New research from Valista, a provider of multi-channel merchandising, payments and settlement solutions, reveals that 36% within the mobile industry believe there are significant opportunities in mobile advertising. Valista added that almost one-fourth show optimism for growth in user-generated mobile content and mobile media. The survey also revealed surprising results about the role of convergence… Continue reading Significant Opportunities In Mobile Advertising

Aegis is reportedly in talks to buy a stake in digital media company i-Level.Last October, i-Level appointed corporate finance advisers at Ingenious Media to advise on a strategic review, which could lead to a sale for around £70 million.According to sources quoted by the Daily Telegraph, Aegis has made it through to the second round… Continue reading Aegis Could Buy i-Level Stake

GCap’s ‘indie’ station, Xfm, is to launch a music podcast featuring 30-second clips of 10 new songs before they are available to buy online.Users will be able to download the clips as part of the New Music Rising podcast every Saturday morning.The service follows a deal struck last year between commercial radio and the PPL,… Continue reading Xfm Launches New Podcast

The Office of Fair Trading has begun its review of the Contracts Rights Renewal (CRR) mechanism, following a long running debate in the industry over the formula.ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has long requested a review of CRR (see ITV Refers CRR To OFT) – which compensates advertisers when ITV1’s audience share dips – a… Continue reading OFT Review Of CRR To Take ‘About A Year’

Yahoo!’s profits fell 23% to $206 million in the fourth quarter, down from $269 million a year earlier. Its full year profits were $660 million, down from $751 million in 2006, while its revenues were $7.0 billion, up 8% year on year. Jerry Yang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Yahoo!, warned of tough times… Continue reading Yahoo!’s Profits Fall

JCDecaux has reported revenues of €2,106.6 million (£1,567.11 million), an increase of 8.2% compared with 2006. High-single or double-digit organic revenue growth was reported in all geographic areas for the year with the exception of France. However, France still showed however a good improvement from the third quarter and achieved overall a satisfactory yearly performance,… Continue reading JCDecaux Revenues Reach €2.1m

Media planning and buying company Aegis is reportedly in talks to buy a stake in digital media company i-Level. Last year, i-Level appointed corporate finance advisers at Ingenious Media to advise on a strategic review, which could lead to a sale for around £70 million. According to sources quoted in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph, Aegis has… Continue reading Aegis Could Buy Stake In i-Level

The government has ruled that BSkyB must reduce its stake in ITV from 17.9% to below 7.5%. Business secretary John Hutton followed the Competition Commission’s recommendation to reduce the stake, which now leaves Sky until Monday 25 February to lodge an appeal against the decision (see Sky Given More Time To Appeal Against ITV Share… Continue reading Sky Told To Reduce ITV Stake To Below 7.5%

Average monthly unique audience figures for US newspaper websites grew by more than 3.6 million in 2007, a year on year increase of more than 6% over 2006 numbers, according to new research from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Monthly unique visitors to US newspaper websites averaged 62.8 million in last year’s fourth quarter,… Continue reading US Online Newspaper Viewership Reaches Record In 2007

Sheryl Norman, digital director at Omnicom Media Group, has been confirmed as a panellist for MediaTel Group’s forthcoming ‘Future of Online’ seminar, to be held in early February.Norman will be joining Adam Freeman, commercial director at Guardian News and Media, who was confirmed last week.Chaired by the BBC’s media correspondent, Torin Douglas, with media journalist… Continue reading Omnicom Media Group Digital Director Joins Seminar Panel