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Motorists to get Virgin Radio
From Radio Today. Posted May 8 2008, 7.51pm
A special stream of Virgin Radio will be played in 48 Moto motorway services after a sponsorship deal was struck between the two companies. (more)

Exclusive: Working out the future with Shigeru Miyamoto
From The Times. Posted April 27 2008, 12.00am
JAPAN has come up with some cruel and unusual punishments over the years: toilets that blast you where and when you least expect, the TV game show Endurance and Hello Kitty, the popular cartoon cat character. Nothing is more terrifying, though, than the latest product to emerge from the laboratories of Tokyo and Kyoto. (more)

EXCLUSIVE: Full Sky Digital EPG listings after reshuffle
From Biz Asia. Posted April 24 2008, 11.52am
BizAsia.co.uk brings you the full Sky Digital channel listings as they will appear after the reshuffle. There are no changes planned for following EPG categories Documentaries, Sports, Adult and Radio. Sky plans to implement a marketing campaign through a number of different media prior to the changes taking place in order to inform viewers of the changes. The new channel line up is currently scheduled to be implemented on a genre by genre basis between 05:00 and 08:00 on the dates specified below. 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Rising Petrol Prices and Insurance Premiums Drive Motorists Off The Road
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted April 17 2008, 9.30am
Rising insurance premiums, petrol prices and car maintenance costs are pushing drivers off the roads and onto public transport, according to www.moneyexpert.com * The independent financial comparison website says a quarter of all motorists (25%) claim to use their car less because of the increasing cost of running a vehicle. Hardest hit are older drivers with 29 per cent of over 55s saying they have travelled less by car in the past year because they... (more)

Rock Radio names breakfast jock
From Radio Today. Posted April 15 2008, 11.26am
Steve Berry has been announced as the breakfast presenter on Manchester's soon-to-launch Rock Radio. Berry is known for his work as a specialist motorcycling presenter on Top Gear. Mancunian broadcaster Mike Sweeney was recently announced as the weekday presenter on the station. (more)

Murray Walker: My Life in Media
From The Independent. Posted April 14 2008, 12.00am
Murray Walker, 84, is Britain's best-known motor sport commentator. He started his career in radio, covering the Isle of Man TT races, and graduated to become the voice of Formula One, first for the BBC and later ITV. Known for his unique commentary style and a voice that seems to rise and fall in tone along with the revving of engines, Walker dovetailed his media activities with a successful career in advertising before he retired to concentrate on his hobby, motor sport, in 1982. A quarter century on, Walker is still a motor sport pundit. He lives with his wife near Salisbury, Hampshire, and drives a BMW 330d. (more)

Motor sport: Mosley stands by his story after further details emerge
From Media Guardian. Posted April 7 2008, 1.01pm
Motor sport: The Max Mosley scandal continues after the News of the World printed further details of his meeting with five prostitutes in London. By Alan Henry (more)

ITV2+1 to take Men & Motors EPG slot
From Digital Spy. Posted March 6 2008, 12.22pm
ITV is to switch the EPG positions of Men & Motors and ITV2+1 as the channel starts 24 hour broadcasts. (more)

Japan?s NHK chief resigns over insider trading
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 21 2008, 2.02pm
The president of Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, Genichi Hashimoto, said he would resign to take responsibility for an insider-trading scandal involving staff at the media group. ”The management’s responsibility for sharply denting the audience’s confidence is grave,” he told reporters, adding that two of NHK’s ten managing directors would step down tomorrow over the scandal. NHK officials said [...] (more)

Indy ditches motoring pullout
From Media Guardian. Posted January 14 2008, 10.39am
The Independent has dropped its motoring pullout just ahead of a planned relaunch. By Stephen Brook (more)

Motorola to push mobile TV - report
From Digital Spy. Posted January 4 2008, 11.54am
Motorola is to push mobile television in an attempt to revive its financial performance, it is reported. (more)

