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Five is to launch two new channels, five US and five life, on Freeview this Autumn and has begun a major recruitment drive to staff the new channels using funding from its sole shareholder, RTL.Five US will show the best of American television with a selection of drama, sport, films and youth programming, while five… Continue reading Five To Launch Two New Channels

The Times newspaper will shortly launch a television service, Times TV, said News International chairman Less Hinton at the World Newspaper Congress in Moscow today.The television venture will be sponsored by computer company Cisco Systems and the service will have aggregated content provided by partners. News International also publishes the Sun and News of the… Continue reading Times Newspaper To Launch Times TV

talkSPORT, the UK’s most popular commercial speech radio station, has struck a deal with German regional broadcasting chiefs to broadcast across the nation’s DAB digital radio airwaves during what promises to be a cracking World Cup.This means that soccer-crazy fans will be able to listen to English radio in Germany for up to the minute… Continue reading talkSPORT To Broadcast From Germany

HomeChoice, the broadband, telephone and IPTV provider, looks as if it will have to cut its sale price from a hoped for £200 million after its owners received offers nearer the £50 million mark.Investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston are handling the sale for Video Networks, the company behind HomeChoice, who last year reported a… Continue reading HomeChoice Could Cut Sale Price

Continuous live television broadcast over mobile phones may be available far earlier than predicted. The BBC and ITV, in conjunction with other major broadcasters, have formed an unprecedented alliance to develop a mobile television service.They will conduct a six-month trial, together with Samsung and LG mobile phones, to test the market. Earlier in the year,… Continue reading BBC And ITV Trial Live Mobile TV

Newspaper advertising revenue showed the biggest rise in four years, with last year’s world-wide circulation up slightly, according to the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).WAN said global newspaper sales were up 0.56% over the year, and had increased by 6% over the past five years. Much of the sales growth last year was again in… Continue reading World Newspaper Ad Revenue And Circulation Up

Lisa Opie, managing director of Flextech, has quit after more than a decade at the company, with no new post to move to.Opie, who joined Flextech in 1993 as a promotions producer of TCC, has been MD for the past three years. This morning she told her colleagues that she would be going at the… Continue reading Opie Quits Flextech

Colour advertising could overtake black and white in the national press within two years, according to media buyers’ predictions. The forecast comes as new figures show that the number of full colour ads in the national press has risen 11.6% in the past year.The total number of full colour adverts increased 11.6% to 117,076, according… Continue reading Colour Ads To Overtake Mono In National Press

Independent television programmes could suffer if a pre-9pm ban on food advertising targeting children is introduced, warned an ITV director.Speaking at the Westminster Diet and Health Forum Consultation Seminar on food promotion to children, held in London, ITV director of regulatory affairs, Christy Swords, argued that the loss in revenue resulting from such a ban… Continue reading Ad Ban To Hurt Independent TV Shows

The search for the Big Brother golden tickets continues, with just hours left before the deadline for the innovative competition closes (see Big Brother Seeks Contestants Through Wonka-esque Promo).The golden tickets can be found inside special packets of Kit Kat chocolate bars and, once discovered, they must be verified online for the lucky ticket grabber… Continue reading Who Is The Big Brother Golden Ticket Winner?