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IPC ignite! managing director has announced that Kevin Heery, head of ignite! online and Andrew Sumner, publisher of Uncut magazine will be joining the IPC ignite! board, with Heery assuming the role of director of digital development and Sumner to publishing director.Heery joined ignite! in April 2001 as technical and production manager on the award-winning… Continue reading Heery Any Sumner Join IPC ignite! Board

Scottish Media Group (SMG) is expected to announce flat half year results with analysts forecasting the broadcaster to reveal pretax profits of £6-6.5 million, compared to £5.5 million the same time last year.The Glasgow based company has seen solid growth in revenues from its television businesses, but suffered a weaker performance from its radio business.This… Continue reading SMG To Announce Flat Half Year Results

Channel Five has seen its revenues increase by 13.2% year on year for the six months ending 30 June, reaching €146 million, up from €129 million a year ago.According to RTL Group, pre-tax profits for the broadcaster rose by €10 million during the first half of the year, reaching €16 million, up from €6 million,… Continue reading Five Sees Revenues Rise By 13.2%

Keyboard player of world famous rock group “Yes”, Rick Wakeman is joining Planet Rock, presenting a live show exclusively on the national DAB digital radio.The three hour show, starting this month, will feature tales of Wakeman’s exploits on the road and in the studio, with listeners able to question him on anything they like. A… Continue reading Wakeman To Join Planet Rock

News International has poached Mike Anderson from the Evening Standard to head up the Sun and News of the World, taking over from Camilla Rhodes.The move sees Rhodes leave her role as managing director of News Group International to lead a venture into magazine publishing by News International.Anderson was managing director at the Evening Standard… Continue reading Anderson Leaves Evening Standard For Sun

Monday will see The Times raise its weekday cover price from 55p to 60p, ending its undercutting of rivals, The Telegraph and The Guardian.Speculation has suggested that the move is due to increased losses at Times Newspapers, which shed £40.1 million in the year to June 2004, compared with £28.6 million the year before. However,… Continue reading Times To End Cover Price Undercuts On Monday

Reports this morning claim that ITV plans to move its late evening news, shifting the 10:30pm bulletin to a later slot of 11pm in order to free up peaktime airspace for higher rating shows.However, such a move would break Ofcom’s current regulations, which oblige ITV to screen 30 minutes of news between 6:30 and 10:30,… Continue reading ITV Considers Shift For Late Evening News

Broadband and video on demand provider, HomeChoice, has unveiled its new branding, having employed designer Neville Brody to revamp its corporate logo, ad strategy and even the branding of its installation vehicles ahead of a marketing push and product reshuffle.The move follows the company’s appointment of Tullo Marshall Warren (TMW) as its below the line… Continue reading HomeChoice Debuts New Packages And Branding

The much anticipated downsized Guardian will be hitting newsstands on Monday 12 September, offering readers the only full-colour national newspaper.The mid-sized format will include a smaller, magazine sized G2 features section as well as a new daily colour sports section. A new technology section will be introduced on Thursdays to replace the existing Life science… Continue reading Guardian Launches Compact On September 12

The Digital Radio Development Bureau has released its five year forecast for digital radio penetration, predicting that the technology will continue to see dramatic rises in adoption as more consumers discover its increased station choice, digital quality sound, and interference free listening.DRDB chairman, Ralph Bernard, welcomed the predictions, stating: “DAB Digital Radio continues its healthy… Continue reading DRDB Predicts Massive Growth In Digital Radio