Motorola views mobile TV as saviour
From The Times. Posted January 3 2008, 4.43pm
Motorola is betting it can reverse its dire recent performance and face down calls for its break-up by finally convincing consumers to tune in to mobile TV. (more)

Virgin to trial engineers on motorbikes
From Digital Spy. Posted October 25 2007, 6.24pm
Virgin Media is giving some of its engineers motorbikes in an effort to improve service. (more)

XM Rides with Kawasaki, SIRIUS Gets Ghoulish
From radio.about.com. Posted October 23 2007, 1.00am
Kawasaki plans to introduce its first motorcycles with satellite radio this fall. Kawasaki will offer the Premium Audio System on its Vulcan 1600 Nomad touring model, incorporating XM Satellite Radio... (more)

Motor Transport magazine appoints new editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted October 18 2007, 12.00am
Internal promotion at Reed Business Information    (more)

ITV confirms Men & Motors disposal
From Digital Spy. Posted September 12 2007, 4.41pm
ITV confirms that it plans to dispose of Men and Motors. (more)

FM Radio banned in Calcutta
From Radio Today. Posted August 7 2007, 1.07am
Listening to the radio whilst driving has been banned in a town near Calcutta, India after it emerged two students have been killed in radio related incidents there. Police have seized the licence of 200 motorists who were caught listening. (more)

Press Association appoints motoring editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 25 2007, 10.58am
Motoring writer Matt Joy to sit in the big chair   (more)

Motor Boat Monthly appoints new editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 6 2007, 2.01pm
IPC marine title moves deputy editor into the big chair   (more)

Hack prangs top cop's motor: More press funnies
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 6 2007, 12.00am
Journalist was left red-faced by mishap ahead of press briefing (more)

Motorola TV ad charts history of film
From Media Guardian. Posted May 22 2007, 1.00am
11.15am Motorola is promoting its latest video phone with a TV ad charting the evolution of film. By Mark Sweney. (more)

'Arrogant slob' who boasted he was saviour of Radio 1 is proved right
From The Scotsman. Posted May 10 2007, 11.21pm
HE IS the morning DJ who sharply divides the nation - some loathe him, others cannot start the day without his motormouth style. (more)

Sponsors and stations drop Imus
From Radio Today. Posted April 12 2007, 2.56am
Following last weeks on-air comments by American talk-show host Dom Imus, his advertisers and sponsors including General Motors have now pulled their support. His show originates from New York radio station WFAN and is syndicated by CBS across the States. (more)

XM and SIRIUS Satellite Radio For Your Motorcycle
From radio.about.com. Posted April 6 2007, 1.00am
If you enjoy the freedom of cruising down an open highway on your motorcycle but are always looking for a way to enhance the experience even more - how about... (more)

Capital sponsors Jensen's kid
From Radio Today. Posted April 5 2007, 12.06am
Capital Gold is to sponsor DJ David Jensen's son in motor racing. The GCap Media station previously supported Viktor Jensen in the 2006 Formula Palmer Audi Series, and has now committed further support for the 19 year old driver in the highly competitive Formula 3 arena. (more)

Emap revamps golf and motorbike sites
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 28 2007, 11.57am
Sites rejigged to offer greater commercial opportunities and user contributionsemail this article   digg this   del.icio.us (more)

Journalist plans 10,000-mile motor race to Mongolia
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 21 2007, 12.00am
Intrepid writer will have his dad, an old Fiesta and the open road for company on international adventure (more)

Car thieves took my motor - legally!
From Hold the Front Page. Posted February 28 2007, 12.00am
Freelance journalist Alice von Simson sounds off about the day when she had her car "stolen" (more)

GCap signs with Trafficmaster
From Radio Today. Posted February 7 2007, 4.12pm
GCap Media has signed a new deal which will see travel news from Trafficmaster featured on all 37 stations owned by GCap including Classic FM and Capital Radio. Trafficmaster's network comprises 7,500 sensor sites across the UK, covering 8,000 miles of Britain's motorways and A-roads. (more)

