07 Jul 2009
| by Staff
Thinkbox seeks to boost current TV ad spend via popular blasts from the past...TV spend was down 15% in the first five months of the year, so it's unsurprising the sector ...
. The ad taps into the current vogue for nostalgia as viewers are taken on a 60-second tour of some of the best-known TV slogans of the past 50 years. By 21 June, the ad had appeared in slots worth ...
21 Jul 2009
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - Current Media, owner of the global user-generated content channel run by former US vice...on the New York Stock Exchange. Current Media, broadcaster of the user-generated TV channel Current TV, said ...
said Current TV is watched in more than 51 million households in the US and UK, where it is distributed ...
Rosenthal, who replaces Joel Hyatt, has served on Current's board since it was founded four years ...
14 Apr 2009
| by Maisie McCabe
LONDON - Plans to list former US Presidential candidate Al Gore's youth television network Current...Current Media, broadcaster of the user-generated TV channel Current TV, has said it has decided ...
to reports, Current TV's most recent regulatory filing showed the company has lost money each year since its ...
Media claims Current TV is watched in more than 51 million households in the USA and UK, where ...
20 Jan 2009
| by Sue Unerman
The news that MySpace is set to become the first social network available through TV sets...Later this year, MySpace will be available on the Widget Channel framework on internet-enabled TV ...
-and-a-half million mobile phone users do so at least once a month. Consumers are currently divided by whether ...
the days when the TV sat in the corner and transmitted programmes, and others don't know the difference ...
25 Jan 2012
| by Mike Fletcher
Television broadcasters are working hard to offer advertiser solutions that go beyond the mainstay...mechanics for both VoD and TV. These include live overlay ads, currently used by companies such as Bet365 ...
It's going to be an exciting year for television. The completion of analogue switch-off will send ...
will eventually transform the way we watch terrestrial TV, greater integration will see an increase in second ...
07 Dec 2009
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - Simon Shaps, the former director of TV at ITV, is to succeed Michael Kuhn as chairman...to director of TV. He left ITV in 2008 and since then has been working on a portfolio of media-related businesses, including A Brand Apart, an ad-funded programming player. Louis, who currently chairs the NFTS ...
09 Jan 2009
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - Channel Television, the independently-owned ITV broadcaster in the Channel Islands, has...O'Sullivan is currently managing director of Channel's Enterprise Division, which is responsible ...
Desmond, executive chairman of Channel Television, said: "The next 12 months will be crucial for Channel ...
environment and, therefore, we need strong leadership." Channel Television, which is owned by Yattendon ...
18 Oct 2011
| by Maisie McCabe
ITV has agreed a deal to buy the channel three licensee in the Channel Islands, Channel Television...the possibility of departures at a later stage.
Channel Television currently handles much of the compliance ...
not need approval from UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom.
The addition of Channel Television will mean ITV ...
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The purchase of Channel Television is understood to be part of ITV chief executive Adam Crozier s five ...
19 Jan 2012
| by Maisie McCabe
Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPT) has bought the channels business Dolphin Broadcasting...president for SPT, EMEA.
Dolphin TV currently sells spot ads for CSC Media Group's True Movies channel ...
Entertainment Television channel launched in the UK in April 2011 and the Dolphin deal is part of Sony's push ...
, ITV, BSkyB, Chello and UTV.
The five Dolphin TV channels Movies4Men, Movies4Men+1, Movies4Men2 ...
24 Jun 2010
| by Maisie McCabe
Virgin Media Television is to launch a new channel, Living Loves, showing drama and comedy...Living Loves will replace Living+2 on pay-TV platforms Virgin Media and Sky. It will broadcast between 3pm and 2am and the channel's on-air look and feel will complement the current VMtv brands Living ...
Rosencrantz, director of television at VMtv, said: "Living Loves will be 'series-link' heaven for viewers who ...