25 May 2012
| by John Reynolds
The BBC has retained the rights to broadcast the free-to-air Premier League highlights until..., if any, other broadcasters bid for the highlights package. The BBC flagship 'MOTD' show is presented ...
broadcasting rights have switched between ITV and BBC since 1964, when the first 'Match Of The Day' was broadcast.
Premier League highlights screened on 'Match of the Day' have been broadcast by the BBC since ...
24 Apr 2012
| by Nick Batten
The ads launch today (24 April) in partnership with Carat and Microsoft Advertising on Xbox Live. They have been created to inspire and educate 16- to 24-year-old males about the importance of paying ...
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Viewers who vote for their favourite scene will be entered into a competition to win Microsoft points ...
19 Apr 2012
| by Emma Powell
BBC Academy has teamed up with Sound Women to launch a mentoring scheme aimed at helping women....
On Monday the 30 participants selected from the BBC, commercial radio and the wider industry ...
: network manager for BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music Lorna Clarke; Somethin Else head of development Nicky Birch; and BBC Radio 4 presenters Martha Kearney, Fi Glover and Jane Garvey.
The idea for the scheme ...
20 Mar 2012
| by Mark Banham
director of Mi9 a joint venture between Microsoft and Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment....His remit at the new organisation will be to spearhead the Mi9 Advertising and Microsoft Media Network teams, including "sales, insights and a newly commercially-integrated creative production house Mi ...
details of his role within the Microsoft commercial offering are still being finalised.
James joined ...
20 Mar 2012
| by John Reynolds
Microsoft has confirmed that the BBC iPlayer will launch on the Xbox, after an agreement between...been delayed because of an issue between the two parties over charging for BBC content. Microsoft had ...
is the only major broadcaster yet to sign up to the platform.
The BBC iPlayer, which is funded ...
broadcasters objected. He said: "I can't comment on what the Channel 4 team are thinking but the BBC is a ...
01 Mar 2012
| by Maisie McCabe
Volkswagen, the car marque, and Microsoft's cloud-based software Office 365 are the first...The radio operator's targeted advertising launched yesterday (28 February) and allows brands to target their radio advertising to listeners who are tuning into the station online by age, gender and geographical region.
The Microsoft Office 365 ad was made by Weborama, with media planning and buying ...
07 Feb 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Microsoft has appointed Mandeep Mason, sales director at Nokia-owned Navteq, as director of mobile...Mason will be responsible for developing Microsoft's mobile advertising proposition across ...
and adverting on Skype mobile.
He replaces Paul Lyonette, who left Microsoft last August to join YuMe ...
into Laurent Delaporte, vice president of Microsoft Advertising, EMEA.
Mason has worked at Nokia for nearly ...
17 Jan 2012
| by Maisie McCabe
prepares to start selling ads to partner BBC content such as 'Top Gear' and Wimbledon on the social TV app....refused to rule out the possibility of Zeebox ads being booked against BBC shows, saying "I have not made ...
director Schmitt and BBC iPlayer developer Anthony Rose and is designed to be a second ...
27 Dec 2011
| by Arif Durrani
BBC One's soap 'EastEnders' won the TV ratings battle on Christmas Day 2011, but ITV's rival soap....
The gap of with 1.4 share points between BBC One and ITV1, with 29.7% to 31.1% respectively, was reported ...
audience)
EastEnders, BBC One 9pm-10pm (9.9m) Coronation Street, ITV1 8pm-9pm (9.0m) Doctor Who, BBC One 7pm-8pm (8.9m) Downton Abbey, ITV1 9pm-11pm (8.1m) Strictly Come Dancing, BBC One 8pm-9pm (7.5m ...
19 Dec 2011
| by Maisie McCabe
Virgin Media customers will be able to watch BBC coverage of sports such as Formula 1, Wimbledon...The deal means Virgin Media and the BBC are going to develop new applications and content ...
through a new "red button" service.
A new BBC Sport app for Virgin Media's TiVo box will bring together all the live streams from the BBC's existing Red Button service and video streams on ...