MotoGP Returns to BBC Sport
From Merry Media. Posted February 7 2007, 12.54pm
MotoGP returns to BBC Sport on 10 March as the 2007 season commences in Losail, Qatar.. (more)

NHK commences data broadcasts for earthquakes and tsunamis
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 22 2007, 2.34pm
The Chairman of Japanese public broadcaster NHK, Genichi Hashimoto, announced at his January press conference that NHK would commence data broadcasts from January 17th, marking the 12th anniversary of the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that ravaged the Kobe area in 1995. The service will provide details about earthquakes and tsunamis via data broadcasts for digital satellite, digital [...] (more)

Haymarket adds Pistonheads.com to motoring portfolio
From Brand Republic. Posted January 11 2007, 11.01am
LONDON - Haymarket Publishing has acquired car enthusiast website Pistonheads.com from owner and founder Dave Edmonston for an undisclosed sum. (more)

Rocking all over Fife
From The Scotsman. Posted January 11 2007, 1.20am
MOST outstanding media spectacle of the week: radio boss John Myers straddling a £40,000 black motorcycle daubed with AC/DC logos accompanied by two leggy lady companions. (more)

ITV's Men and Motors channel to air amateur stripping show
From Media Guardian. Posted January 4 2007, 12.00am
8am: ITV's Men and Motors channel is to bring amateur stripping to the small screen. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

'Men and Motors' sale on the cards
From Digital Spy. Posted December 14 2006, 11.01am
Reports suggest ITV-owned channel may be sold off to allow the broadcaster to concerntrate on ITV4. (more)

Scottish groups launch joint motoring site
From Press Gazette. Posted November 21 2006, 12.15pm
12.15pm: Two Trinity Mirror companies in Scotland have launched a joint motoring site. (more)

NHK launches news service in foreign languages for mobile phone users
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 17 2006, 3.05pm
NHK President Genichi Hashimoto announced at his monthly press conference yesterday that, as of 6 November, NHK is providing an additional Internet service which will enable users to access English news in text from their mobile phones. In the future, news in Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and Korean will be added, said Mr Hashimoto, who added [...] (more)

Bentley to include SIRIUS
From Radio Today. Posted October 31 2006, 8.46am
Bentley Motors have signed an exclusive deal with SIRIUS for the inclusion of Satellite Radio in all Bentley models in America starting in 2007.Satellite Radio will then become a standard feature in all Continental GT, Continental GTC and Continental Flying Spur vehicles beginning in the 2008 model year. (more)

Mary Anne Hobbs: My life in media
From The Independent. Posted October 30 2006, 12.00am
Mary Anne Hobbs, 35, is the firebrand presenter of Radio 1's Thursday night electronic show Experimental. Born in the Lancashire village of Garstang, she started her media career as a print journalist, working for NME and Loaded among other titles, and has presented a myriad of motorcycle shows for such television channels as British Eurosport, Men and Motors and BBC World. She now lives in north London and can ride any motorbike you care to park in front of her. (more)

Motorcycle clip a web first for North Wales Newspapers
From Press Gazette. Posted October 25 2006, 8.00am
8am: Four North Wales Newspapers titles have carried video on their websites for the first time. (more)

Terry "Motormouth" Young Keeps Top 40 Legends Alive on XM Satellite Radio
From radio.about.com. Posted October 23 2006, 6.14am
From QCtimes.net: "In a windowless studio in the vast techno-complex known as XM Satellite Radio, Terry “Motormouth” Young each week transforms 60s on 6 — XM’s channel of hits from... (more)

NHK takes fee defaulters to court at random
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 6 2006, 4.03pm
Genichi Hashimoto, Chairman of Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, has said 47 households and one business in Tokyo with unpaid subscription fees ranging from 41,850 yen (US$354) to 126,360 yen (US$1,071) will be pressed for payment through summary courts if they don’t settle their bills by 31 October. “It’s true that people feel it is unfair” because [...] (more)

Survivor cast adrift by top sponsor General Motors
From Media Guardian. Posted September 1 2006, 1.00am
The American version of reality TV show Survivor, which drew protests after splitting its contestants along racial lines, has lost its main sponsor - General Motors. By Andrew Clark. (more)

