An analysis of developments in digital radio in the UK, including the latest RAJAR Q3 2009 figures.

Peter Bowman, general manager of UKOM, explains the move from JICIMS to UKOM and what happens next in the journey towards a planning currency for online…I believe we’re on the way to providing what the online industry declared that it wanted at a milestone summit last Autumn – an industry accepted planning system for online… Continue reading Towards a planning currency for online – JICIMS becomes UKOM

At yesterday’s IPA morning seminar, TouchPoints: Vision Vs Practice, presentations were given on how the current system is being used by the industry and where the initiative will be in the future.Industry luminaries from media agencies, media owners and advertisers spoke of how they are using the current system to aid their media processes in-house.… Continue reading TouchPoints: Vision Vs Practice

The BBC’s delayed Supervolcano docu-drama drew more than 7 million viewers last night, according to overnight ratings, as the Corporation’s £2.8 million disaster epic finally screened after being rescheduled following the Asian tsunami disaster.The drama, billed as a “true story that hasn’t happened yet” was originally intended as the jewel in the crown of the… Continue reading Supervolcano Scores In Ratings But Fails To Top ITV

The advent of PVR technology will not adversely affect advertisers’ ability to promote their brands through television, according to Sky’s Dawn Airey, who made attempts to allay fears over the use of its Sky+ system at this week’s ISBA annual conference.Addressing delegates at the conference, Airey, managing director of Sky networks, recognised that some of… Continue reading Sky Claims Advertisers Have Nothing To Fear From PVRs

Addressing the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) conference today BBC chairman, Michael Grade, pledged that the BBC would be a good neighbour to its commercial rivals in the wake of Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell’s green paper on the Corporation’s future last week.In a good humoured speech to delegates, Grade stated that, while he agreed… Continue reading Grade Promises Neighbourly Relations With Rivals

On the other side of the Atlantic, Nielsen Media Research has announced plans to delay its measurement of digital video recorder (DVR) households until 2006. At the same time, the company has responded to industry pressure for independent, third party research to make its TV ratings methods more accountable, by funding $2.5 million in methodological… Continue reading Nielsen Delays DVR Measurement In America

Nielsen Media Research has announced plans to delay its measurement of US digital video recorder(DVR) households until 2006. At the same time, the company has responded to US industry pressure for independent, third party research to make its TV ratings methods more accountable, by funding $2.5 million in methodological research on TV audience measurement. Both… Continue reading Nielsen To Delay Measurement Of DVR Household Viewing

Ofcom’s plans to introduce a new self-regulatory framework for broadcast advertising with the Advertising Standards Authority as its public face have been slammed by the Consumers’ Association.Earlier this week the new media super-regulator announced details of its intention to create one-stop-shop for broadcast complaints by contracting out the rules governing television and radio advertising to… Continue reading Ofcom Under Fire Over Broadcast Self-Regulation

The Office of Fair Trading has allowed advertisers to join its negotiations with Carlton and Granada over the conditions that will prevent the merged ITV from monopolising the market for airtime sales. The OFT had originally planned to confine negotiations over the suggested behavioural remedies to the merging parties and the advertising industry’s representative bodies.… Continue reading Advertising Industry Consulted On ITV Merger Remedy