Simon Dodd, CEO of RLA Group, has been appointed as IPA vice-chairman of the regions.Dodd will assist Mike Leeson, managing director of Golley Slater, in his chairmanship of the group, which promotes the value of work undertaken by regional agencies and provides a forum for the IPA’s 90-plus regional members through a programme of annual… Continue reading Dodd Elected As IPA Regional Vice-Chairman

The use of ad networks in the US surged from 5% of total ad impressions sold in 2006 to 30% in 2007, according to a new study from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Bain & Company. As online publishers continue to experience growth rates of 20-30% in ad revenue, the race to create new… Continue reading Use Of Ad Networks Surges

Wireless broadband services will create significant opportunities for revenue growth, according to the latest report from Analysys Mason. Globally, 2.1 billion wireless broadband customers will generate USD784 billion in service revenue by 2015. This revenue increase of about 2400% will be underpinned by continued developments in wireless technologies, improvements in devices and more flexible pricing… Continue reading Wireless Broadband To Exceed 2bn Customers By 2015

Blinkx, the online video search engine, has made a $1.20 per share bid for digital media firm MIVA. MIVA (formerly known as FindWhat), operates in North America and Europe and has two core divisions running consumer destination sites and interest-specific toolbars and a third-party contextual Pay-Per-Click ad network. Blinkx has been working with MIVA as… Continue reading Blinkx To Buy Digital Media Firm MIVA

BBC Radio 5 Live has won the radio rights to broadcast FA Cup and England international matches for a further four years.The deal with the Football Association starts from the beginning of the 2008/09 football season with the Community Shield match between Manchester United and Portsmouth at Wembley on Sunday.Radio 5 Live and sister digital… Continue reading BBC Sport Wins Football Radio Rights

July saw the Evening Standard‘s circulation fall by 1% month on month, a real term dip of almost 3,000 copies, leaving it with a total circulation of around 292,000 copies.Evening freesheets the London Lite and thelondonpaper now have totals of almost 402,000 and around 500,000 copies respectively.Morning freesheet City AM was down by around 13.5%… Continue reading Slight Circulation Dip For The Evening Standard

Virgin Media added 24,800 TV subscribers during the three months ending June 30, as well as 54,600 subscribers to its cable broadband service.The group also reported an underlying operating profit of £333 million for the second quarter, with revenues of £990.5 million.The cable company posted an operating loss of £333 million in Q2, compared with… Continue reading Virgin Media Adds Almost 25,000 TV Subscribers

A new forecast from Juniper Research predicts that 2.1bn mobile subscribers will “pay by mobile” for digital goods downloaded to their mobile phones by 2013. Juniper defines digital goods as music (ringtones and full tracks), tickets, TV, user-generated content, infotainment and games – in fact any content bought by phone and delivered to the phone.… Continue reading Digital Goods Purchases Via Mobile Phones To Increase

Virgin Media has outperformed analyst expectations, reporting an underlying operating profit of £333 million for the second quarter of 2008. The company reported revenues of £990.5 million, with average revenue per subscriber slightly down to £41.63. It saw an operating loss of £333 million in the second quarter, compared with a £3 million profit in… Continue reading Virgin Media Reports £333m Underlying Profit

ITV has announced a 28% year on year fall in pre-tax profits for the first six months of the year, to £91 million. The commercial broadcaster also reported a 3% increase in revenues to £1.03 billion. The company said that net advertising revenues dipped an estimated 1% in the first eight months but are likely… Continue reading ITV Reports Drop In Pre-Tax Profits