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Virgin Radio has announced plans to become the first commercial radio station in Britain to offer on-demand news bulletins, giving listeners online access to the station’s latest broadcast updates.The service is being launched in reponse to listener demand for additional news, with the station’s online listening figures rising by 20% after the London bombings in… Continue reading Virgin Launches On-Demand News Service

The Independent on Sunday is to follow its weekday counterpart and publish in tabloid-only format from next week, ending months of speculation over the title’s future in broadsheet format.The shift, which will take place on 16 October, leaves just three Sunday newspapers in broadsheet format, with the Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph and Observer yet to… Continue reading Independent On Sunday To Make Tabloid Switch

Speaking at the MediaTelINSIGHT TV Technology seminar, held in conjunction with the MediaGuardian, Rahul Chakkara, Head of BBCi, outlined some of the Corporation’s new devices leading the way in interactive television.Chakkara started by discussing three main trends identified by the BBC in consumer television viewing in relation to personal video recorder (PVR) usage.The first pattern… Continue reading BBC Leads TV Technology Market

Media regulator Ofcom has today announced eighteen new community radio licences, bringing the total number awarded to forty-eight.The new licences will cover areas of Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Birmingham, as well as several smaller towns across the West Midlands and parts of Ireland.The new community licences will cover small areas with low power transmitters, forming… Continue reading Ofcom Awards New Community Radio Licences

Caple operator Telewest is continuing to expand its Teleport on demand services, adding a further 125,000 households to its network which now totals almost of quarter of a million subscribers.The Teleport service, which launched earlier this year (see Telewest Completes First Phase Of On-Demand Roll Out), allows customers access to film and television content at… Continue reading Telewest Extends Teleport To Quarter Million Viewers

Interactive television and the implications for advertisers were discussed yesterday at the MediaTelINSIGHT TV Technology seminar, in conjunction with the MediaGuardian, with the panellists all asserting the importance of the new medium for capturing potential audiences.The panellists agreed that interactive advertising was becoming an increasingly important part of the media mix, with its engaging properties… Continue reading Interactive TV Captures TV Viewers

Britain’s newly consolidated cable firm, formed from ntl and Telewest, is reportedly preparing a bid to unsettle BSkyB’s dominance of Premiership football coverage.The company, which announced its merger earlier this week (see Cable Giants Tie Up To Tackle Sky), will reportedly compete for the post-2007 broadcast rights when they are auctioned next year.The European Commission… Continue reading Cable Giants Set To Make Premiership Bid

The first mobile operators are beginning to offer fully fledged internet services to customers on the move, opening up a wide range of possibilities for online advertisers and content providers.The first such move was made by mobile firm O2 last week. The company’s adoption of Japanese firm NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode technology allows customers in Ireland… Continue reading Britain Wakes Up To Mobile Web Services

Havas has distanced itself from chief executive Vincent Bollore’s comments surrounding a possible takeover of media group Aegis, clarifying that the French entrepreneur was speaking in his capacity as chief executive of Groupe Bollore, and not as head of Havas.However, Havas refused to rule out its own approach for Aegis, stating only that Bollore’s comments… Continue reading Havas Distanced From Bollore/Aegis Rumours

According to press reports this afternoon, GCap Media has made further staff redundant from its London-based Capital FM todayThe job losses follow the resignation of chief executive and former Capital Radio boss, David Mansfield, who announced his decision to leave the company last month. The radio boss will step down from his position in January… Continue reading Further redundancies reported at GCap