Shares in ITV fell briefly below 60p for the first time earlier today, following the stock’s fall to a closing low last night. This morning, the share price fell as low as 59.7p, down 1.6% on last night’s close of 60.7p, before increasing to 60.1p just after 11.30am. Over the past six months, the FTSE… Continue reading ITV Shares Drop Below 60p
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Google’s plans to scrap advertisers’ exclusive right to bid on key words for their own brands have been met with criticism from the IPA.From 5 May any advertiser or agency will be able to bid on trademarked single words in the UK and Ireland (see Google To Allow Keyword Bidding On All Search Terms). Previously,… Continue reading IPA Slams Google’s Key Word Search Plans
Almost 90% of the UK online population watched over three million internet videos in December, according to new data from comScore.The figures show that Google’s YouTube remained the market leading video site in the UK, US, Canada, France and Germany.In the UK, the BBC is the second most popular source of video, indicating the popularity… Continue reading Almost 90% Of UK Web Users Watch Video Online
Ashley Highfield, the director of future media and technology at the BBC, is leaving the corporation to become CEO of the joint venture video-on-demand service from ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide, Kangaroo.Highfield, who will be responsible for the roll-out of the new service, will replace interim chief executive Leslie MacKenzie.Kangaroo is understood to be… Continue reading Highfield To Leave BBC For Kangaroo
Ashley Highfield, the BBC’s head of online, is leaving the corporation to become chief executive at the planned on-demand service from BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV, codenamed Kangaroo. Highfield, director of future media and technology and a member of the BBC executive board, is to take over at Kangaroo from interim chief executive Leslie… Continue reading Highfield To Join Kangaroo
Almost 90% of the UK online population watched over three million internet videos in December, according to new data from comScore. The figures show that Google’s YouTube remained the market leading video site in the UK, US, Canada, France and Germany. In the UK, the BBC is the second most popular source of video, indicating… Continue reading Almost 90% Of UK Web Users Watch Video Online
The IPA’s latest Bellwether Report, for the first quarter of 2008, reveals that current budgets have been revised down for the second consecutive quarter. Weaker than expected sales, subdued consumer spending, and ongoing concerns about the health of the UK economy have driven this cost-cutting, said the report. The ‘All other’ category, which includes ‘below-the-line’… Continue reading Q1 2008 Bellwether: Marketing Budgets Cut For Second Consecutive Quarter
Digital publishers saw an increase in total revenues of more than 50% in 2007, according to the Association of Online Publishers. The AOP said that 31% of publishers had also predicted growth in the coming year, despite a worsening economic outlook. The association found that the dominant theme of its 2008 Census of members’ businesses… Continue reading Digital Publishers Boost Revenues By Over 50% In 2007
A new government inquiry into the “commercialisation of childhood” could lead to increased limits on advertising and marketing to children.Ministers are said to be concerned by research suggesting children recognise 400 brands by the age of ten and sympathise with parents who decry “pester power”.Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, said: “I want to know if… Continue reading Government Inquiry Could Lead To Advertising Limits For Children
GCap Media will no longer sell two of its three Xfm radio stations outside of London, following the company’s acquisition by Global Radio at the start of April.Fru Hazlitt, the GCap chief executive, announced in February that the Xfm stations in Scotland, Manchester and south Wales would be sold or their licences would be handed… Continue reading GCap To Hold On To Xfm Stations