Harley-Davidson Introduces AL20 XM Satellite Radio 1996 and Later Motorcycles
From radio.about.com. Posted July 19 2006, 4.06am
XM Satellite Radio and The Harley-Davidson Motor Company are offering riders an all-new option for receiving programming. The new Road Tech(TM) AL20 XM Satellite Radio is the first portable XM... (more)

Harley-Davidson Introduces AL20 XM Satellite Radio for 1996 and Later Motorcycles
From radio.about.com. Posted July 19 2006, 4.06am
XM Satellite Radio and The Harley-Davidson Motor Company are offering riders an all-new option for receiving programming. The new Road Tech(TM) AL20 XM Satellite Radio is the first portable XM... (more)

Atlantic FM set to hit the waves
From Radio Today. Posted July 3 2006, 2.00pm
There’s a hive of activity down at Wheal Kitty in St Agnes as the team behind Cornwall’s newest, freshest radio station, test and re-test their kit, refine their final plans and complete their rehearsals in their cutting edge studios. Atlantic FM goes live on air across Cornwall between the frequencies of 105.1-107 FM at 7.30am on Thursday 6th July and promises to deliver something for ‘one and all’ – reflecting Cornwall’s moto - after a very long time with only two main radio options. (more)

Virgin Radio at the Motor Show
From Radio Today. Posted June 8 2006, 9.30am
If you go down to the Motor Show this year, you're in for a Virgin suprise. As this summer sees Virgin Radio and The British International Motor Show in a co-promotion which will give on-air exposure to the event. The highlight of the promotion will be a series of competitions running on the weekend of 22nd July where lucky listeners can win the life of celebrity for a weekend. From a rock star experience including a recording session to a ‘James Bond’ experience with a speed boat and helicopter trip, each one includes the best accommodation and being chauffer driven in some of the world’s most prestigious cars. (more)

Haymarket rings the changes at motoring and caravan titles
From Press Gazette. Posted May 31 2006, 11.39am
Haymarket has announced a number of changes at the helm of its motoring and caravan titles. (more)

Japan's NHK may scrap channels
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 19 2006, 12.34pm
Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, may accept a crucial proposal to cut the number of its channels. NHK President, Genichi Hashimoto, said: "If there are firm procedures and consensus saying NHK had better cut channels, we cannot help but consider them in a concrete manner." A reduction of channels is high on the agenda for an advisory panel to the communication minister, which is discussing (more)

NHK asks Toyota to supply official to become director
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 18 2006, 4.08pm
Japan Broadcasting Corp, better known as NHK, has asked Toyota Motor Corp to send one of its officials to become a member of the scandal-hit public broadcaster's board of directors, informed sources said today. Toyota will consider whether to dispatch a senior managing director-level official to be an NHK board member, the sources said, adding it would be the first time a private company employee (more)

Virgin Radio in DAB giveaway
From Radio Today. Posted April 12 2006, 3.15pm
Virgin Radio will be bringing the World Cup to motorists in DAB digital quality this summer thanks to a new promotion with JVC. The promotion will involve a JVC KD-DB711 CD and DAB tuner being given away everyday in the last two weeks of May on the drivetime show with Martin Collins. The giveaway is part of a campaign that will see JVC simultaneously promoting the CD & DAB tuner in Halfords. The new JVC tuner is one of the best ways to listen to World Cup coverage on the move this summer, providing in-car listeners with supreme sound quality compared to MW. (more)

Songs by Subject: Ailing General Motors Offers Workers $100K To Quit
From radio.about.com. Posted March 23 2006, 9.00am
Radio stations, programmers, and deejays have used The Green Book of Songs By Subject for years. Each week it provides a new list of songs for a particular topic exclusively to the Radio site at About.com. This week: Ailing General... (more)

