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Each week, MediaTel INSIGHT brings NewsLine readers a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.BSkyB revealed that its revenue for the nine months to March 31 was up by 10% to £3.3 billion, including £41 million from residential broadband (Full Story).Meanwhile, Publicis, the world’s fourth largest advertising group, announced that… Continue reading Media In The City

A suitably sinister looking David Suchet crept about our screens on Friday night in BBC Two’s Maxwell, when the star of Poirot stepped into the shoes of Robert Maxwell.Maxwell told the story of the corrupt fraudster’s last months, as his tangled web of deceit unravelled around him.The hour and a half show attracted a peak… Continue reading BBC One Edges Bank Holiday Battle

IPC Southbank’s In Style has launched its new website, www.instylemagazine.co.uk, following 12 month’s development, to bring users the latest A-list celebrity style guide.The new UK website will focus primarily on fashion and beauty, celebrity style and party news, with key features including, “look of the day” showing the latest A-list pictures, “hot spots” which reveals… Continue reading In Style Launches New Website

BSkyB is launching a new part-time HD service, Sky Sports HDX, to add to its portfolio of high-definition channels.The service will replace Prem Plus HD following the loss of Sky’s monopoly on Premiership football last year. Setanta won two premierhip packages, while Sky will be broadcasting four packages from the beginning of the 2007-08 season… Continue reading Third HD Sports Channel For Sky

Taking different approaches to research was another of the big topics up for discussion at yesterday’s MediaTel Group seminar, with chair Torin Douglas probing the panellists for their views on the pros and cons of engagement and exposure.Lynne Robinson, research director at the IPA, said that it is important to not get carried away by… Continue reading Engagement And Exposure Debated At MediaTel Research Seminar

OneSearch, the mobile search service from Yahoo!, has launched in the UK following the service’s arrival Stateside two months ago.The service is accessed via Yahoo!’s mobile web page, with it delivering results with one search instead of a series of web links to PC sites, to any mobile phone with a browser and internet access.Clicking… Continue reading Yahoo! Launches Mobile Search Service In Britain

Michael Tomasky has been appointed as the editor of the Guardian‘s US website Guardian America.The Washington based journalist starts his new role on May 7 and he will be charged with increasing the title’s online presence in North America, as well as enhancing the site’s news and front page.The site’s front page will be American… Continue reading New Editor For Guardian’s US Website

Nick Betts has been announced as the head of commercial and business development in BBC Vision, reporting to Bal Samra, director of vision operation and rights.In the newly created role, Betts will be repsonsible for all business development activity in BBC Vision, including leadership of the commercial agency.He will also be responsible for growing external… Continue reading New Business Development Boss For BBC Vision

Editor Marc Reeves has relaunched the Birmingham Post, in a bid to reinvent the regional title.The Post‘s Weekend Saturday section is now in a tabloid format, whilst the paper is to include “more comprehensive” page leads and analysis.Lifestyle, leisure and business coverage has been boosted through three new glossy magazines.Two monthly A4 standalone magazines, City… Continue reading Reeves Relaunches Birmingham Post

Today’s MediaTel Group seminar, on the future of media research, looked at several aspects of research and one question posed by panel chair Torin Douglas, media correspondent for the BBC, was whether media technology is moving too fast for research technology as a whole.Lynne Robinson, research director at the IPA, was the first of the… Continue reading Seminar Gains Insight Into Research Technologies