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The Audit Bureau of Circulations Electronic will now release web traffic figures for national newspaper websites on a fixed date each month.ABCe has announced publication dates for the reports, which were initially sporadic, with next on April 26.Monthly web statistics will be published alongside the ABC print newspaper figures in the recently launched Group Product… Continue reading ABCe To Regularly Release Web Traffic Figures For National Newspapers

BSkyB’s video downloads service, Sky Anytime, has now launched on television, allowing users access to 30 hours of on-demand programming.Anytime on TV stores shows on the Sky platform and gives viewers a week to either watch or store shows through their Sky+ box.Sky has made Anytime available to HD customers first, with the service set… Continue reading Sky Launches TV On-Demand Service

Reports in the trade press suggest that 4Radio’s application for the digital multiplex is likely to include the capability of broadcasting on-demand content.Using technology created by UBC Media Group (see UBC Announces Digital Music Downloading Launch), listeners will be able to buy and store libraries of shows or songs that could then be transferred to… Continue reading Radio On Demand From 4Radio

Yesterday’s MediaTel Group seminar on the future of digital covered a lot of ground, and one of the subjects which the assembled panelists were keen to discuss was search and Google’s dominance of the market.Chair of the seminar, Torin Douglas, asked the assembled panelists if they thought that search would begin to take up less… Continue reading The Future Of Search

National Grid Wireless has submitted its bid for the UK’s second national digital radio multiplex. It is offering a service of 12 stations and hopes to be on air by 29th February 2008 if successful.It has partnered with the BBC and Digital One, and has allocated two stations to fellow bidders Channel 4 Radio services.… Continue reading National Grid Wireless Bids On Multiplex

IPC Southbank’s Woman & Home is adding a travel size version of the magazine which will be available exclusively in WHSmith Travel outlets.Following in the footsteps of IPC Southbank’s InStyle in February (see In Style Adds New Format), the smaller glossy will be available from its May issue, on sale 29 March, bagged with a… Continue reading Woman & Home Launches Travel Size

In the next three years, 40% of Yahoo!’s business will be on a mobile device rather than a PC, according to Blake Chandlee, director of UK Media Sales at Yahoo! UK & Ireland, who was speaking on the panel at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Digital’ seminar yesterday.“That is a staggering transition for us,” he said.… Continue reading 40% Of Yahoo!’s Business To Be On A Mobile Device In Three Years

One of the themes to come out of today’s MediaTel Group seminar on the future of digital was the social networking phenomenon, as exemplified by websites such as MySpace and Facebook.The chair of the event, Torin Douglas asked the assembled panelists if they believed that social networking sites are here to stay or did they… Continue reading Seminar Examines Social Networking Phenomenon

Richard Eyre is to join GCap as deputy chairman on May 1, before taking over as chairman in November, and will give up his place on the board of the Guardian Media Group.Ralph Bernard, Chief Executive of GCap Media said “Richard is someone I deeply respect and admire. His wide experience covering advertising, radio, television,… Continue reading Richard Eyre To Become GCap Chairman

Traditional media are making inroads into evolving for the digital age, according to panellists at the latest MediaTel Group seminar on the future of digital, which was held this morning in London’s Westminster.“Traditional media people do get it,” said Andrew Walmsley, co-founder of digital communications agency, i-level, adding that the majority were working hard to… Continue reading Traditional Media On Track For Digital Evolution