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The BBC has set out a wide-ranging nine-point plan for its future in which it envisages everyone in the UK having access to a range of digital services that will transform the relationship between audience and broadcaster.The blueprint for the BBC’s future was announced today by newly appointed director general Mark Thompson and chairman Michael… Continue reading BBC Sets Out Wide-Ranging Plan For Its Digital Future

Guardian Media Group, the newspaper publisher behind the Guardian and the Observer, has reportedly approved a £50 million investment to relaunch its titles in a new compact format.It is understood that the Guardian and the Observer will become the country’s first national newspaper titles to adopt the Berliner size and shape used in France by… Continue reading Guardian Takes Titles Compact With £50 Million Investment

More than 16.5 million people in the UK are now able to send and receive photo messages and e-mail via their mobile phones, according to new figures from the Mobile Data Association.The latest GPRS technology provides always on capability to users, along with faster speeds than conventional handsets, making e-mail and mobile web browsing a… Continue reading More Than 16.5 Million Now Use Photo Messaging

The BBC will today outline its vision for how it should operate in the twenty first century, as it makes its submission to the charter review process in the face of growing criticism from commercial broadcasters.Newly appointed director general, Mark Thompson, will launch the Corporation’s charter review paper in London, setting out the BBC’s responsibilities… Continue reading BBC To Outline Future Role In Charter Review

Independent News & Media, publisher of the Independent and the Independent On Sunday, today announced that strong revenue growth has been enjoyed across all major markets for the first half of 2004.At today’s AGM, executive chairman Sir Anthony O’Reilly, said group total revenues are comfortably ahead of 2003, with the strong trading performance being a… Continue reading INM Delivers Strong Growth In First Half Of 2004

The RAB has launched a special ‘brand conversation’ book for marketers in an effort to highlight the power of radio advertising in creating a dialogue with consumers and helping to build brand awareness.The radio advertising body claims that social and cultural changes are forcing brand marketing to evolve, with the new brand-to-customer process being characterised… Continue reading RAB Launches Brand Conversation Guide For Marketers

Digital media company ScreenFX has secured a deal with United International Pictures to promote some of the summer’s most high-profile cinema releases through its network of giant plasma screens.UIP has already used the network of shopping mall screens to advertise teen flick Mean Girls and will also use ScreenFX to promote this summer’s biggest hit,… Continue reading ScreenFX Takes Film Trailers Out Of The Cinema

United Business Media claimed the spotlight last week, managing consistent rises to sit 5.59% higher in week on week analysis. Today sees the publication of a pre-close season update statement, revealing revenue improvements and increases in efficiency well ahead of targets.The company claims to have boosted profit ahead of forecasts through recent acquisitions, with the… Continue reading Sharewatch: United Business Media Soars Ahead Of Close

More than 16.5 million people in the UK are now able to send and receive photo messages and e-mail via their mobile phones, according to new figures from the Mobile Data Association.The latest GPRS technology provides always on capability to users, along with faster speeds than conventional handsets, making e-mail and mobile web browsing a… Continue reading More Than 16.5 Million Now Use Photo Messaging

Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond has reportedly registered the name London i as the title for his planned free-sheet newspaper which will compete with the Evening Standard and the Metro in the capital.The news ends months of fevered speculation as to what Desmond would call the title, which was first mooted at the beginning of… Continue reading Desmond Eyes New Name For Planned London Free-Sheet