Independent News & Media has reported a 7.1% increase in its UK operation’s advertising revenues in the first half of the year. INM said that advertising had been boosted by growth in display revenue at the Independent and classified advertising growth. It added that operating profits in the UK had grown by 19.7% to €7.3… Continue reading Independent News & Media Reports Ad Revenue Increase

US spending on cinema, mobile, videogame, branded entertainment, satellite radio and custom publishing advertising will grow a projected 20.3% in 2007 and an additional 18.4% in 2008 and 18.5% in 2009, according to Jack Myers Media Business Report. These non-traditional media grew nearly 23% in 2006, delivering $25.2 billion to media company coffers, or 11.3%… Continue reading US Adspend To Grow

New research from first direct reveals that there are now more mobile phones than people in the UK. There are almost 70 million mobile SIM cards (phone numbers) and over 71 million handsets spread amongst 45 million adults according to the research – an average of 1.6 mobiles per adult in the UK. Just 12%… Continue reading UK Has More Mobile Phones Than People

Friday saw England take on the mighty South Africa and there were precious few positives for England to take from a game in which they were soundly thrashed.A humiliating 0-36 defeat exposed all of England’s shortcomings, and matters went from bad to worse towards the end of the match when Jason Robinson sped forward in… Continue reading England No Match For South Africa

Media research and analysis giant, TNS, is to make changes to the organisation of its client services team following the appointment of Nick Burfitt to the role of global director within the TNS iTRAM sector.Dalia Gereis has been promoted to the position of client service director for the TV Bureau, assuming the responsibility for all… Continue reading TNS Shakes Up Client Services Team

SMG is to stop the sale of Virgin Radio after bids failed to match the £80 million asking price, allowing it to focus on floating Virgin on the stock market next spring. A report in the Sunday Telegraph said that offers for Virgin were received from Global Radio and Vitruvian Partners, a private equity firm.… Continue reading SMG To Call Off Virgin Radio Sale

Last night saw BBC One’s awesome series Who Do You Think You Are? delve into the family history of the actor John Hurt, perhaps best known for his moving portrayal of John Merrick in the movie The Elephant Man.The intriguing programme had a peak audience of 5.6 million adults (a 28.7% share) in its 9pm… Continue reading 5.6 Million Flock To Hurt’s Family History Hunt

Can anyone predict where the television market is heading? Will ITV, Channel 4 and Sky continue to reign supreme in the commercial sphere, will TV on-demand, mobile TV and television over the internet become the dominant platforms, and will advertising have to adapt to the influence of devices like personal video recorders?These are some of… Continue reading Full-Day TV Seminar To Tackle Big Industry Issues

Broadcasters have once again been urged to ‘put their house in order’, with new media secretary James Purnell using his speech at the Royal Television Society in Cambridge to tell broadcasters to move on from the problems that have plagued the industry this year.Purnell said that broadcasters had to learn the right lessons from controversies… Continue reading Media Secretary Urges Broadcasters To Learn Lessons From TV Controversies

BBC Radio 5 Live is to make key changes to its schedule next month, with a new line-up for 5 Live Drive, a new name in the late evening weekday slot and a new feel to Sunday mornings.Anita Anand replaces Jane Garvey and will join Peter Allen from Monday 8 October 2007 to present 5… Continue reading Schedule Shake-Up For 5 Live