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Remploy Frontline Reaches Into New NATO Member Markets
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted September 30 2008, 11.25am
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Three channels in breach of Ofcom regulations
From Biz Asia. Posted September 30 2008, 1.05am
Asian TV channels MATV, Channel S and Channel S ATN have been rapped by media regulator Ofcom for breaching the broadcast code. (more)

Afternoon 'Taggart' breached Ofcom code
From Digital Spy. Posted September 29 2008, 4.29pm
ITV breached Ofcom's broadcasting code when it showed violent episodes of Taggart mid-afternoon. (more)

Broadcast codes breached by ITV's afternoon Taggart
From The Stage. Posted September 29 2008, 12.40pm
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More breaches for GCap stations
From Radio Today. Posted September 15 2008, 12.53pm
Two of GCap's former stations have been found in breach of Ofcom's rules. Both Invicta FM and Power FM conducted competitions unfairly, according to the regulators. Invicta FM pre-recorded a winner while still requesting that listeners call, while a Power FM presenter pretended her sister was a listener to "ensure continuity of programming”. (more)

ITV, Setanta reach Croatia highlights deal
From Digital Spy. Posted September 11 2008, 5.11pm
Highlights of England's match against Croatia are to be shown on ITV1 tonight. (more)

Ofcom and BBC reach new understanding over TV deception powers
From Media Guardian. Posted September 10 2008, 2.01pm
Ofcom appears to have been given more powers over BBC programmes following last year's trust scandals. By Tara Conlan (more)

IOW Radio in breach of licence
From Radio Today. Posted September 1 2008, 10.40pm
Ofcom has found Isle of Wight Radio in breach of its licence for not supplying recordings of a programme in which a listener made a complaint about infringing her privacy. (more)

Angola: radio, TV signals reach Capenda Camulemba and Xá Muteba
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 22 2008, 9.43am
Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA) and Public Television (TPA) programmes are being received since Monday in Capenda Camulemba and Xá Muteba, north-eastern Lunda Norte Province, after being inaugurated by the provincial governor, Ernesto Muangala. On the occasion, the social communication provincial department director, Nicolau Frederico, said that the supply of this important means of communication to the people, [...] (more)

BBC Management statement: Ofcom fines for breaches of Broadcasting Code
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted July 30 2008, 10.10am
The BBC management today issued a press statement following the announcement of fines totalling 400000 for breaches of Ofcoms Broadcasting Code and the publication of a statement by the BBC Trust. (more)

Al Jazeera English expands Spanish reach
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 23 2008, 1.02pm
Al Jazeera Network has unveiled a new contract with TSF On Sat that takes the channel to over 3.2 million households across Spain on the Hispasat satellite network. Al Jazeera English (AJE) currently reaches over 120 million households worldwide. Al Jazeera English programming will be broadcast on TSF’s satellite platform and on digital terrestrial television [...] (more)

Portland fined �25k over porn breaches
From Digital Spy. Posted July 23 2008, 12.25pm
Portland Television is fined �25,000 for breaches of broadcasting standards on porn channel Television X. (more)

Choice FM programmer made redundant as GCap Media job cuts reach 160
From Media Guardian. Posted July 22 2008, 11.08am
The redundancy toll at GCap Media has risen to about 160 and includes the programme controller for Choice FM in London, according to sources close to the company. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Behind The Wire: cult classic reaches final season
From The Independent. Posted July 20 2008, 12.00am
There is nothing like it on television. Critics, including those at the British Film Institute, regard it as the "finest television programme in TV history". HBO's The Wire attracts some of the world's top crime writers, and its fans include Nick Hornby, Zadie Smith and Stephen King, who described it as a "staggering achievement". (more)

Hollywood studios fail to reach pay deal with Screen Actors Guild
From Media Guardian. Posted July 11 2008, 9.50am
Studios have been unable to agree a pay deal with the biggest performers' union in the US. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Reporter's dying mission reaches House of Lords
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 11 2008, 6.40am
Adrian Sudbury's fight for bone marrow education goes to Upper House (more)

BBCi reaches 11m per week
From Digital Spy. Posted July 10 2008, 9.18am
The BBCi red button service was used by 11m adults each week in 2007/8, up from 10.2m in the previous year. (more)

BBC annual report: BBC website reaches 33.2m worldwide users
From Media Guardian. Posted July 8 2008, 3.07pm
The BBC Trust's has said bbc.co.uk performed well for quality and value for money but didn't do enough to encourage dialogue. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Full ABC Radio Olympics coverage will not reach Sydney
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 8 2008, 10.41am
ABC Radio will be unable to provide full Olympic coverage across its national network for the first time after failing to agree to a deal on Sydney broadcast rights with commercial broadcastert 2GB. While 702 ABC Sydney listeners will receive Olympic updates, they will be denied full coverage, prompting an angry reaction yesterday from ABC [...] (more)

Local newspaper's drugs raid footage breached privacy, PCC rules
From Media Guardian. Posted July 1 2008, 2.20pm
The Press Complaints Commission has ruled that a video report on the Scarborough Evening News website about a police raid was a breach of privacy. By Stephen Brook (more)

Voice of Zimbabwe claims it ?reaches global audience?
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 29 2008, 11.35am
The Zimbabwean newspaper Sunday Mail claims that Voice of Zimbabwe, the county’s world radio station [sic] appears to be reaching all parts of the globe judging by the correspondence it is receiving from countries as far apart as Brazil and India. The newspaper says the station, which broadcasts on shortwave in the 60 metre band (evenings) and 49 [...] (more)

SFN: Norway’s online newspaper revenues reach 290 million euro - up 61 per cent in two years
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 27 2008, 12.34pm
Online newspapers in Norway generated nearly â (more)

