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A new online system is set to go beyond time-shift and on-demand television facilities, with the launch of TIOTI, described by one of its founding partners as a giant personalised digital video recorder online.The system is “like TiVo for the internet,” according to Paul Cleghorn, who developed the service as a reaction to waiting for… Continue reading Next Generation Of Online TV To Launch

ITV is supposedly lining up a ‘dream team’ of Stephen Carter, former head of Ofcom, as chief executive, and Channel 4’s Kevin Lygo as director of programmes.According to reports in the trade press, the duo are the frontrunners to take over the posts, with shareholders wanting to bring in a new programming chief at the… Continue reading ITV Could Get Carter

The founder of Wallpaper, Tyler Brule, is to launch a new high-end business and cultural magazine called Monocle.The new magazine will, according to reports in the trade press, be based in London and be sold worldwide, with offices in Tokyo, New York and Zurich.Monocle will provide business reportage, and coverage of the latest cultural happenings… Continue reading Wallpaper Founder To Launch New Magazine

The final ever Prime Suspect, starring Helen Mirren as the alcoholic DSI Jane Tennison, lured an average of 7.6 million adults to ITV1 last night, taking a 36.5% viewing share between 9pm and 11pm.Prior to the long-running police drama, the final episode in the series of Heartbeat spin-off The Royal also proved a hit for… Continue reading 7.6 Million Adults Tune In To Prime Suspect Farewell

Thomson Intermedia plc, a leading provider of media intelligence, has signed a partnership agreement with WPP’s GroupM, the world’s leading media agency group which controls more than 25% of the UK’s media spend.The partnership will see GroupM and its agencies, including Mindshare, Mediacom and Mediaedge: CIA, use the enhanced and tailored Thomson Intermedia services and… Continue reading Thomson Intermedia Boosts Media Profile With GroupM

The makers of VOIP giant Skype are set to announce a new project aimed at distributing television and video over the internet.“The Venice Project”, which claims to combine the best things about TV with the social power of the web, is said to be announced at a television conference in New York by Fredrik de… Continue reading Skype Creators Develop New TV And Video Over Internet Project

Mobile phone operator O2 has announced that it is to offer a broadband service starting from spring 2007.According to reports in the trade press, O2 has begun talks with BT and Cable & Wireless about the offering but as yet no deal has been brokered.The reports quote CEO Peter Erskine as denying that the company… Continue reading O2 To Offer Broadband Service Next Year

ITV shareholders are urging the company to appoint a new chief executive by Christmas, according to a report in the Guardian.The shareholders are apparently unhappy at the slow progress of the search for a replacement for Charles Allen.The report says that headhunters Zygos have widened their search for a new CEO to include continental Europe… Continue reading ITV Shareholders Want New CEO By Christmas

Owners of Smooth FM, Guardian Media Group, have applied to communications regulator Ofcom requesting a change in the format of the station.The station wishes to covert from its current focus of jazz, soul, blues and R’n’B to an easy-listening station for the over-50s, with GMG promising to retain the 45 hours of specialist jazz programmes… Continue reading Smooth FM Applies For Format Change

Yahoo! UK and Ireland has extended its relationship with Guardian Unlimited, with the two companies continuing a multi-year search and advertising deal.The deal, which began in 2002, will see the internet search engine extend the advertising revenue services it provides the Guardian’s network of websites, with a product called Hotspots that operates in a similar… Continue reading Yahoo! Extends Ad Deal With Guardian Unlimited