The Outdoor Advertising Association (OAA) has announced that outdoor ad spend has slipped 1.6% year on year, falling for the third consecutive quarter.Outdoor ad spend fell by 6.9% in Q1 compared with the same period in 2007, which was the biggest decrease in the sector in the last six years.Alan James, chief executive of the… Continue reading Outdoor Ad Spend Falls Again

BBC Radio 1 has announced a number of line-up changes to its schedule, with Sara Cox and Edith Bowman returning and Dick and Dom leaving.The station said the pair would leave their Sunday morning show next month to “pursue other projects”.Their departure has made way for a number of changes, including the introduction of two… Continue reading Radio 1 Shakes Up Its Schedule

BBC One raced ahead of the competition yesterday, gaining the largest audience share all day with its popular Olympics coverage, as well as in the evening with Eastenders and New Tricks.The penultimate episode of New Tricks banked more than nine million peak viewers, with an average 36% audience share, between 9pm and 10pm.Eastenders also pulled… Continue reading New Tricks Proves To Be A Winner Again

The Competition Commission has received mixed submissions to its inquiry into the proposed video-on-demand venture by BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, Project Kangaroo.Google has supported the project, saying it does not expect it to have a negative impact on competition or customers, while Joost has complained that Kangaroo’s partners will unfairly benefit from the… Continue reading Competition Commission Gets Mixed Views On Kangaroo

Global Radio has appointed Stephen Miron, former executive at the Mail on Sunday, as chief executive of the combined Global and GCap radio business.Miron was previously the managing director of the Mail on Sunday and the Mail Online and was behind the exclusive Prince CD giveaway last year.Global has also announced a number of other… Continue reading Global Radio Hires New Chief Exec Following GCap Merger

Sky has announced that it is doubling its output of arts content by creating a new Sky Arts channel, which is set to launch on October 20.The bespoke arts channel will focus on more classical arts content, such as opera, classical music and fine art programming.Sky is also set to rebrand Sky Arts 1 to… Continue reading Sky Set To Double Arts Content With New Channel

BBC One’s Traffic Cops raced ahead of its ITV1 9pm rival Harley Street last night, pulling in almost double the number of viewers.The popular reality crime show attracted more than 4.8 million viewers between 9pm and 10pm, while ITV1’s medical drama failed to impress with its penultimate episode, pulling in just 2.5 million at the… Continue reading Traffic Cops Races Ahead Of Harley Street

Q magazine remained top of the music mags despite a decline of over 17,000 copies year on year for January to June 2008, according to the latest ABC data.The title, now reports a figure of around 113,000 copies after a significant 13% year on year decline.IPC’s NME also saw a relatively large percentage drop of… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2008: Q Magazine Stays Top Of Declining Music Market

The Sun is set to be an exclusive broadcast sponsor of Sky Sport’s Soccer AM programme for the new football season.Soccer AM will feature exclusive brand exposure of the Sun on the main Saturday morning TV show and the highlights show, Best Bits.The partnership will launch this Saturday, along with the start of the Barclays… Continue reading Sun Set To Sponsor Soccer AM In New Six-Figure Deal

Bauer Consumer Media’s weekly More magazine is being relaunched for the second time in a year to appeal to an older, more sophisticated readership. The £5 million redesign will hit shelves in September and will involve a change in format and content to include more features and more pages. The magazine will remain a weekly… Continue reading ITV1 Announces New Autumn Line-up