Online ad spend reaches record £3bn
From Media Guardian. Posted June 9 2008, 11.14pm
Leap in online advertising comes at the expense of other parts of the media such as newspapers, magazines and direct mail (more)

Ocean FM breach format
From Radio Today. Posted June 9 2008, 11.26am
Ofcom have found Ocean FM in breach of its format for the second time in eight months.Despite the formal breach, which the regulators considered "at odds with the core format promise" and "failing to fulfill the spirit of the station licence", the station has not been penalised. (more)

Free newspaper ABCs: City AM reaches highest ever circulation figure
From Press Gazette. Posted June 6 2008, 12.00am
London's free morning business paper, City AM, has recorded its highest ever distribution, up 1.85 per cent month on month to 101,758. (more)

Digital TV 'to reach 93% by year's end'
From Digital Spy. Posted June 5 2008, 12.12pm
Digital TV penetration will reach 93% by the end of the year, says an authoritative new study. (more)

Record bets taken as rival TV talent shows reach their climax
From The Independent. Posted June 1 2008, 12.00am
Bookies took £100,000 in bets in the week leading up to last night's final of Britain's Got Talent, while betting on rival show I'd Do Anything slumped to just £13,000. (more)

Watchdog accuses BBC chiefs of breaching licence as website overspend hits £36m
From Media Guardian. Posted May 29 2008, 11.05pm
Lib Dem MP says Trust report is a 'damning indictment of the management of bbc.co.uk' (more)

BBC news online failing to reach lower income groups, says Trust
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 28 2008, 11.00pm
The BBC's online news offering does not have the same reach as radio and TV news for lower income groups, a review of the service by the BBC Trust says (more)

BBC mistakenly announces verdict reached in Nisah Patel-Nasri murder trial verdict
From Media Guardian. Posted May 22 2008, 4.46pm
The BBC has landed itself in hot water for another on-air gaffe after the BBC News channel mistakenly announced that a verdict had been reached in a murder trial. By Tara Conlan. (more)

Aljazeera English expands reach in Philippines
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 13 2008, 4.29pm
Aljazeera Network today announced that it has closed, in recent weeks, five distribution agreements in the Philippines - where the reach of Aljazeera English now tops 500,000 households. The Philippines distribution agreements license the carriage of Aljazeera English on Global Destiny Cable, Royal Cablevision Corporation, Eaglevision, Ultravision Cable TV and the simulcasting of Aljazeera English [...] (more)

ITV fined nearly £6m for phone breaches
From Financial Times. Posted May 8 2008, 12.39pm
The country's biggest commercial broadcaster has been fined a record £5.675m by Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, for the mis-use of premium rate phone lines on programmes like Ant and Dec's Saturday Takeaway (more)

Accuracy breach by newspaper in murder trial coverage
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 8 2008, 6.00am
Complaint against Newham Recorder upheld after claims murder victim had upset landlord's wife (more)

DTT reaches 37% of homes in France
From Digital Spy. Posted April 30 2008, 8.33pm
The proportion of French homes with a digital terrestrial television receiver doubles to 37%. (more)

Partner governments reach agreement on future of TV5 Monde
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 30 2008, 11.06am
The Government of Canada says it is pleased with the agreement in principle reached yesterday in Paris by TV5 Monde partner governments. Minister of Canadian Heritage Josee Verner said “This agreement in principle will allow the channel to preserve its multilateral and pluralistic character in order to be more competitive and to better position itself [...] (more)

Yahoo! and CNET enter partnership to reach new audiences
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 29 2008, 1.25pm
Yahoo And CNET Networks have entered into a three-year partnership covering content, advertising and search marketing. The partnership will extend the reach of both companies, as they give each other access to a huge new audience. CNET Networks, with brands including Download.com, GameSpot, TV.com and CHOW, will provide Yahoo with technology content for Yahoo Tech and Yahoo [...] (more)

Channel 4 reaches a 'tipping point'
From Financial Times. Posted April 24 2008, 3.00am
Channel 4 is in urgent need of a new funding model and has reached a "tipping point" beyond which it will move into annual losses, its chairman, Luke Johnson, said... (more)

Channel 4 reaches 'tipping point' chairman warns
From The Stage. Posted April 23 2008, 1.20pm
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Daily Mail group claims it now reaches 45 per cent of the British population
From Press Gazette. Posted April 15 2008, 12.00am
New research shows that Associated Newspapers' print and online titles have a combined reach of 45 per cent of the British population, the company's digital division claimed today. (more)

Ofcom study finds media splashes out to reach online audience
From The Times. Posted April 14 2008, 12.00am
Broadcasters and newspapers are spending a third of a billion pounds a year on high-quality “public service” internet content, according to a study carried out for Ofcom, the communications regulator. (more)

Online ad revenues reach £2.8bn
From Media Guardian. Posted April 8 2008, 6.13am
Internet ad spending beat expectations last year as firms targeted a growing web audience and tapped into online TV. By Katie Allen (more)

Govt climbdown on jail threat for hacks who breach data protection laws
From Hold the Front Page. Posted April 8 2008, 6.00am
Society of Editors welcomed the lifting of the threat of jail (more)

Strike at BBC prevented as unions and Corporation reach agreement
From The Stage. Posted March 28 2008, 6.50pm
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Ono reaches a million
From Rapid TV News. Posted March 12 2008, 2.26pm
Spain's most important cableoperator Ono has reached more than one million subscribers to its TV service.  (more)

Secrets of transferring brands, loyalty and market reach of papers to the web
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 12 2008, 5.45am
Johnston Press boss to address world newspaper conference (more)

Community Radio reaches 100
From Radio Today. Posted March 10 2008, 11.27am
UK community radio has passed a significant milestone, with the 100th station in the country going on-air. The two latest stations to launch that bring the total to 100 are 7 Waves Community Radio in the Wirral and Calon FM, serving Wrexham. (more)

