TV-on-demand service.The HBO subscription service will be… Continue reading HBO Launches On Virgin Media VOD Service