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Sir Trevor McDonald’s modest sign-off from his last news bulletin drew a similarly modest audience last night, with an average of 2.9 million adults tuning in to see the veteran news reader say goodbye, marking the end of an era in television.The programme, airing at 10:30pm, notched up an audience share of just over 21%,… Continue reading Sir Trevor’s Modest Exit Brings Modest Viewers For ITV

2006 looks set to be the year of video on-demand, with market analysts pointing towards a deluge of new delivery technologies to make personalised, interactive video content a reality.Next year’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will debut a raft of new products, say market analyst Parks Associates, with video services “a significant area… Continue reading 2006 To See On-Demand Technology Growth

BSkyB’s chief operating officer, Richard Freudenstein, is to leave the company next year to return to his home country, Australia, following the launch of Sky’s high definition (HD) TV service.Freudenstein joined Sky in 1999 as the company’s general manager, before being appointed chief operating officer the following year. The outgoing TV boss will continue to… Continue reading Sky COO To Step Down In New Year

Cable giant NTL has announced the appointment of a new president and chief executive to oversee its merger with rival Telewest, giving Stephen Burch the combined role and moving incumbent CEO Simon Duffy to the position of executive vice chairman in the combined company.Commenting on the two moves, which are effective from 16 January 2006,… Continue reading NTL Appoints New CEO To Steer Telewest Merger

A barrage of prime time entertainment shows from ITV floored the BBC last night, as Emmerdale, Coronation Street, The Bill and The 2005 British Comedy Awards colluded to outgun the Corporation in every time slot.Emmerdale and Coronation Street got ITV’s evening off to a spectacular start, scoring average audiences of 7.9 million and 9 million… Continue reading Corrie And Comedy Help ITV Beat BBC

Radio giant GCap Media has appointed Duncan George as its new commercial director, assuming responsibility for all national and London commercial revenue streams following the company’s launch of a “root and branch” strategic review.Reporting to operations director Steve Orchard, George will focus on GCap’s strategy to drive long term profit growth through innovative client solutions,… Continue reading Duncan George Appointed Commercial Boss At GCap

Britain’s largest newspaper publisher, Trinity Mirror, has warned investors of a downward trend in media advertising next year, compacting a poor end to 2005, which saw the firm’s ad sales fall by 7.9% in the five months to November.In a pre-close trading statement to the City, Trinity said its group advertising revenues had fallen by… Continue reading Trinity Warns Of Downward Slide For Print Ads

Ocean Outdoor has secured the ad sales contract for London’s Clapham Tower, a soon to be launched “iconic” outdoor site near Clapham Junction.The three-dimensional site is located on private land where the Waterloo and Victoria train lines diverge. The station, which is the busiest in Europe, sees 2,550 trains each day, with high commuter through-traffic… Continue reading Ocean Outdoor Secures ‘Iconic’ London Site

Heart 106.2 has moved Sunday evening host Emma B to its drivetime show, pairing her with Greg Burns to co-host the show from 3 January. The move will see Emma B take to the air on the same day as London rival Capital FM relaunches.The new drivetime presenter joined Heart earlier this year, but will… Continue reading Heart Moves Emma B To Drivetime

London’s newest free morning newspaper, City AM, has secured distribution within all of the capital’s airports, significantly increasing its reach and further targeting the business community.The newspaper will now be available at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and City Airport, distributed through branded display units in over 50 business lounges serving major airlines including British Airways, Virgin,… Continue reading City AM Signs London Airports For Business Distribution