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The ABC will host the IFABC General Assembly as part of its birthday celebrations, to mark the 75th year that it has provided the UK media industry with currencies for the buying and selling of space for print, exhibitions and now electronic media.The IFABC General Assembly, billed as one of the most auspicious occasions in… Continue reading ABC To Host Major Industry Event To Mark 75th Birthday

A new free magazine, Sport hit London’s streets this morning, hoping to have the same success here as it has had in Paris.The 48-page magazine is based on a format which has already seen success in France, and is quite similar in style to the Observer Sport Monthly. It will be available every Friday from… Continue reading Free Sport Magazine Launches In London

The Financial Times newspaper has appointed Broadsystem to manage all of its UK subscriptions, in a bid to boost the title’s subscriber base.Broadsystem has developed a bespoke subscription process for the FT, enabling the paper to develop its subscription programmes flexibly. Broadsystem are responsible for handling the entire process from customer service, through to data… Continue reading FT Appoints Broadsystem In Bid To Boost UK Subscriptions

Mark Dinning has returned to Emap to edit Empire magazine, after two years with Future Publishing.Dinning has been the editor of Future’s title Total Film for almost a year-and-a-half, and during his reign the magazine enjoyed its most successful period in its nine-year history.He first joined Empire as a staff writer in November 1999, before… Continue reading Dinning Returns To Emap To Edit Empire

The BBC and Microsoft have signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding, intended to define a framework where the companies can explore opportunities for the delivery and consumption of BBC content and the evolution of next-generation broadcasting.BBC director-general Mark Thompson and director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield met Microsoft chairman Bill Gates to officially… Continue reading BBC And Microsoft Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Emap Performance is to merge its Magic AM and Big City FM radio stations, as well as adding a new tier of management.According to reports in the trade press, the Magic stations are to join Emap’s Big City network, making a group of 32 local AM and FM services in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the… Continue reading Emap Performance To Merge Radio Stations

The huge increase in consumers going online to video rich websites is one of the most significant recent trends in television, and such sites could pose a threat to UK broadcasters.This was one of the issues raised at MediaTel Group’s latest ‘Future Of TV’ seminar, held in London yesterday. Rahul Chakkara, controller BBCi believes that… Continue reading Rise In Broadband Could Threaten TV Channels In UK

BT has announced a deal with Packard Bell for joint marketing of BT Total Broadband, which will see the broadband service preloaded on all Packard Bell desktops and notebooks in the UK.BT Total Broadband and other BT consumer products will be promoted on Packard Bell’s website and through other promotional channels.At launch, customers who sign… Continue reading BT And Packard Bell In Joint Marketing Deal

Digital UK, the body leading the digital television switchover in the UK, has teamed up with Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman for an autumn campaign to drive awareness of the UK’s switch to digital television.Aardman is working on the latest series of trails featuring computer animated robot character Digit Al (voiced by Little Britain‘s Matt… Continue reading Wallace And Gromit Creators Signed For Digital Awareness Campaign

Digital switchover will be fundamental to the landscape of how and what people watch on television in the next few years, according to Ford Ennals, chief executive of Digital UK, who was discussing the forthcoming move at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future Of TV’ seminar yesterday.Clare Salmon, director of marketing and commercial strategy at ITV, agreed that… Continue reading Digital Switchover Will Be Fundamental To TV Landscape