The latest ABC release for the July to December 2014 period charts all the trends for the magazine market. Here, Newsline presents expert opinion and analysis from MediaCom, Carat, Manning Gottlieb OMD and Starcom MediaVest Group.

The photos from Wednesday’s inaugural Mediatel Media Research Awards are now up.

The winners of the inaugural Mediatel Media Research Awards were led by Sky Media, which took the Grand Prix along with Best Media Research Tracking Project for Sky AdSmart.

Follow @MediatelNews for live updates or pay Newsline a visit later today to see who won.

A new five year partnership with The R&A will see Sky Sports offer exclusive live coverage of The Open, it has been announced.

The deal will see Nielsen pick up Brandbank clients including Tesco, Boots, P&G, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Amazon.

The festive month posted a mixed bag of results for commercial television channels, with ITV Breakfast coming out on top.

Highlights from the 2015 Year Ahead event – including video interviews with panellists, photos and the choices for media personality, top media brand and best media moment of 2014.

Ad tech company MediaMath has announced the appointment of Richard Beattie as senior vice president commercial, EMEA.

Back from Las Vegas, Mindshare’s Jeremy Pounder and TubeMogul’s Jay Prasad share their key take-outs from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.