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Titan Holdings, owner of advertising firm Titan Outdoor, has agreed to buy beleaguered poster specialist Maiden Group for just under £50 million.The deal, announced to the stock market this morning, has been accepted by 57% of Maiden’s shareholders, which have been forced to sell following a breach in the company’s banking agreements.Maiden, which holds advertising… Continue reading Titan Worldwide Secures Control Of Maiden For £50m

BBC One’s detective drama Dalziel and Pascoe floored competition from ITV last night, which delivered disappointing ratings with the first episode of emotional drama, A Good Murder.The ITV show, which concludes tonight, drew just 4.2 million adults on average, compared to 6.3 million for BBC One.Elsewhere, the Corporation traded blows with ITV’s Monday night soap… Continue reading ITV Drama Arrested By Dalziel And Pascoe

Rupert Murdoch has outlined his vision of a future media landscape, remaining unflinching in the face of threats to traditional media owners, and the changes brought by new media and the internet.Delivering the annual Livery Lecture at The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers yesterday, the media mogul outlined the increasing move towards new… Continue reading Murdoch Sees Future In Fragmented Media

Reports this morning suggest the BBC faces defeat over its bid for an increased licence fee, with the Financial Times giving over its front page to claims the Corporation is being “unrealistic” in its request.This afternoon will see the Government publish a white paper on the future of the BBC, delivering a ruling on its… Continue reading BBC Set For Defeat Over Increased Licence Fee

Today sees GCap Media’s London-based indie station, Xfm, launch a new look schedule, just months after re-organising its breakfast routine in the build up to its launch in Manchester.The station’s new line up will give a more prominent role to new music guru John Kennedy, Rock DJ Ian Camfield and resident remixer Eddy Temple-Morris.Both Kennedy… Continue reading Xfm Rejigs Schedule Ahead Of Manchester Launch

Cable giant Telewest has extended the reach of its fledgling high definition TV service to over 4.5 million homes, building on its launch to 400 customers in London at the end of last year.Announced in parallel with the launch of the company’s new personal video recorder (PVR), dubbed TVDrive, the extended HD services will bring… Continue reading Telewest Tackles Sky With Increased HD Service

BBC One saw its audience see-saw last night, with new crime drama Mayo returning disappointing results, while David Attenborough’s latest jaw dropping nature documentary hooked viewers from the beginning.Starring impressionist Alistair McGowan, Mayo promised a darkly comic detective tale, but drew a disappointing 4.3 million adults on Sunday night, suffering at the hands of ITV1’s… Continue reading Viewers Say No To Mayo But Dig Planet Earth

Ulster Television has released its preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2005, revealing a 19% rise in earnings thanks to its acquisition of the TalkSport radio station.A pre-tax profit of £20.8 million was reported by the company for 2005 as a whole, up from £17.5 million in 2004. The increase follows UTV’s purchase… Continue reading UTV Sees Earnings Increase After TalkSport Purchase

Channel 4 has signed a landmark agreement with Twentieth Century Fox to acquire the rights to content for its family of channels, marking the largest deal of its kind for Fox in the UK, and securing content for FilmFour’s relaunch as a free-to-air channel.The new agreement will see Channel 4 air blockbuster titles such as… Continue reading Channel 4 Signs Largest Ever Fox Content Deal

BBC One’s slick drama series Hotel Babylon continued to perform well for the broadcaster last night, notching up an average adult audience of 5.1 million to see off ITV1’s similarly polished Footballers’ Wives.The sensationalist ITV drama drew an average adult audience of 3.7 million in the same time slot, with its share of 17.53% proving… Continue reading Hotel Babylon Floors Footballers Wives