ITV turns to Bebo to reach youth audience
From UTalk Marketing. Posted March 10 2008, 10.47am
New digital deal for broadcaster (more)

Online visitors add to newspapers' reach
From Press Gazette. Posted March 9 2008, 12.00am
The Sunderland Echo’s print circulation was down 3.1 per cent in the second half of 2007 to 42,910, beating the industry average decline of around five per cent. But online, things were rather different. (more)

Newspaper publishers push reach with local radio
From Press Gazette. Posted March 9 2008, 12.00am
?For a handful of publishers, the regional newspaper ABCs are just part of a bigger, cross-platform picture. Since the late Nineties, groups including Tindle, Cumbria Newspapers and the Kent Messenger have looked to radio to extend their... (more)

First wave of 12 community websites hits city as newspaper extends reach
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 4 2008, 11.30am
Move hailed as one of the "most ambitious" in the regional press as first of 80 are made live (more)

First wave of 12 community websites hit city as newspaper extends reach
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 4 2008, 6.05am
Move hailed as one of the "most ambitious" in the regional press as first of 80 are made live (more)

French digital terrestrial free-TV TNTSAT already reaches 350,000 households
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 25 2008, 1.07pm
SES Astra and French pay-TV group CANAL+ have announced today that the digital terrestrial free-TV offer TNTSAT has significantly gained reach. Following its successful launch in 2007, and a marketing campaign led by Astra France, already 350,000 receivers have been sold to French households. TNTSAT is a service for French TV viewers offering the whole range [...] (more)

Broadcasting union president accuses UK regulator of treachery
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 17 2008, 11.46am
The president of the UK’ s Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) has accused communications regulator OFCOM of treachery over its plans for the sale of spectrum set to be freed up by digital switchover. Speaking at a recent Westminster debate, Tony Lennon tackled the industry regulator on its proposals for the sale which currently make little, [...] (more)

US studios reach deal with writers
From Financial Times. Posted February 10 2008, 8.25pm
Hollywood studios were gearing up last night to restart television production after writers gave their approval to an agreement that would end the industry's worst labour stoppage in two decades (more)

Staff and readers celebrate as Sheerness weekly reaches 150
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 7 2008, 12.55am
Paper wants to mark anniversary with big push for charity (more)

UGC warning after Sumo breaches rules
From Digital Spy. Posted January 28 2008, 3.15pm
Ofcom issues a warning to broadcasters about using user generated content after Sumo TV breaches the programme code. (more)

BBC job cut talks reach agreement and avert strikes
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 24 2008, 5.05pm
Potentially damaging strikes by staff at the BBC appear to have been averted after talks between unions and the BBC over cost-cutting plans. While further talks are due to take place and staff are still to be balloted, they said in a joint statement that they had thrashed out an agreement in principle on terms [...] (more)

BBC reaches agreement with unions
From Digital Spy. Posted January 24 2008, 9.17am
Strike action at the BBC seems less likely after unions reach an agreement with the corporation. (more)

BBC and NUJ reach first stages of agreement in job dispute
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 23 2008, 12.00am
Agreement may end threat of potential industrial action by union members over BBC job cuts    (more)

SFR reaches 350,000 mobile TV subs
From Rapid TV News. Posted January 20 2008, 3.14am
SFR passed the mark of 350,000 susbcribers to its 3G and 3G+ mobile TV offers in France at the end of December, the mobile operator announced. (more)

Radio Ramadhan (Bristol) in breach with Ofcom
From Biz Asia. Posted January 15 2008, 7.59am
A 28-day Restricted Service Licence (RSL), which was awarded to a station in Bristol to celebrate the holy month of Ramadhan has come in breach of rules and regulations set by broadcasting governing body Ofcom. Ofcom said it received a complaint from a listener who was offended by comments made by presenters on two separate occasions on Radio Ramadhan. Ofcom had requested Radio Ramadhan to send out recorded material for it to be reviewed, however the station said it was unable to provide copies of the material broadcast, due to a technical failure of their recording equipment. Ofcom said, "In the absence of recordings, we were unable to investigate the complainant’s concerns further. It is a condition of a radio broadcaster’s licence that it has adequate procedures in place to ensure that it retains recordings of its output for 42 days and provides Ofcom with any material on request. Failure to supply the recordings for the 11th and 12th October 2007 is a serious and significant breach of Radio Ramadhan’s licence. This breach will be held on record." (more)

Spanish DTT reaches 9.5% of share
From Rapid TV News. Posted January 15 2008, 4.00am
Latest figures from Spanish DTT association Impulsa TDT and General Media Study (EGM) suggest Spanish DTT continues its unstoppable growth. (more)

Indonesian government accused of broadcasting law breach
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 11 2008, 11.28am
Indonesian parliamentarians have lambasted the government over its controversial decision to withhold the establishment of a networking system with national televisions stations and their local partners, saying it is a serious infringement of the 2002 broadcasting law. The information, foreign affairs and defence commission at the House of Representatives said after its internal meeting that the [...] (more)

OK! breached PCC code by identifying AA attendee
From Press Gazette. Posted January 9 2008, 12.00am
OK! magazine has breached the privacy clause of the Editors' Code of Practice when it identifyed an Alcoholics Anonymous attendee, the PCC has found. (more)

Newsquest reaches deal for multimedia content from PA
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 8 2008, 12.00am
Agreement encompasses text, photos, video and interactive graphics (more)

China?s blogger population reaches 47 million
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 1 2008, 11.23am
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [”China’s Blogger Population Reaches 47 Million; More Than Half female” - Xinhua headline] BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) - A report on China’s blog development has found that the blogger population has reached 47 million, more than half of whom are women. “One fourth [...] (more)

