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Content Bits: ITV, GCap Compete For Classifieds; 7Digital/Sony Tie-Up - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 11 Jun 2008 01:25 AM PST

-- ITV: ITV’s (LSE: ITV) odd ITVLocal.com offering is doing data partnerships with two other sites in a desperate attempt to hit its target of £150 million online revenue by…

4Radio Seeks Branded DAB Radio Tuner For iPods, Mobiles - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 27 May 2008 12:10 AM PST

Channel 4 Radio is talking to DAB radio makers about launching a £20 branded mini tuner for iPods and mobile phones, as it looks to build a head of steam…

Radio Bits: 4Radio Strife, Networked Programming, Rajar Online Survey - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 28 Apr 2008 08:48 AM PST

Uncertainty around DAB and the costs involved in launching digital radio operations persist… -- 4Radio: Channel 4 assures the multi-channel radio operation it planned to launch on the second DAB…

GCap Board Agrees Global Takeover; Where Now For Online Radio? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 31 Mar 2008 10:53 AM PST

After weeks of negotiation, Charles Allen’s Global Radio has finally sealed the deal to buy UK commercial radio leader GCap Media, throwing the latter’s recent turnaround strategy in to question.…

@ MWC: Interview: Robin Pembrooke, GCap, Interactive Director: Cutting Radio’s Cloth Accordingly - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 11 Feb 2008 08:51 AM PST

Forced by spiralling digital radio costs, GCap’s plan to sell its DAB multiplex stake, offload theJazz and Planet Rock digital stations and shutter three Xfm regions (see this morning’s post)…

GCap Retreats From DAB, Regional Xfm To Focus On Broadband, FM - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 11 Feb 2008 01:21 AM PST

In a sign of crisis for digital radio, UK commercial radio leader GCap will, as expected, sell its 67 percent stake in the DigitalOne DAB multiplex as part of cost-cutting…

GCap’s Hazlitt: A Radio Head With Online Tenure - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 21 Dec 2007 01:50 AM PST

Fru Hazlitt, who, we revealed yesterday, has been named CEO of commercial radio group GCap, was hired in part thanks to her online experience. Hazlitt was with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO)…

Bebo, GCap Pick iTunes Store For Legal Music Downloads - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 20 Dec 2007 02:10 AM PST

There’s still life in the old dog yet. Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) biz dev guys have been busy bees - both Bebo and UK commercial radio leader GCap have decided to…

Industry Moves: AOL Re-Appoints Sales Director; GCap CEO Talk - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 27 Nov 2007 06:30 AM PST

- AOL: The musical chairs amongst Britain’s online ad sales execs continues. Duncan George, who quit as GCap commercial director a day before the radio group reported a big annual…

Earnings: GCap Doubles Annual Online Revenue To £1.6 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 23 Nov 2007 02:39 AM PST

Commercial radio leader GCap managed to grow year-on-year online revenue by 50 percent (£800,000), interim results for the six months to September 30 show. Join the dots and the company…

Industry Moves: IPC, GCap And MTV Make Advertising Hires - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 21 Nov 2007 07:45 AM PST

- IPC Media: IPC Advertising has appointed Richard Whittle, former digital planning director at media agency Initiative, to the newly created role of corporate business development manager for digital. Whittle…

GCap, Redesigning Sites, Not Tempted To Launch Social Network - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 13 Sep 2007 01:39 AM PST

Commercial radio leader GCap Media (LON:GCAP) will buck the trend by not launching social network features when it relaunches the websites for its 43 regional stations in October. Galaxy stations…

GCap Joins UK Podcasters Association Umbrella Body - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 03 Sep 2007 03:20 AM PST

GCap (LON:GCAP) has become a member of the UK Podcasters Association, an umbrella body advocating podcasters’ rights, in a sign Britain’s largest commercial radio operator is getting more serious about…

Earnings: U.K. Radio Group GCap’s Q2 Online Revenue 38 Percent Up On Last Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 26 Jul 2007 04:44 AM PST

Online revenue at U.K. commercial radio leader GCap (LSE:GCAP.L) for the three months to July 25 rose 38 percent year-over-year, according to a statement presented to the company’s annual general…

Industry Moves UK: GCap Lures Yahoo Europe Director Pembrooke To Head Interactive - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 11 Jul 2007 02:38 AM PST

Leading U.K. commercial radio group GCap Media has made a high-profile appointment to the new role of group director of online and interactive operations: Robin Pembrooke leaves his position as…

Last.fm Acquisition Too Pricey For UK’s Radio-Only Players - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 13 Jun 2007 06:44 AM PST

This Guardian op-ed wonders how UK radio operators let CBS get away with London’s own Last.fm: “On the day the deal was announced, Fru Hazlitt, MD of GCap’s Capital Radio,…

Industry Moves UK: GCap Interactive Director Leaving For Multimap - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 08 Jun 2007 05:55 AM PST

UK commercial radio leader GCap Media’s marketing and interactive director Jim Cruickshank will quit the company in the next few months to join map site Multimap as B2C general manager.…

GCap Gambles On Securing Music Licensing For On-Demand Radio - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 07 Jun 2007 06:56 AM PST

UK commercial radio leader GCap is pressing ahead with plans to offer seven-day internet music radio catch-up without authorization from labels whose tracks will be included. Earlier this week, some…

GCap Adds On-Demand, Seven-Day Radio Catch-Up - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 05 Jun 2007 02:20 AM PST

UK commercial radio network GCap is to add a BBC-style seven-day listen-again web facility to its portfolio of stations. A new internet radio player will offer the on-demand catch-up feature…

Earnings: GCap Profits Plunge; Online Up; Will Invest More To Enhance Sites, Drive Revenue - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 30 May 2007 02:21 AM PST

Total revenue fell nine percent to £200.1 million while pre-tax profit fell from £22.2 ($43.9) million to £14.4 (28.4) million in preliminary results for the year to March 31 at…

UK Round-Up: GCap Moves; BBC UGC; Lastminute.com Founders - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 May 2007 07:39 AM PST

-- GCap: The largest UK commercial radio group’s commercial director Duncan George resigned today, a day before full-year results are expected to show a 37 percent fall in profits to…

Two Vie To Run UK’s Second Digital Radio Network - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 29 Mar 2007 01:57 PM PST

Two companies have bid to control the UK’s second digital radio network, giving them the opportunity to operate up to a dozen new DAB (digital audio broadcasting) stations and other…

GCap Slows Losses, ‘Focus Is Online Opportunities’; Eyre Appointed - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 27 Mar 2007 02:29 AM PST

GCap Media, Britain’s largest radio group, intends to focus on online media after “stabilizing” its plummeting advertising performance. Annual revenue is down nine percent, according to this morning’s trading update…

Channel 4 Claims UTV, SMG, CanWest and Disney in Digital Radio Bid - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 19 Mar 2007 02:22 AM PST

The UK’s Channel 4 TV broadcaster has won backing from SMG, UTV and possibly Emap Radio - three of the UK’s biggest radio companies - in its bid to run…

UK, Korea to Trial Mobile TV, Radio Tech - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Nov 2005 07:12 PM PST

UK mobile operator Orange and a number of broadcast and multimedia companies have agreed to work with UK and Korean companies on a comparative UK mobile multimedia trial utilizing the…