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The BBC’s online radio services continued to see large usage figures in March, as more listeners than ever tuned in using the latest streaming and podcasting technology.More than 13 million hours of live and on demand online listening were recorded by the BBC during March, with over 9.5 million programmes listened to on demand. All… Continue reading March Sees Record Numbers Of Online Listeners

The UK branch of global interactive media company, CNET Networks, has become the latest online publisher to join the Association of Online Publishers’ board, with Tom Bureau, UK managing director, representing the company.The AOP was formed in 2002 to present a unified voice to industry and Government. CNET’s decision to join the trade body follows… Continue reading AOP Sees Ranks Swell As CNET Comes Aboard

Consumers are growing increasingly adept at using multiple media, according to a new study by Yahoo! and Mediaedge:cia, with broadband users especially likely to engage in ‘media meshing’.The study examined the impact of high speed internet access on the daily lives of respondents. Employing both quantitative and qualitative research, the study was conducted by Forrester… Continue reading Broadband Adoption No Danger To Conventional Media

This year’s Magazine 2005 conference, will see results from several industry research reports unveiled, with a variety of issues addressed covering consumer media, B2B, supply chain, interactive and legal matters.On Wednesday 4 May, Jim Bilton from Wessenden marketing will present the initial findings from a new report, Magazines in a Supermarket Economy.The study centres on… Continue reading PPA Magazine Conference To Unveil New Research

Text messaging continued its upward climb during March, with the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA) revealing that an impressive 2.57 billion messages were sent during the month, an increase of 21% year on year and a 93% increase on the total sent in March 2002.With 83 million messages being sent each day,… Continue reading Relentless Rise In Texts Continues Throughout March

The Wireless Group (TWG) has announced it is renaming its Edinburgh radio station from Dunedin FM to allTALK FM, as part of a plan to create a local speech radio brand across the country.TWG won the last remaining FM licence at the end of last year, giving TWG a potential adult audience of around 940,000… Continue reading TWG Renames Dunedin FM To allTALK FM

ITV’s latest high-profile reality show, Celebrity Wrestling, made its debut on Saturday to a lukewarm response, despite heavy promotion by the broadcaster, which failed to draw in the traditionally large audiences of ITV celebrity head-to-heads.A peak of 3.8 million tuned in to see celebrities such as Oliver Skeete and James Hewitt trade blows in the… Continue reading BBC Pins ITV In Saturday Wrestling Showdown

Channel 4 has given the green light to several new comedy commissions, extending its programme portfolio and building on its stated intention to air more original British comedy, made at the launch of its spring schedule.Caroline Leddy, the broadcaster’s head of comedy, and head of entertainment, Andrew Newman, announced the new commissions, which include Balls… Continue reading Channel 4 Expands Schedule With New Comedy

RAJAR’s programme of audiometer testing will be given an extra £500,000 over the next two months, extending the research to create the most extensive fieldwork tests to date in the UK and include some data on TV viewing with BARB.The next round of field tests will begin in June, running for 12 weeks and focusing… Continue reading RAJAR Widens Audiometer Tests To Include BARB

Classic movie channel, TCM, has signed a six month sponsorship deal with IPC’s film and music title, Uncut, marking a first for the broadcaster in working with the magazine to screen uncut films for the first time.The sponsorship deal, which will see The Uncut Film inserted into TCM’s schedule, underlines Uncut‘s commitment to quality film… Continue reading IPC Signs Uncut Screening Deal With TCM