Noel Edmonds quits UBC Media
From Radio Today. Posted March 22 2006, 8.17am
Mr Noel Edmonds, a non-executive director of UBC Media Group plc, has today resigned in order to concentrate upon the expansion of his other commercial and broadcasting interests. UBC Media own the Classic Gold Digital network and Oneword Radio. Mr Edmonds said: 'My business interests now embrace TV production, business communications, motor vehicle sales and property development, and I am also hosting a successful Channel 4 show, 'Deal or no Deal'. I have very much enjoyed my association with UBC Media during which it has grown to become the largest independent radio producer and a major player in digital radio. I wish the company continued success.' (more)

Japan: NHK says consensus needed to use viewer fees for world service
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 2 2006, 3.51pm
Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 2 March: The president of Japan Broadcasting Corp, Genichi Hashimoto, said Thursday [2 March] national consensus is necessary for the public broadcaster to use viewer fees to expand its international broadcasting service. Hashimoto was speaking at a regular news conference in response to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's call the (more)

Radio Academy to help drivers
From Radio Today. Posted February 23 2006, 3.35pm
The cost of car insurance for those working both on and off-air in the radio industry has long been a bone of contention. Motor insurance companies love to put people into little categories and, if you work for a radio station, you are quite often treated unfairly. So why do they do it? Well the most popular answer given by those voices down the phone is that if you work in radio you may have someone ‘famous’ in the car. So if you have an accident, they might be able to claim vast amounts for ruining or damaging their career. This amazing idea that everyone working in radio - whether nationally locally has the time to chauffur the cream of the entertainment world around all day is literally quite mad. This may have been the case 30 years ago when the world of radio was a much smaller business dealing with mostly national stations. (more)

New UK soul music station "for over 35's" starts online tests
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 14 2006, 3.22pm
A new UK radio station which describes itself as "the most powerful and exciting radio station for over 35's" has today begun online test transmissions ahead of a launch on Sky Digital in the spring. VIP Radio says its format is Motown, Northern Soul, Disco and Philadelphia Soul by legendary performers such as Aretha Franklin, Lenny Kravitz, Al Green, Michael McDonald, Sly and the Family Stone, (more)

VIP Radio begins testing
From Radio Today. Posted February 14 2006, 2.20pm
VIP Radio has started test transmissions on the internet prior to their launch on Sky Digital this Spring. The station promises a mix of Motown, Northern Soul, Disco, Soul Flavoured Pop and Legendary performers, all delivered by a mix of British and American DJs. Such artists being featured on the playlist will include Aretha Franklin, Lenny Kravitz, Al Green, Michael McDonald, Sly and the Family Stone, Robert Palmer, Prince, James Brown and Marvin Gaye. Station PD Andy Wint comments: "VIP Radio will integrate live events, magazine publishing and music retail with its on-air output aimed firmly at over 35's." More information can be found at their website: http://www.vipradio.net/ (more)

Rolls-Royce cars to include SIRIUS
From Radio Today. Posted January 11 2006, 5.36pm
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and SIRIUS Satellite Radio today announced an exclusive agreement for the inclusion of SIRIUS radios as standard equipment in all Rolls-Royce vehicles sold in the United States, including a lifetime subscription to the service. The news comes as Howard Stern starts his programme on the platform this week. Monthly subscription available in the US costs $12.95. (more)

Motorola's iRadio For Mobile Phones Debuts With 435 Channels
From radio.about.com. Posted January 4 2006, 7.45am
Motorola has launched iRadio with 435 commercial-free radio channels. The company says the new subscription music service "seamlessly moves from home, to car stereo, to wireless headphones -- powered from the one device you’re never without: your mobile handset." Read... (more)

Advertisements: Motor Racing - So will it be Lewis to the rescue?
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
Lewis Hamilton, the Formula 1 motor racing driver who is in pole position to become Britain's next sporting icon, is only 22 and looks as if he's still in his teens. But that isn't quite young enough for the advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), which has cast him as a child (played by nine-year-old Redmond Carter) for a television campaign for Vodafone that will launch in Britain in March, ahead of the next F1 season. (more)