Current director of strategic insights at ZenithOptimedia, Andrew Green, will leave the agency to join Ipsos Global Media as chief marketing officer next week.At Ipsos, Green will focus on developing the Ipsos Media approach to ROI, engagement and mobile.Before his role at ZenithOptimedia, Green previously held senior positions at OMD and Zenith in the US… Continue reading Green To Join Ipsos From Zenith Next Week
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Channel 4’s managing director of digital content, Andy Grumbridge, has been appointed director of digital media at Virgin Radio.Grumbridge replaces James Cridland to lead Virgin Radio’s in-house 13-strong digital team.Virgin Radio has been at the forefront of digital, becoming one of the first stations in the world to broadcast online in 1996.Grumbridge will be expected… Continue reading Grumbridge Leaves Channel 4 For Virgin Radio
This year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival will see increasing focus on digital developments in the media, and will stick with its long-winded title despite suggestions last year the festival would re-brand to reflect the converging landscape.Festival chair Tim Hincks said today at the event’s programme launch in central London that organisers were keeping their… Continue reading Television Festival To Focus On Digital Future
Sky is reportedly in discussions with Microsoft about making its proposed digital terrestrial pay-TV service available via PC.Sky is planning to take its three free-to-air channels from Freeview and replace them with a pay-TV service available through a new specification set-top box (see New Sky Service To Lure Consumers From Free TV).According to a report… Continue reading Sky Could Make Pay-TV Service Available Via PC
Michael Grade, ITV’s new executive chairman, has said that broadcasters must work to eradicate lapses in editorial programming standards, at a speech today at the Royal Television Society in London.Grade said there was a “casual contempt” for audiences, which has crept into UK broadcasting, and this must be stamped out.He added that recent events, such… Continue reading Broadcasters Must Work To Restore Viewers Trust
ITV is to launch a film download service next month following a deal between ITV’s DVD division and video download specialists BiBC.The deal will see 500 hours of content owned by ITV DVD and its Rank Film subsidiary added to BiBC’s download service.It will begin with 300 hours of library films, such as Carry on… Continue reading ITV To Launch Film Download Service
Online was a big theme in June, and the month began with the news that the UK has the most active online population in Europe, with the highest average number of daily visitors (21.8 million). The research, from comScore, showed that the UK also has the highest usage days per month (21 per user), and… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – June 2007
Television adspend in the UK should experience modest growth in the third quarter, according to a forecast from ZenithOptimedia. A report in MediaWeek says that the TV market has been boosted by substantial growth in categories such as internet search, gambling and leisure, alcohol, food and retail, against a weaker performance in traditional areas such… Continue reading TV Adspend Faces Modest Q3 Growth
Global adspend is expected to grow from 5.5% in 2007 to 6.4% in 2008, comfortably above the 5.1% annual growth rate the ad market has averaged for the past 10 years, according to a new report from ZenithOptimedia. China will become the fifth largest ad market in the world this year, overtaking Italy, says ZenithOptimedia.… Continue reading Global Adspend To Grow 6.4% In 2008
Broadcasters could be forced to apply for licences for call TV quizzes under the new gambling act, following the publication of new guidance by the Gambling Commission.Producers and broadcasters have argued that these services should be exempt from licensing regulation under the 2005 Gambling Act, because they offer a free route to play via websites… Continue reading Broadcasters May Need To Apply For Call-TV Licences