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Five has named Nick Thorogood as the Controller of its two forthcoming digital channels, Five US and Five Life.The two channels are being launched in the Autumn and Thorogood will begin his new role in September.Until earlier this year Thorogood was editor of ITV daytime, a position he’d held since 2004. Prior to that he… Continue reading Five Announces Controller For New Digital Channels

Andy Duncan, the chief executive of Channel 4, will not take Charles Allen’s place at ITV, saying that his loyalties lie with Channel 4 and will do for “some considerable time.”“There has been a lot of speculation about possible candidates for this role and I want it to be known that I will not be… Continue reading Channel 4 Head Will Not Step Into Allen’s Shoes

July was another record breaking month for text messaging in the UK, as the number sent soared to over 3.5 billion, according to new figures released today by the Mobile Data Association (MDA).An average of 113 million messages were sent per day throughout July, and the total is an increase of almost 30% on the… Continue reading Record Text Messaging Figures For July

DJs Carl Cox and Armin Van Buuren are joining the line-up of Emap’s Kiss radio network as it prepares itself for a relaunch and expansion.Kiss will be the UK’s only radio station broadcasting shows from the superstar DJs, both of whom regularly top worldwide polls. Carl Cox will play the best in funky house whilst… Continue reading Superstar DJs Line Up For Kiss Revamp

ITV looks set to radically restructure its daytime programming by cutting its afternoon news output and reducing its commitment to children’s programming.From September 4 the lunchtime news bulletin, starting at 1.30, will be cut in half, from 60 to 30 minutes, and Loose Women will be returning for an hour from 12.30. After the news,… Continue reading ITV Begins Daytime Schedule Revamp

Real People, NatMags’ women’s weekly, is refunding advertisers after it failed to meet its guaranteed circulation target of 350,000, according to a report in Marketing Week.The magazine, which launched in January, was 9% short of its target in the six months to June, according to the ABC magazine figures which were released last week (see… Continue reading Real People Could Refund Advertisers

An advert for Kellogg’s which claimed that eating its Corn Flakes would make children “9% more alert” has been found misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).A voice-over on the ad said: “At the start of the new school term, give them a head start. Research shows that when they eat a cereal likes ours,… Continue reading Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Claim “Misleading”

Love Island is continuing to perform better now the Big Brother behemoth has departed the nation’s television screens.The reality show attracted a peak of 2.5 million adult viewers (a 13% audience share) in its hour long slot yesterday evening and across the whole programme it did almost as well, with an average audience of 2.3… Continue reading Love Island Stays Buoyant

Associated Newspapers is to launch its freesheet, London Lite, earlier than planned in order to be on the streets ahead of its rival, News International’s thelondonpaper.With its launch brought forward to August 30, Associated’s London Lite will be available a full five days before News International’s offering, which has itself had its launch date brought… Continue reading London Lite To Launch Next Week

The UK remains the only country in Europe with over 50% of households having digital television services, according to a report just published by independent market analyst Datamonitor.Datamonitor estimates that by 2010, 95% of UK households will have made the transition to digital TV and the UK will remain the most penetrated digital market in… Continue reading UK Only Country In Europe With Over 50% DTV Services