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Chrysalis-owned radio station Heart is now available on Freeview channel 728, making it the first regional radio channel to sign up to the platform.In a move to boost its national coverage and increase its reach, the station will sit alongside the BBC, Virgin and Magic and listeners will be able to listen to all three… Continue reading Freeview Has Heart

Advertising revenues at ITV1 have declined 12.5% over 2006 according to an announcement from the broadcaster.ITV also revealed that the flagship channel’s adult share of commercial impacts are down 10.4% at 33% over the same period.In a trading update released today, ITV said that although advertising revenues were down 12.5%, this better than expected under… Continue reading ITV1 Ad Revenue Down 12.5%

Guardian Media Group has increased its portfolio of radio stations after conditionally acquiring Saga Radio and its digital assets from Saga Group for an undisclosed sum.GMG now owns 12 major FM stations, including its own Real and Smooth networks, and the Century FM stations in the North West and North East, which it acquired from… Continue reading Saga For Guardian Media Group

The Government has said that the cost of ensuring the most vulnerable people in Britain receive adequate support for digital switchover will be around £600 million.The money is expected to come from the television licence fee but culture secretary Tessa Jowell said, whilst revealing details of the switchover support scheme in the Commons yesterday, that… Continue reading Switchover Support For Vulnerable To Cost £600 Million

The X Factor final on ITV1 on Saturday night managed to triumph over BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing, which doesn’t see its winner crowned until next week.An average of around 8.8 million adults tuned in to see the final performances from the last two contestants, giving ITV1 an almost 44% viewing share at the time,… Continue reading End Of X Factor Boosts Viewing Figures For ITV1

The Venice Project, the new project from the makers of VOIP giant Skype that aims at distributing television and video over the internet, quietly launched its beta testing on Friday, inviting thousands of people to begin using the service to help its developers work out early bugs.Although few details are known about how the Venice… Continue reading Skype Creators’ Revolutionary TV Project Begins Testing

Transport for London will not be awarding a contract for a free afternoon paper because bids were not large enough, according to reports in the trade press.The contract would have seen one of the free afternoon newspapers distributed across the London underground network.Afternoon freesheets London Lite and thelondonpaper are currently distributed outside underground stations in… Continue reading TfL Cancels Afternoon Free Newspaper Contract

The X Factor will remain with ITV for another three years at least, after the programme’s creator, Simon Cowell, signed an estimated £20 million deal with the broadcaster.The high-rating show will stay with ITV until 2009, with the broadcaster presumably hoping that the programme will continue to prove popular with viewers. The deal was announced… Continue reading ITV Keeps The X Factor Until 2009

Channel 4 could launch a music channel on Freeview, according to Rod Henwood, the broadcaster’s new business director.In an interview in the Times Henwood said that Channel 4 is aiming to launch a new channel to fill the Freeview slot left vacant by the sell-off of quiz channel Quiz Call in November.Although Henwood said that… Continue reading Channel 4 Could Launch Freeview Music Channel

NewsLine, the top source for media news and views, is conducting a poll to find out the key news event of the year.Launching in the middle of next week, subscribers will be able to vote on a selection of the top stories from 2006, and have until the end of the first week in January… Continue reading Vote For The Top Media Story Of 2006