C4 fined £1.5m for phone-in breaches
From Financial Times. Posted December 20 2007, 7.52pm
Regulator punishes television channel for cheating viewers and warns other broadcasters it expects them to make a clean breast of any remaining scandals (more)

Galaxy 102 found in breach
From Radio Today. Posted December 17 2007, 10.41am
Breakfast presenter Rob Ellis and Galaxy Manchester have been found in breach of regulator Ofcom's rules, following the broadcast of an off-air conversation, in which Ellis used "the most offensive language... when children are likely to be listening." (more)

Born in the age of colonialism, the BBC World Service reaches new frontiers
From The Times. Posted December 14 2007, 12.00am
When Lord Reith set up the BBC World Service 75 years ago, he anticipated that the programmes would be “neither very good nor interesting”. However, the once-colonialist proposition seems to be as durable as ever and, if anything, it is expanding. Today, there are services spanning 33 languages, a weekly audience of 183 million, and a budget of £242 million, which comes straight from Whitehall. Arabic and Farsi television channels will be launched next year. (more)

EuroNews extends DTT reach
From Rapid TV News. Posted December 2 2007, 8.43pm
EuroNews is now available in French-speaking Belgium via a new DTT offering launched by public broadcaster RTBF. (more)

Korea?s KBS World expands US reach
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 29 2007, 1.57pm
The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) has reached an agreement with US network Time Warner Cable to carry KBS World - its international television channel.  The agreement will enable KBS World to potentially reach an audience of two million people in 216 cities in southern California beginning 1 December 2007. KBS World will now be available to [...] (more)

Sky News extends reach through French IPTV
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 27 2007, 12.00am
France Telecom's Orange and Telecom Italia's Alice platforms last month introduced Sky News.    (more)

Libel action halted as jury fails to reach a verdict on newspaper publisher
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 26 2007, 12.00am
No word on whether there will be further High Court proceedings in MP vs Dewsbury Press action (more)

Newsquest fined �3,000 for breaching court order on naming teen stab victim
From Hold the Front Page. Posted November 21 2007, 12.00am
Report in Gazette & Herald broke rules after a S39 order was imposed (more)

talkSPORT in Ofcom breach
From Radio Today. Posted November 19 2007, 11.38am
George Galloway has been rapped by Ofcom for attacking a potential political opponent on UTV Radio's national station talkSPORT. The regulator says Galloway used his position as a radio presenter to promote his own possible candidacy in a parliamentary seat, without giving opponents an opportunity to respond. (more)

Chat magazine in breach of code for staged murder picture
From Press Gazette. Posted November 14 2007, 12.00am
The Press Complaints Commission has ruled that Chat magazine... (more)

Press reaches agreement over news uploads
From Press Gazette. Posted November 12 2007, 12.00am
The union chapel at The Press in York has reached an agreement with management over how much news content journalists should upload to the website, following a four-month boycott. (more)

York Press chapel reaches agreement over news uploads
From Press Gazette. Posted November 12 2007, 12.00am
The NUJ chapel at The Press in York has reached an agreement with management over how much news content journalists should upload to the website, following a four-month boycott. (more)

BBC TV Licensing marketing reaches university students
From UTalk Marketing. Posted November 6 2007, 4.02pm
Award-winner from Royal Mail and Proximity (more)

Invicta in breach of code
From Radio Today. Posted November 5 2007, 11.23am
GCap's Invicta FM has been found in breach of rule 2.11 of the Broadcasting code after a complaint was made following ‘James and Ali’s breakfast blanks competition.’ (more)

Pure ONE reaches landmark
From Radio Today. Posted October 24 2007, 9.11am
The Pure ONE digital radio has become to fastest selling DAB portable radio, selling more than a quarter of a million units in the first 18 months. The plastic ONE, which has FM as well as digital, was one of the first sets available for under fifty pounds. (more)

Royal Mail and union reach deal
From BBC News. Posted October 12 2007, 10.02pm
Postal workers and Royal Mail bosses reach a deal and end strike action, the BBC learns. (more)

BBC job cuts expected to reach over 2000
From Press Gazette. Posted October 9 2007, 12.00am
The BBC is poised to cut at least 12 per cent of its workforce, with the brunt of over 2000 redundancies falling in factual programming. (more)

Don't overreach to grab that contract
From The Scotsman. Posted September 27 2007, 12.03am
MAYBE I've been watching too much reality TV, but I'm sure that clients are becoming more like Alan Sugar or Simon Cowell in their approach to the agency pitch. (more)

DAB to reach 50% by 2010
From Radio Today. Posted September 24 2007, 8.52am
Half the UK population will have access to to DAB digital radio in two and a half years time. That's the news from the Digital Radio Development Bureau, with a 58% penetration expected by 2011. (more)

In full: BBC Trust statement on editorial breaches
From Digital Spy. Posted September 21 2007, 9.16am
Following yesterday's revelations about four serious editorial breaches in BBC programmes, the BBC Trust clarifies its position. (more)

BBC admits to editorial breaches
From Digital Spy. Posted September 20 2007, 3.44pm
The BBC unveils more incidents of editorial breaches, resulting in the resignation of 6 Music head of programmes, Ric Blaxhill. (more)

DJ Andy Kershaw admits restraining order breach
From Media Guardian. Posted September 18 2007, 1.00am
The Radio 1 DJ has pleaded guilty to drink-driving and breaching an order banning him from approaching his ex-girlfriend. By Haroon Siddique. (more)

Prince sues internet sites for breaching his copyright
From The Independent. Posted September 14 2007, 12.45am
He gave away his last album free with a newspaper, but Prince has now taken a stance to defend the rights of the artist by launching a legal action against internet sites that he claims have infringed his copyright. (more)

Comedy team breach APEC security
From Media Guardian. Posted September 7 2007, 1.00am
A satirical TV show caused a security alert after coming within yards of George Bush's hotel at a conference in Australia. By John Plunkett. (more)

