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BARB has expanded its programme attribution (PAS) and genre coding service so that as well as its television underwriters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five and BSkyB), twelve additional broadcasters of other BARB-reported channels (75 to date) now participate fully, representing nearly 90% of total TV viewing in the UK.Programme attribution and genre coding work together… Continue reading BARB Expands Programme Atribution And Genre Coding Service

The Financial Times is to raise its cover price from £1 on weekdays to £1.30, with its weekend edition also seeing an increase, by 30p to £1.80.The weekend price rise comes into effect from tomorrow, whilst the weekday price rise starts from Monday.Across the pond, the Wall Street Journal will also undergo a rise, of… Continue reading Financial Times To Raise Price

Marketforce, the magazine distribution company, and WHSmith High Street have rolled-out a new initiative intended to transform the way WHSmith ranges and merchandises magazines.Throughout the summer, WHSmith’s 535 stores are switching from selling magazine ranges linked to store size, to individual ranges that Marketforce has designed to suit each store’s sales profile and shoppers.Marketforce has… Continue reading WHSmith Launches New Magazine Sales Initiative

Channel 4 has made a £50,000 payment to Great Ormond Street Hospital following the scandal which erupted over the Richard & Judy You Say We Pay premium-rate phone quiz.The You Say We Pay quiz was axed in February following claims that people who rang in attempting to win a prize had no chance of being… Continue reading Channel 4 Makes Richard & Judy Charity Payment

LBC 97.3FM has teamed up with Capital One to launch a multi-media, consumer-awareness campaign to highlight the dangers of fraud.The Chrysalis owned station is running an intensive awareness week on James O’Brien’s morning show between 10am and 1pm from June 18 – June 22.With media buying by Starcom MediaVest, Fighting Fraud with James O’Brien and… Continue reading LBC 97.3FM And Capital One Launch Fraud Prevention Campaign

Last night saw the final of The Apprentice on BBC One, and although it did well it was beaten by ITV1’s mega-hit, Britain’s Got Talent.With both these shows performing admirably, it meant that Big Brother was squeezed out, managing a pitiful peak of just 1.8 million adults (an 8.1% share of viewing).The final of The… Continue reading The Apprentice Loses Out To Britain’s Got Talent

Chief executive of the DRDB, Ian Dickens, who has been at the helm of the digital radio trade body for five years, will step down later this year, with the DRDB now actively seeking a new chief executive.“Ian has been a superb champion of DAB digital radio and is rightly credited with helping to pull… Continue reading DRDB Chief Exec To Stand Down

The Digital Radio Development Bureau has today announced that more than five million DAB digital radios have been sold in the UK, equating to almost 10 million listeners tuning in to DAB around Britain.The consumer electronics industry’s research body, Gfk, has revealed the landmark figures, following the positive news on the growth of digital radio… Continue reading DAB Radio Sales Reach Record Five Million

Out of home media agency Kinetic is restructuring its business in the UK in a move reflecting the changing and dynamic nature of the out of home market and the company’s continued growth.Three distinct new planning divisions will be created, each under the stewardship of a director.James Copley, currently client development director, will lead all… Continue reading Kinetic Restructures UK Business

Ofcom’s plans for a new online public service publisher, or PSP, have been met with mixed reactions from the various broadcasters, with some saying the regulator should instead focus on the existing services.At January’s Oxford Media Convention, Ed Richards, the regulator’s chief executive, outlined that there was a clear case for a new, new media… Continue reading Broadcasters Critical Of PSP Proposals