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Staff – MediaTel NewsLine ITV and BSkyB are reportedly the favourites to retain their shared coverage of the European Champions League football matches, with bids for the UK TV rights for the next three years due today.According to a report in today’s Guardian, the BBC is believed to be considering a rival bid for the… Continue reading ITV And BSkyB Favourites For Champions League Coverage

Staff – MediaTel NewsLine The Local Radio Company has been awarded the new 12 year FM licence for the Durham area by media regulator Ofcom, with Durham FM beating off competition from Prince FM and Durham 2Day FM.Durham FM will be a “friendly, locally involved radio station aimed particularly at 25 to 52 year olds,… Continue reading Local Radio Company Wins Durham FM Licence

Staff – MediaTel NewsLine Satellite giant, Sky, has announced an upgrade to its Parental Control facility, allowing parents to restrict access to all channels, or even to remove the listings for adult channels from Sky’s programme Guide.The new Parental Control features will be introduced in two phases. Phase 1 will allow concerned parents to restrict… Continue reading Sky Enhances Parental Control Facility

Sarah Pearce – MediaTel NewsLine Media regulator, Ofcom, has invited applications for a licence to provide an Independent Local Radio (ILR) service on the FM waveband covering the town of Barrow-in-Furness and the immediately surrounding area.The FM licence will be awarded for a maximum period of twelve years from the commencement of broadcasting, with the… Continue reading Ofcom Invites Applications For New Independent Radio Licence

Sarah Pearce – MediaTel NewsLine All three major party leaders will take part in a single show to be broadcast across the Commercial Radio network in the run up to the forthcoming General Election, making broadcasting history.On the last Sunday of the election campaign, May 1 2005, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Conservative Party Leader Michael… Continue reading Commerical Radio To Take The UK Leaders Live

Sarah Pearce – MediaTel NewsLine The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has cleared the way for a new afternoon or evening newspaper to be distributed to London commuters, following a 23-month investigation.The OFT looked into the exclusive rights of Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL), publishers of the London free morning newspaper the Metro and paid for… Continue reading OFT Clears Way For New London Afternoon Paper

Staff – MediaTel NewsLine February 2005 saw the UK making the most of an ever-increasing raft of innovative downloads available, with a total of 1.55 billion page impressions viewed in the UK during the month, a year on year increase of 128 million.WAP usage in 2005 is enjoying a strong performance, with February’s total up… Continue reading February Sees 1.55 Billion WAP Impressions

Sarah Pearce – MediaTel NewsLine MediaTel Group has carried out the first survey of the UK’s top media buying and planning agencies on the future of the TV landscape, finding a wide disparity in respondent’s views as to the winners and losers in the digital age.Sky and Freeview growth are predicted to cover around 17… Continue reading Media Agencies Uncertain Of Digital Switchover

Sarah Pearce – MediaTel NewsLine The daily national newspaper market continued the downwards spiral in the six months to Janaurary 2005, with a overall 3.5% dip, according to the latest figures from the National Readership Survey.The Independent retained its posisition as leader of the quality dailies with a 10% increase in readership figures, next week… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: January 2005

Media agency Starcom has announced the launch of a new division under the Group’s umbrella, Starcom+, specialising in non traditional but increasingly important media channels normally either closer to or part of editorial content.This will range from broadcast sponsorship to product placement to ad funded programming in TV, outside of the TV arena it ranges… Continue reading Starcom Launches Sponsorship And Content Division