BBC Radio 3 Presenter Breaches Restraining Order
From radio.about.com. Posted September 1 2007, 1.50pm
Troubles for a presenter at BBC Radio3. news.bbc.co.uk reports: "BBC radio DJ Andy Kershaw has been remanded in custody after being charged with breaching a restraining order...Kershaw, 48, who presents... (more)

Digger: Warner moves to mend breach with BBC team
From Media Guardian. Posted August 28 2007, 1.00am
The chairman of UK Athletics is trying to patch up his relationship with the BBC after he branded their coverage 'stuck in the past'. By Paul Kelso. (more)

How The Herald is reaching new audiences with social networking
From Hold the Front Page. Posted August 28 2007, 12.00am
Experimental work with third-party websites begins to show results for daily paper (more)

Digital Media Association reaches royalty fee capping agreement
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 24 2007, 12.45pm
The US Digital Media Association (DiMA) and the performance rights organization SoundExchange (SX) have reached an agreement to cap the Internet radio “$500 per channel minimum royalty” at $50,000 per service. DiMA says the agreement signals the start of productive negotiations and bringing resolutions to three important music industry issues. DiMA and SX have also agreed that, beginning [...] (more)

Spectator sales reach new high
From Press Gazette. Posted August 24 2007, 12.00am
Sales of The Spectator have risen to a new high in the mag’s 179-year-history – up 4.4 per cent year-on-year to 73,204. (more)

United Christian Broadcasters Limited extends UK reach
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 23 2007, 11.41am
United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) is to extend its DAB Digital radio broadcasting reach across England and Wales with the addition of five regions which, with its existing London and Stoke licences, will mean that virtually all major cities in England and Wales will be able to hear Christian radio, most of them for the first time. UCB [...] (more)

Beyond Mugabe's reach?
From Press Gazette. Posted August 20 2007, 12.00am
Conrad Nyamutata, the chief reporter on the banned Daily News in Zimbabwe, on Mugabe and the press. (more)

Russian regulator says BBC FM partner breached own programming plan
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 17 2007, 4.53pm
Excerpt from report by Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 17 August: The BBC television and radio broadcasting corporation’s FM-frequency broadcasts in Russia may resume, believes Boris Boyarskov, head of Rossvyazokhrankultura [Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision in Mass Communications, Communications and Preservation of Cultural Heritage]. “The BBC always has the opportunity to return to the FM frequency, if [...] (more)

Record reach for BBC digitals
From Radio Today. Posted August 16 2007, 9.01am
The BBC's five digital-only networks – BBC 6 Music, 1Xtra BBC, BBC 7, BBC Asian Network and BBC Five Live Sports Extra continued their strong performance this quarter, with Five Live Sports Extra bringing in 866,000 listeners in a record listening figure for the network. (more)

Paper breaches PCC code with child sex report
From Press Gazette. Posted August 13 2007, 12.00am
The Strathspey & Badeonch Herald intruded into the grief of an under-age sexual assault victim and published information which could have identified her breaching three clauses of the Press Complaints Commission Code. (more)

GCap in Secret Song breach
From Radio Today. Posted August 9 2007, 12.59pm
GCap Media's partner for running network phone-in and text-in competitions, MX Telecom, has been hit with a £17,500 fine after ICSTIS said a serious breach of rules had taken place during a networked radio competition. GCap have admitted putting listeners on-air knowing they had the wrong answer, in order to prolong the competition and generate more revenue. (more)

Setanta's reach for the Sky cast into doubt
From Media Guardian. Posted August 7 2007, 1.00am
A question mark hangs over the launch of the Setanta Sports News service after TWI, the sports-content production arm of IMG Media, pulled out of the project. By Andrew Culf. (more)

Sky News reaches over 100 million online
From Digital Spy. Posted August 6 2007, 10.13am
The channel's website doubled its visitors last month as viewers checked for updates on the flood crisis. (more)

Sky News 'reaches over 100 million online'
From Digital Spy. Posted August 6 2007, 10.13am
Sky News' website doubles its visitors count as viewers check for updates on the flood crisis. (more)

Metro in breach of licence
From Radio Today. Posted July 30 2007, 12.22pm
Metro Radio has been found in breach of its licence after a complaint about Alan Robson's Night Owls. A listener complained to the station that he had been treated unfairly in the broadcast. The outcome of the complaint is not the issue, more the fact that Metro failed to keep a copy of the show 42 days after the outcome of the complaint had been resolved. (more)

Evening Leader targets networking sites in bid to reach new audience
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 27 2007, 12.00am
Publisher widens the way in which it brings communities together (more)

Liz Kershaw, 6 Music in breach
From Radio Today. Posted July 19 2007, 1.00am
The Liz Kershaw Show on BBC 6 Music is partly to blame for the suspension of all competitions on the BBC after it was announced that the show, along with various others such as Comic Relief and Children in Need were all found to have breached editorial standards. (more)

In full: BBC's Thompson on standards breaches
From Digital Spy. Posted July 18 2007, 3.15pm
The full statement from BBC director general Mark Thompson on the corporation's recent breaches of editorial standards. (more)

In full: BBC Trust on standards breaches
From Digital Spy. Posted July 18 2007, 3.13pm
The full statement from the BBC Trust regarding recent breaches of editorial standards. (more)

Final agreement reached in pay and pensions dispute
From Hold the Front Page. Posted July 5 2007, 12.00am
"Further action would have been counterproductive for everyone" (more)

Martí extending its reach, US government report says
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 20 2007, 1.55pm
The programming of Radio and TV Martí - often criticized as a waste of taxpayer funds - has improved, and anecdotal evidence suggests that it is reaching a bigger audience in Cuba, according to a new US government report obtained by The Miami Herald.The report, by the State Department’s Office of Inspector General, also says [...] (more)

