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Premium rate phone regulator Icstis today imposed a maximum fine of £250,000 on GMTV competition phone service provider Opera Telecom for selecting potential winners before competitions had closed.Icstis found that all correct entries submitted after a certain time each day had no chance of winning, despite consumers being charged for entering.The fine is the highest… Continue reading Maximum Fine For Opera Telecom Over GMTV Phone-In Scandal

MediaTel Group has welcomed Philippa Hamilton back to the company, following her appointment to the role of sales manager for DELTA – the new electronic trading system for the digital industry.Philippa first worked at MediaTel Group as a sales and marketing executive before joining the Economist and publisher H. Bauer in marketing roles.“It’s truly great… Continue reading Hamilton Rejoins MediaTel Group As DELTA Sales Manager

There were some great shows on the box last night, with the first episode of the new ITV1 documentary series Commando: On The Front Line going head to head with BBC One’s Who Do You Think You Are?The BBC One family history show came out on top in the epic struggle to be crowned Thursday… Continue reading ITV1’s Commando Beaten By BBC One

If you have a minute to spare this afternoon, you might want to go on YouTube and check out the rather amusing video of Mike Soutar, editor of the new free men’s magazine ShortList, giving some expert advice to his distributors.Soutar, decked out in a very fetching ShortList waterproof jacket, tells his distributors to be… Continue reading Soutar Gives ShortList Distributors Some Tips

A phased return of competitions on BBC programmes and online is to begin in November following a review of its programming aimed at finding further evidence of viewer deception.BBC director general Mark Thompson revealed yesterday that four more examples of editorial breaches had been discovered.In a statement, the BBC Trust said: “These breaches, and other… Continue reading Phased Return For BBC Competitions

ZenithOptimedia’s team of sporting gurus recorded their third straight win at the annual MediaTel Group charity sports quiz held on Wednesday evening.Competing against teams including Starcom Mediavest, News International, Vizeum, CBS Outdoor and GMTV, ‘The Sporting Spudguns’ consisting of Gareth Pugh, Seb Biggins, Pete Williams, Darren Berry and Iain Ogilvie, won by a remarkable 27… Continue reading ZenithOptimedia Bags Third Straight Sports Quiz Win

Associated Newspapers’ Evening Standard is launching a cashless payment card that its readers will be able to swipe at sales points to pick up their copy.The Eros card, so called because it utilises the logo on the paper’s masthead, will initially be available at Waterloo station on Monday, before rolling out across zone 1 in… Continue reading Evening Standard Gets Cashless Payment Card

UKTV is to replace UKTV G2 with a comedy and factual entertainment channel called Dave, launching on October 15.The channel is aimed at a young male audience and will be available on all platforms including Freeview.UKTV said that the core aim of the name change is to create viewer affinity among a key target audience… Continue reading Hello Dave: UKTV To Launch New Channel

Five is to undergo a major revamp, coinciding with the arrival of Neighbours on the channel next year.According to reports, the revamp is scheduled for next March/April, with the channel getting new branding and idents.It is understood that Lisa Opie, Five‘s managing director of content, is in the process of recruiting a new media team… Continue reading Five To Undergo Major Revamp

Household take-up of digital television, via Freeview, digital satellite or cable TV, has risen to almost 85% to the end of June 2007, according to new research from Ofcom.This was up from 80.5% in the previous quarter, equating to 944,000 net household conversions since March (see Digital TV Penetration In The UK Exceeds 80%).A further… Continue reading Digital TV Penetration Reaches Almost 85%