BBC to send vans to flush out illegal iPlayer users August 6, 2016 The BBC is planning to catch out people illegally using its iPlayer service by sending out vans equipped with WiFi detection devices, the Telegraph reported today. From the 1 September people watching the BBC using its iPlayer catch-up site will need to have a TV licence. The BBC's vans will be looking to find those who are dodging the £145.50 [...]
End of an era for British journalism as “sanitised” Fleet Street loses its last newspaper journalists August 5, 2016 Today marks the end of an era for British journalism, with the last two Fleet Street-based reporters working their last day in what was once the home of the industry. Gavin Sherriff and Darryl Smith are to leave Fleet Street today as the Dundee-based Sunday Post closes its London bureau. This is the building the [...]
Shares plummet at newspaper publisher “triple-hit” by Brexit vote August 4, 2016 Newspaper group Johnston Press’s share price plummeted 16 per cent today as the company reported falling revenues and profits. The publisher of the Scotsman, Yorkshire Post and, since earlier this year, the i newspaper has been “triple-hit” by the UK’s Brexit vote, according to its chief executive Ashley Highfield. Read more: Johnston Press shows signs of [...]
Here are the best Twitter reactions to Instagram’s Snapchat-style Stories feature August 4, 2016 Yesterday, Instagram unveiled a new feature, “Stories”. Much like the popular Snapchat feature, it will enable users to share their day-to-day activities through videos and pictures. Other features include a 24-hour time frame, which means your stories will disappear after 24 hours. Being able to add emojis and texts to pictures and videos, sending to [...]
The way we message now: Text and email decline with the rise of WhatsApp August 4, 2016 The nation is ditching email and text messaging in favour of instant messenger services such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, the use of which has surged over the last two years. IM is the fastest growing form of digital communication in the UK, with 43 per cent of people in Britain now using it at least once [...]
ITV talked up as post-Brexit vote foreign takeover target August 3, 2016 Downton Abbey broadcaster ITV is being talked up as a foreign takeover target in the aftermath of the UK’s Brexit vote. The company, which currently has a market capitalisation of £7.8bn, has been linked by analysts with moves from the US and Europe. Alex DeGroote, a media analyst at Peel Hunt, told City A.M.: “It certainly [...]
Saatchi ad boss Kevin Roberts resigns after gender row August 3, 2016 One of advertising's top bosses has resigned after a storm surrounding comments he made about women working in the industry. Saatchi and Saatchi chairman Kevin Roberts, who had been put on a "leave of absence" by the agency's owner Publicis Groupe, has said he will leave the company at the start of September. He had planned to retire in May [...]
The advertising industry isn’t feeling quite so gloomy about Brexit now August 2, 2016 Sir Martin Sorrell’s reaction to the UK’s Brexit vote was: “This is not good news, to say the least.” But the latest forecasts from the advertising industry, including from GroupM, which is part of Sorrell’s WPP, appear more upbeat. In a worst-case scenario, GroupM’s worldwide media and market forecasts report predicts a 4.5 per cent [...]
BBC not happy – MPs want to know which of its stars earn more than the Prime Minister August 2, 2016 The BBC should have to disclose the salaries of all those it pays more than the Prime Minister, a group of influential MPs has ruled. But the corporation is not happy about the suggestion, claiming it would represent a “poacher’s charters” that would not be in the interest of licence fee payers. Currently, while the corporation [...]
Advertising spend is expected to keep growing after Brexit vote (in some sectors, at least) August 2, 2016 Advertising expenditure in the UK is predicted to grow this year and next, despite uncertainty around the Brexit vote. But forecasts from the Advertising Association/ Warc Expenditure Report are down on previous estimates from before the EU referendum. Total UK adspend is expected to grow 4.2 per cent to £20.9bn this year, down from the [...]