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Radio audience measurement body RAJAR has confirmed plans to release its quarterly listening figures earlier in the day following enquiries from a number of commercial radio stations.The move follows concerns raised by a number of large market-listed broadcasters that the release of highly anticipated audience data early to RAJAR subscribers presented the potential for insider… Continue reading RAJAR Revises Data Release Arrangements

Top-Up TV has announced the launch of its first major advertising push on terrestrial television to attract customers to its low-cost subscription service, which is accessible through specially equipped Freeview boxes.The service, which provides Freeview customers with ten extra channels for £7.99 per month, will be boosted by a multi-million pound advertising campaign beginning this… Continue reading Top-Up Targets Terrestrial Viewers With Ad Campaign

The world’s largest radio operator Clear Channel is believed to be keeping a close eye on the £700 million merger talks between Capital and GWR, with a view to launching a possible take-over bid for the combined group.Reports suggest that the American radio giant, which controls more than 1,250 commercial stations in the US, could… Continue reading Clear Channel Circles As Radio Merger Talks Advance

Emap has announced the appointment of Adrian Serle as the new managing director of its West Midlands-based Kerrang! 105.2 with a brief to increase the radio station’s revenue as the company builds its FM operations.Serle will take up his new position on 4 October, making the move to Birmingham from Emap radio stablemates, Hallam FM… Continue reading Kerrang! Appoints New Managing Director For Midlands

Virgin is to become the first UK broadcaster to launch visually enhanced radio for mobile phone users, in a move that will provide a range of new commercial opportunities for advertisers.The service will become available early next year when the new generation of visual radio-enabled Nokia handsets launches in the UK. Users will initially be… Continue reading Virgin Launches Visual Radio For Mobile Phones

European countries will not have achieved the full switch to digital television by 2010 despite the best efforts of Governments across the continent to promote the transition, according to the latest research from Informa Media Group.Despite many of Europe’s Governments working towards plans to ensure the analogue signal is switched-off in the next six years,… Continue reading European Plans For 2010 Digital Switch-Off Falter

IPC Prospector, the magazine marketing outfit, has bolstered its senior management line-up with the appointment of former Trinity Mirror research boss, Darran Snatchfold, to the newly created role of ad marketing manager.Snatchfold will report directly to group ad marketing director, Christina Hartley, with a brief to promote magazine advertising to agency planners and buyers. He… Continue reading IPC Prospector Bolsters Senior Management Team

Irish ITV franchise, Ulster TV, saw one of the strongest performances last week, rising by 5.99% ahead of interim results published this morning.The broadcaster announced a group profit increase of 29% for the six months ending 30 June 2004 and predicted a continuing increase for the rest of the year. John B McGuckian, chairman of… Continue reading Sharewatch: Ulster TV Sees Rise Ahead Of Results

BT is reported to be in talks with some of the UK’s biggest broadcasters to provide customers with television on demand via a high-speed broadband connection, marking the telecom giant’s first steps into the lucrative pay-per-view market.The company, which currently provides broadband connections to over 3 million customers, is understood to be consulting the BBC,… Continue reading BT In Talks With Broadcasters Over Broadband TV

Ulster Television saw pre-tax profits for the first six months of this year jump by an impressive 45% to £6.2 million, driven by a strong increase in advertising revenue.Revenue from television advertising met expectations from January to June 2004, growing by 16% and outperforming the ITV network as a whole, which grew by only 3.8%… Continue reading Impressive Profit Growth For Ulster Television