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Frustration is brewing amongst NTL shareholders, who feel that the cable group should focus on integrating Telewest and Virgin Mobile rather than a bid to buy ITV, according to a report on mediaguardian.co.uk.The ITV board unanimously rejected a merger bid by NTL recently, claiming there was “little, if any, strategic logic for ITV to combine… Continue reading NTL Shareholders Want Company To Shed ITV Takeover Plans

From today, Ofcom is advertising the licence for the second Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) national radio multiplex.The multiplex licence allows the broadcast of radio services as well as other services, including mobile television channels.Ofcom says this represents the first step in its DAB licensing programme intended to lead to a significant expansion in both local… Continue reading Second DAB Multiplex Licence Up For Grabs

ITV is preparing for the launch of ITV Local, the broadcaster’s local broadband service, after the appointment of a launch managing director and the acquisition of online business directory Scoot.ITV has appointed Mohammed Raja, who has worked at search and directories companies including Thomson Directories, 192.com, Ask Jeeves and UpMyStreet.com, as managing director, to spearhead… Continue reading ITV Gears Up To Launch Local Broadband Service

DAB is a massive part of the future of the radio industry, so no doubt many were worried when recent reports said that the sound quality is not as good as was first claimed. It was therefore inevitable that the subject would be up for discussion at yesterday’s MediaTel Group future of radio seminar, where… Continue reading Top Players Look To DAB As Radio’s Saviour

At yesterday’s MediaTel Group future of radio seminar, the second national digital multiplex was predictably one of the hot topics up for discussion, with panellist Nathalie Schwarz, director of radio at Channel 4, saying a successful bid by the broadcaster for the multiplex would have a positive effect on the radio industry.Schwarz said of the… Continue reading Channel 4 Outlines Vision For Second Multiplex

Interactive and user-generated media formats have now become a standard part of today’s media consumption, according to research conducted by Emap Advertising’s new research panel, The Inside.Over half the 10,000 or so UK 15+ consumers on the panel (see Emap Advertising Launches New Consumer Insight Panel) read blogs (54%) and just under half (43%) now… Continue reading Inside Info Reveals UGC Is Now Standard In Media Consumption

The recently launched division of News International, News Magazines, has taken the contract for BSkyB’s Sky Magazine, taking it from John Brown.The company will take over Sky Magazine next summer, with the news indicating the first customer magazine win for the division, which was created last year to take News International into the consumer magazine… Continue reading News International Company Scoops Sky Mag Contract

Reality behemoth Big Brother should be safe with Channel 4 for at least another two years, as the broadcaster is said to have signed a new deal with programme producer Endemol.Although the ITV director of television, Simon Shaps, is believed to have talked to Endemol about the contract, it is understood the network did not… Continue reading Big Bro Safe With C4 For Two Years

UK Women are 38% more likely than men to buy a Christmas gift online and 55% more likely than men to do “as much of their Christmas shopping as possible” over the internet, according to analysts Nielsen//NetRatings.62% of Britons online expect to make more Christmas gift purchases via the internet than last year, whilst this… Continue reading Women Dominate Success Of Online Christmas

The first part of BBC Two’s two-part drama starring Toni Collette and Tim Roth, Tsunami: The Aftermath, was watched by an average of 2.2 million adult viewers, giving the channel a 10% audience share.Viewers of the programme remained with it throughout, but whether its second instalment next Tuesday will prove as popular remains to be… Continue reading New Two-Part Drama Fails To Hit The Mark For Two