Sky News reaches more upmarket viewers
From Digital Spy. Posted June 19 2007, 1.31pm
Research shows that the channel has more 'upmarket' viewers tuning in everyday than any other pan-European news channel. (more)

Initial agreement reached on continuation of RTR’s broadcasting in Azerbaijan
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 9 2007, 11.09am
The working group set up to negotiate the terms for the continuation of broadcasting of one of Russian TV channels in Azerbaijan will today return to Baku, member of the working group Gulam Abdullayev told the APA. He said that the draft of the interstate agreement on regulation of TV programmes’ broadcasting in the two countries was debated [...] (more)

London 2012 logo 'breaches Ofcom rules'
From Digital Spy. Posted June 6 2007, 11.25am
The new logo for the 2012 Olympic Games "should not have been screened" on TV due to epilepsy risks, it is claimed. (more)

London 2012 animation 'breaches Ofcom rules'
From Digital Spy. Posted June 6 2007, 11.25am
The new animation for the 2012 Olympic Games "should not have been screened" on TV due to epilepsy risks, it is claimed. (more)

EU politicians reach agreement on new Directive for Europe?s audiovisual media
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 25 2007, 9.48am
After a legislative process of 18 months only, a political agreement has been reached on the EU’s new Audiovisual Media Services without frontiers Directive. Both the European Parliament and Council agreed on the main aims of the Commission’s original proposal to modernise the rules governing the audiovisual services industry. It will offer a comprehensive legal framework [...] (more)

BBC?s global news audiences reach record 233m
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 21 2007, 9.57am
The BBC’s combined international news services attracted a record global weekly audience of more than 233 million during 2006/7, according to independent surveys, says the BBC World Service. The global audience figure for the combined services of BBC World Service radio, BBC World television and the BBC’s international online news service bbcnews.com is up 23 [...] (more)

Broadband supplier broadens reach
From The Scotsman. Posted May 18 2007, 12.13am
CABLE & Wireless has won a four-year deal to supply wholesale broadband access to Virgin Media, whose cable network covers around 50 per cent of the country. C&W said the deal would give access to around four million additional homes. (more)

Confidential contracts breach at BBC
From The Stage. Posted May 16 2007, 12.35pm
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Polish editions help regional press reach out to new readers
From Press Gazette. Posted May 14 2007, 7.30am
Patrick Smith looks at how regional newspapers are bringing out Polish editions to appeal to a growing foreign readership. (more)

ABCs: FT circulation reaches plateau after five months
From Press Gazette. Posted May 11 2007, 12.58pm
Sales of the Financial Times have still yet to plateau after it posted its sixth consecutive sales hike. (more)

Record audience reach for BBC
From Radio Today. Posted May 10 2007, 9.21am
Four out of five national BBC analogue radio networks have received their highest-ever reach and share of listening today. 33 and a half million are tuning in, giving the corporation a 56 per cent share of all radio listening. Even digital listening to 6 Music, 1Xtra and BBC 7 is on the up. (more)

TLRC hours up, reach static
From Radio Today. Posted May 10 2007, 7.31am
The Local Radio Company has increased it’s group wide listening hours by 10% over the last quarter, while it’s reach has remained solid at 23%. Since abandoning the “Music Fun Life” group-wide branding, many TLRC stations have seen a year-on-year rise in figures. (more)

Manic Street Preachers take over radio
From Digital Spy. Posted May 3 2007, 10.25am
The Manic Street Preachers are to take over London station XFM for a number of shows. (more)

Namibia Broadcasting Corporation debt reaches record high
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 25 2007, 10.29am
THE Namibia Broadcasting Corporation has accumulated debts of N$242 million, of which N$35.2 million is operational debt. Presenting the budget for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in Parliament yesterday, Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said cost-cutting measures such as closing down some regional offices and reducing broadcasting hours did not help much to bring costs down. Although the [...] (more)

ABC-Australia widens reach of its radio news service
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 20 2007, 11.43am
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has launched a major project to expand the reach of its NewsRadio service to more regional areas of the country. Over the next three years, the ABC will roll out 70 new frequencies for the service, in what’s described as one of the largest single radio projects undertaken in Australia. The project [...] (more)

PCC: MK News in serious breach of code over death of girl
From Press Gazette. Posted April 17 2007, 11.12am
The Press Complaints Commission has ruled that the MK News was in serious breach of the Editors Code of Conduct for an inaccurate and intrusive report over the death the complainants' daughter. (more)

SMG reaches new loan agreement
From Digital Spy. Posted April 11 2007, 10.38am
Virgin Radio and Scottish TV company renegotiates lending deal with new management team. (more)

STV breaches Ofcom code over website
From Digital Spy. Posted March 12 2007, 10.49am
A promo for an SMG consumer advice website during a Scottish TV newscast breaches Ofcom's broadcasting code. (more)

A new way of measuring a newspaper's 'reach'
From The Scotsman. Posted March 8 2007, 1.37am
THE newspaper industry is on the verge of revolutionising the way it counts its audiences as print companies reach ever expanding audiences through online publishing. (more)

SES Astra further increases its reach
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 7 2007, 3.55pm
SES Astra has further increased its audience reach in Europe. In early 2007, 109.2 million TV homes in 35 European and North African countries received their audiovisual broadcast and broadband services via the Astra Satellite System. Out of these, 47.2 million homes – 2.2 million more than last year – received their signal directly from the [...] (more)

Regional ABCs: Newspaper Society looks to better reflect audience reach
From Press Gazette. Posted March 1 2007, 2.12pm
2.15pm: Although the regional figures seem relatively dismal, the multi-platform print and digital prospects look more promising. (more)

