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Video Networks (VNL) has launched the newly designed website for its HomeChoice entertainment service, giving the brand a greater focus on customer experience and communicating more clearly the service’s advantages over rivals.The website, which launches today, marks the first of a two-stage development process for the brand, with the new site featuring a sleek, simple… Continue reading HomeChoice Relaunches Website To Clarify Offering

Friday’s launch of Big Brother‘s sixth series saw Channel 4 draw 7 million reality TV fans, securing a share of 36% but failing to top last year’s record launch night viewing of 7.2 million.This year’s housemates entered the Big Brother house at 10pm on Friday, going head to head with ITV’s Celebrity Love Island, which… Continue reading Big Brother Launches on a High But Falls Short Of Record

Celebrity Love Island is stealing the hearts of reality TV fans, with online searches for ITV’s latest offering shown to have increased 10-fold, according to leading online competitive intelligence service, Hitwise.Currently the term “Celebrity Love Island” is receiving 0.020% of all online searches, compared with searches for Big Brother only attracting 0.008%.Traffic to the official… Continue reading Celebrity Love Island Wins Reality Fans’ Hearts Online

VNU Business Publications has launched ActiveHome magazine, providing readers with a plain-English, jargon-free guide to the latest in digital home entertainment technology.ActiveHome and its sister website, www.activehome.co.uk, provides an essential guide to would-be buyers of the best kit available, with the magazine showing its readers how to install and enjoy their new digital home equipment.The… Continue reading ActiveHome Launched To Explain Digital Technology

United Business Media is preparing to offload its 35% stake in Five, reports over the weekend have claimed, with 65% stakeholder, RTL Group, in line to purchase the remaining share for £200 million.The Sunday Express claims that the two groups have held talks over the deal, which could be completed within two months as UBM… Continue reading UBM Considers Sell Off Of Stake In Five

Former Daily Mirror editor, Piers Morgan, has secured an agreement with Quantum Business Media to purchase its Press Gazette title, working in a partnership with PR heavyweight Matthew Freud to take control of the trade magazine for around £1 million.The deal is due for completion within days, according to reports, with Morgan telling the Times… Continue reading Morgan Scoops Press Gazette From Quantum

Sky’s chief operating officer, Richard Freudenstein, has confirmed that the broadcaster is considering several redundancies as part of its on-going effieciency review, revealed by NewsLine earlier this month.It is believed that staff cuts will be made in the company’s finance and marketing departments, as well as within PR, IT, engineering and human resources.However, reports this… Continue reading Sky Financial Review Could Cost Jobs

Terrestrial pay-TV operator, Top Up TV, has signed British Eurosport to fill the space left in its channel line-up by E4’s transition to Freeview last Friday.The signing brings the first dedicated sports channel to terrestrial viewers since the collapse of ITV Digital in 2002 (see Administration For ITV Digital Confirmed). Amongst the upcoming events featured… Continue reading Top Up Bags Eurosport To Complete Channel Line Up

The IPA, ISBA, CIPS and MCCA have joined forces to clarify intellectual property requirements within client and agency contracts, revising their ‘recommended terms’ for ad contracts and publishing a new guide for all parties involved.The trade bodies’ new Handbook of IP Rights is also available online, via the IPA website, with sample contracts available at… Continue reading Advertiser Bodies Move For Comprehensive Contracts

Internet service provider, Tiscali, has begun its programme of local loop unbundling, separating its network from that of BT and allowing much higher connection speeds to provide next generation services such as video on demand.The company has earmarked 27 exchanges in London for the first phase of the unbundling work, which will see Tiscali install… Continue reading Tiscali Unbundling To Provide Next Gen Net Services