Shipments of connected wearables reached 19 million in 2014, up from 5.9 million the previous year, according to new research from Berg Insight.

Andrew Cunning – formerly of Harper Collins Publishers and the Independent – has been hired to support revenue growth across Johnston Press’ print and digital portfolio.

Drones, robots and wearable tech were just some of the slightly more unusual devices to make people’s Christmas wish lists this year, according to Newsworks.

Chris Amor joins News UK Commercial from Opera Media, Omnicom Media Group’s division that specialises in media negotiation, where he has been print, radio and out of home trading director for the last two years.

There will be “rapid growth” of synchronised messaging in 2015, with ads on TV being backed up by an increasing number of “reminder and reinforcement” messages on second screen devices, according to Millward Brown.

Sharon White will join Ofcom in March 2015 from HM Treasury, replacing Ed Richards who has led the organisation for eight years.

New research from Realeyes reveals the top 10 Christmas ads from high street retailers this year.

New entrants into the UK TV market, including over-the-top online video services such as Netflix and Amazon, could ultimately reduce audience share and revenues for public service broadcasters, according to Ofcom.

The Radio Advertising Bureau has announced the launch of an iPhone app which will allow advertising creatives to produce ‘demo’ radio ads on their smartphone.

Jean-Cristophe Conti joins AppNexus from Yahoo, where he has been vice president and head of partnerships group since 2009.