Sky channels vanish as TV providers fail to reach deal
From The Scotsman. Posted March 1 2007, 12.13pm
HUNDREDS of thousands of cable television customers woke up to blank screens on some of their favourite channels today after the deadline passed in a row between Sky and Virgin Media. (more)

New ABC tool will let publishers show their cross-media reach
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 1 2007, 12.00am
Publishers will be able to opt for a new measure alongside ABC certificate to reflect "true" reach (more)

Worldwide initiative launched to aggregate media's 'reach'
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 1 2007, 12.00am
UK experts join global task force to find best way forward on digital media stats (more)

BBC Trust reaches provisional decision on ?Freesat?
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 27 2007, 3.54pm
The BBC Trust has provisionally approved BBC management’s proposal to develop and launch a free-to-view satellite platform, “Freesat”. BBC management envisages “Freesat” being achieved as a joint venture with other public service broadcasters. The Trust believes the service would create significant public value by offering licence fee payers an additional means to access digital services, [...] (more)

ITV breached rules on Blair interview
From Digital Spy. Posted February 27 2007, 10.17am
ITV News criticised for broadcasting its interpretation of Blair's interview with Parkinson. (more)

Phone-in scandal reaches BBC
From Media Guardian. Posted February 26 2007, 12.00am
10.45am: The fallout from the Richard and Judy phoneline controversy has spread to the BBC. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Number of FM stations in Nepal soon to reach 136
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 17 2007, 10.55am
Soon there will be more than 136 FM radio stations in Nepal. And there are already concerns about media monopoly. In an article for Nepal Monitor, Arjun Banjade, a doctoral candidate in mass communication at the School of Telecommunications at Ohio University,  says competition, not monopoly, is key. This article gives a good overview of [...] (more)

Carnival FM in Licence Breach
From Radio Today. Posted February 13 2007, 12.23am
Manchester RSL station Carnival FM had a complaint made against it for broadcasting a song which allegedly contains homophobic lyrics. When Ofcom asked for a copy of the output, the station was unable to provide it due to problems with its logging system. (more)

Radio Norwich reaches 7%
From Radio Today. Posted February 1 2007, 3.18pm
Tindle's 99.9 Radio Norwich has had it's first ever RAJAR figures today - they show the station's got 35,000 listeners tuning in every week, representing 7% of its TSA. The station recorded a 2.2% share of its market. (more)

BBC Trust reaches provisional conclusions on BBC on-demand proposals
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 31 2007, 2.20pm
Following application of its first Public Value Test (PVT), the BBC Trust has today published its provisional conclusions on the BBC Executive’s new on-demand services and opened a period of consultation. The Trust’s provisional conclusion is to give the BBC Executive the go ahead for the new on-demand services, but subject to certain conditions and [...] (more)

India?s NDTV extends global reach to Australia, New Zealand
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 24 2007, 12.24pm
Text of report by Indian exchange4media website on 23 January English[-language] news channel NDTV 24×7 has become available to viewers in Australia and New Zealand from 20 January 2007, through a distribution partnership with Vision Asia, the largest ethnic distribution platform in the region. The channel will be available as part of the Vision Asia basic [...] (more)

Eutelsat Hot Bird™ reaches 121 million homes with over 1000 channels
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 20 2007, 10.37am
Eutelsat Communications has announced headline results of its latest two-year survey of satellite and cable homes. Set up in 1994, the survey measures trends in satellite and cable reception in countries in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East served by Eutelsat’s key video neighbourhoods including its Hot Bird™ cvideo neighbourhood which this month broke [...] (more)

Broadband-enabled televisions to reach 162 million by 2011 - report
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 14 2007, 10.35am
A surge in the availability of high-quality Web-based video content and the proliferation of solutions that network-enabled TVs will usher in a ‘new wave’ of television viewing, one defined less by ‘walled garden’ PayTV operators and more by open access and a variety of highly-specialized niche content. According to “Broadband Video: Redefining the Television Experience”, [...] (more)

Daily Record cleared of four code of practice breaches
From Press Gazette. Posted January 4 2007, 2.29pm
The Daily Record been cleared of wrongdoing by the PCC after it published two articles headlined "Ripper's sex-swap love gets job at Carstairs" and "The wife of ripper sex swap pal stands by her man". (more)

Digg extends its reach beyond news
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 18 2006, 4.52pm
Social news site introduces an area allowing users to vote and discuss podcasts (more)

Freeview set to overtake Sky as sales reach 13m
From Brand Republic. Posted December 11 2006, 8.12am
LONDON - Freeview is on course to overtake Sky as Britain's leading home broadcast supplier, predicts a new study published today by the European Media Forum. (more)

DRM can breach DRM: Guy Kewney
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 8 2006, 10.13am
British computer journalist Guy Kewney has written an article dealing with DRM and DRM - both Digital Rights Management and Digital Radio Mondiale. Kewney contends that “it. DRM is now here and is much more likely to become a global standard [than DAB] because it allows digital broadcasts on existing medium wave and short wave [...] (more)

Director of RFE/RL Kazakh service admits to station?s limited reach
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 30 2006, 12.45pm
Merkhat Sharipzhan, Director of “Azattyq�?, the Kazakh service of RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), says only 3% of the population in Kazakhstan listen to his station. Few people today make efforts to get objective news on shortwave and in Kazakh; besides, it is difficult to compete with entertainment radio stations. The interesting thing, says Sharipzhan, is that website [...] (more)

F1 editor: Stability at the top helps titles reach pole position
From Press Gazette. Posted November 23 2006, 11.00am
11am: Long tenures in the editor's chair can create "very powerful" magazines, according to the editor-in-chief of F1 Racing. (more)

Off-air Star's best ever reach
From Radio Today. Posted October 26 2006, 5.25pm
Star Radio Stroud's Q3/06 RAJAR figures show the station hit its best ever reach, 15%, in the final three months it was on the air.UKRD handed back the licence to Ofcom at the end of last month, saying it wasn't commercially viable and had not been in profit since launching in 1998. (more)

