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GMTV’s presenters have read out a statement saying the broadcaster had no idea of apparent irregularities by its phone line provider, Opera Interactive Technology, after BBC’s Panorama claimed tens of thousands of calls and texts had no chance of winning.Andrew Castle and Fiona Phillips read out a statement saying: “GMTV knew nothing of this and… Continue reading GMTV Claims It Had No Idea Of Apparent Phone-In Problems

Alex Zane is set to replace Lauren Laverne as Xfm London’s breakfast show host, in a series of moves at the GCap station.The Popworld presenter, who has been at Xfm on and off since 2003, started presenting Xfm London’s Friday breakfast show at the beginning of January ((see Alex Zane To Present XFM Friday Breakfast… Continue reading Alex Zane New Xfm London Breakfast DJ

The second part in the new series of BBC One’s Sea Of Souls provide more alluring for viewers than finding out who’s up and down in Britain’s Rich List.The concluding part of the ghostly drama series, starring Bill Patterson, attracted an adult audience of 3.9 million between 9pm and 10pm, with peak of 4.2 million… Continue reading BBC One’s Ghosts More Rewarding Than ITV1’s Rich List

IPC Southbank has appointed Isobel McKenzie-Price as editorial director of Ideal Home and the division’s online homes portal launch.McKenzie-Price is currently editor of Time Inc’s All You in the US and this appointment heralds her return to these shores and to IPC Media, where she spent several years in senior editorial roles.Jackie Newcombe, managing director… Continue reading IPC Southbank Appoints Ideal Home Editorial Director

We all know that Sir Richard Branson is no stranger to taking on challenges, but this time he could have flung one rock too many at Goliath’s head.Last week, it finally happened. Virgin Media fulfilled its promise to file legal proceedings against Sky over the channel carriage dispute (see Virgin Media Files Legal Proceedings Against… Continue reading Virgin Media And Sky: The Story So Far

Following on from comments made yesterday by Michael Grade that the government should ensure that HD signals are available through Freeview boxes, Ofcom has said that it will conduct more research into the popularity of HD channels on the platform.Ed Richards, the Ofcom chief executive, said that the regulator is to look at the public… Continue reading Ofcom To Look Again At HD On Freeview

Haymarket Media Group is to invest a further £1.3 million in its digital offerings over the next year, following the £7 million it has already invested so far this year.The money will be spent on recruiting and hiring online project managers, designers, web editors and developers, as well as expanding its online portfolio.Eric Verdon-Roe, Haymarket… Continue reading Haymarket To Make Further Digital Investment

Channel 4’s homes and lifestyle double bill of Property Ladder and Grand Designs Revisited proved popular for the broadcaster last night, putting up a good fight against The Bill and The Apprentice.Straight-talking Sarah Beeny and her forays into the property development profession in the new series of Property Ladder drew an average adult audience of… Continue reading Property Programmes Pull In Viewers For C4

The BBC has just finished a trial involving the automatic downloading of 50 hours of its programmes on to Freeview digital video recorders.According to reports in the press, the corporation’s future media and technology director, Ashley Highfield, said in his keynote speech at MipTV in Cannes that such a service on Freeview would be an… Continue reading BBC Trials Downloading To Freeview Recorders

Freeview now claims to be the most popular way to watch multichannel television in the UK, having overtaken Sky.According to Freeview, it has sold about 1.7 million set-top boxes and integrated TV sets in the first quarter of 2007, with about 500,000 of those going to houses switching to digital for the first time.These figures… Continue reading Freeview Overtakes Sky