Virgin holds reach and hours
From Radio Today. Posted October 26 2006, 7.36am
Virgin Radio has recorded a solid performance in the latest RAJAR figures for both audience and length of listening.Virgin reach in London is up 3.1% and nationally 1.6% quarter-on-quarter, with Virgin Radio Network figures held both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year. (more)

BBC 6 Music reach up 40%
From Radio Today. Posted October 26 2006, 7.29am
The BBC's digital radio station 6 Music has added 115,000 listeners in the last year - and bosses are putting the success down to anarchic presenter Russell Brand.Year on year the station's reach is up 40% from 285,000 to a record 400,000. (more)

Howard Stern reaches out to new Internet audience
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 16 2006, 9.31am
Ten months after leaving the commercial airwaves for subscription-based Sirius Satellite Radio, shock jock Howard Stern is out to attract a broad new online audience with his first-ever free Internet broadcast. Stern’s four-hour-plus programme will be made available live online at no charge for two days, October 25 and 26, to promote an Internet radio service [...] (more)

KBS-Korea expands Asian reach
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 12 2006, 2.14pm
Korea’s KBS World has reached a carriage deal with Hong Kong Cable Television Limited (Cable TV), adding to its Asian footprint that currently includes Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore. KBS World, Korea Broadcasting System’s television channel for the international audience, will be available for Cable TV subscribers from 23 October. Under the agreement, Cable [...] (more)

Cambridge Evening News cleared of privacy breach
From Media Guardian. Posted October 11 2006, 1.00am
12.30pm: A complaint against the Cambridge Evening News for publishing emails to the editor without permission has been rejected. By Stephen Brook. (more)

SIRIUS reaches five million
From Radio Today. Posted October 4 2006, 2.04pm
The Satellite Radio company reaches over five million subscribers, on track to achieve its goal of 6.3m by end of 2006 (more)

Digital TV penetration reaches 70.2% of UK households
From Brand Republic. Posted October 4 2006, 11.10am
LONDON - The proliferation of digital television in the UK is advancing, with 70.2% of households now viewing through a digital box or digital-ready television, according to a new report by Ofcom. (more)

Gordon Brown urged to reach deal on BBC licence fee
From Media Guardian. Posted October 4 2006, 1.00am
The Liberal Democrats have called on the chancellor, Gordon Brown, to stop obstructing a 'fair BBC licence fee deal', after earlier reports of a cabinet split on the issue. By Jason Deans. (more)

Virgin Radio looks for reach boost from cash promotion
From Brand Republic. Posted September 25 2006, 11.09am
LONDON - Virgin Radio is giving away a mystery sum of cash suspended over Regent Street to whoever manages to guess the exact amount on air. (more)

China TV penetration reaches 95.8 percent
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 20 2006, 1.54pm
The percentage of people in China who can receive TV and radio broadcast increased to 95.81 in 2005 from 87.68 percent in 1997, Xinhua News Agency reports. China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television’s spokesman, Zhu Hong said 50 million Chinese, mostly in the rural areas, were unable to receive TV or radio broadcasts [...] (more)

KBS World-Korea expands reach to the Philippines and Singapore
From Media Network Weblog. Posted August 29 2006, 11.47am
KBS World, the international cable and satellite channel operated by the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), has inked carriage deals in the Philippines and Singapore. Beginning 1 September, the channel will be available in the Philippines via Central CATV, reaching about one million homes. KBS World will be available for all Central CATV subscribers as a [...] (more)

Tesco 'breaching planning laws'
From BBC News. Posted August 18 2006, 2.09am
Supermarket chain Tesco is breaching planning conditions on some of its stores, the BBC has found. (more)

Hertbeat ads breach Ofcom rules
From Radio Today. Posted August 7 2006, 3.00pm
Recent commercials running on Hertbeat FM for Stevenage Borough Council prompted one listener to complain that the content was 'pro-council', possibly offering support to the ruling party, and inappropriate for broadcast during the pending period for the local elections. The ads were run on May 4th, during an election period. Two of them opened by saying: "�75% of you said you�re happy with Stevenage Borough Council services and 81% said you find their staff helpful.� The other advertisement stated: �Since Stevenage Borough Council�s new website went live in January, more than 82,000 people have logged on from Stevenage and all over the world.� Each advertisement ended with the strapline: �Stevenage Borough Council � making access to Council services easier�, followed by a contact detail (telephone, textphone or web address). (more)

LGR in breach of election rules
From Radio Today. Posted July 25 2006, 8.30am
London Greek Radio have been investigated by Ofcom after allowing a Conservative councillor to read the news on the station, whilst local re-elections were taking place. Andreas Tambourides, a Conservative councillor in the London Borough of Barnet was employed by LGR but the station insists Mr Tambourides did not carry out interviews and was instructed not to read any items that related to the local elections in which he was a candidate. (more)

Claire Curtis-Thomas: This pornography must be out of our children's reach
From Media Guardian. Posted July 25 2006, 12.58am
Response: Sexually explicit ladmags and newspapers should be consigned to the top shelf, says Claire Curtis-Thomas. (more)

African United Methodists count on radio to reach masses
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 20 2006, 2.01pm
On a vast continent where large regions are “off the grid” - inaccessible by Internet or telephone - African communicators are looking to one medium to help them connect United Methodist churches: radio. Many of the 28 communicators attending a June 14-30 training conference at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe, said they are emphasizing radio [...] (more)

Zoo pic of child’s ‘antisocial’ hand sign didn’t breach PCC Code
From Press Gazette. Posted July 20 2006, 12.00am
Ruling effectively means pictures of children taken without parental constent are not automatically in breach (more)