The latest estimate from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) suggests that the growth rate of the UK economy slowed slightly in the three months ending in August to 0.7% after 0.8% in the quarter ending in July. The NIESR expects to see a further slight deceleration in the rest of this… Continue reading UK Economic Growth Rate Slows Slightly

Last night saw the return of Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC One, with the family history show following newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky as she discovered more about her background.The enthralling episode did really well, picking up a peak audience of 6.5 million adults (a 32.1 share of the audience) in its 9pm timeslot.It… Continue reading Strong Return For Who Do You Think You Are?

BBC Radio 1 has revamped its schedule to give the station a stronger youth focus, employing Kelly Osbourne as a presenter and adding half an hour to Chris Moyles’s breakfast show.Under the altered timetable, Moyles show will start at 6.30am from October 15, whilst chart show presenters JK and Joel are no longer.Moyles, the self-proclaimed… Continue reading Radio 1 Revamps To Give Youth Focus

Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Media, its sister company, have unveiled plans for major online investment.The digital agency Conchango has been asked to develop new ways of accessing news content through the publisher’s newspaper websites.The deal, believed to be worth £1 million, will see Conchango develop technology and applications using Microsoft Silverlight, a new rich internet… Continue reading Associated Plans Major Online Investment

The Office of Fair Trading has announced that it is to conduct a review of the imposed contract rights renewal (CRR) on ITV.The review, to be conducted in partnership with Ofcom, is scheduled for early next year.The OFT said that further information will be published “when the review commences”.ITV responded to the news in a… Continue reading OFT To Conduct Review Of CRR

Emap Advertising has announced a major new deal with Debenhams to sponsor the FHM2 supplement available with FHM‘s September issue.Debenhams is partnering with FHM2 – an integral bound in supplement, which explores and expands on a core value of FHM every month – to target its male audience with the aim of positioning itself as… Continue reading Emap Advertising Announces FHM2 Sponsorship Deal

The new TV ad campaign from eBay will use 10-second advertisements featuring a live-feed direct from the eBay auction website.The ads, which show real-time auction listing, are the first work produced by Albion since it won the account in July.The campaign breaks on September 9 and retains the eBay animated Logo people, although they have… Continue reading eBay To Launch Live Ads

Virgin Media is reported to be considering launching a news channel aimed at rivalling Sky News.The Virgin News channel, if given the go-ahead, would see ITN providing its content, with Virgin understood to also be looking at launching a broadband news channel.Earlier this year, Sky pulled its basic channel package – including Sky News, Sky… Continue reading Virgin Media Could Launch News Channel

Christian O’Connell has signed a new two year contract with Virgin Radio that will keep him at the station until the end of 2009.He joined Virgin Radio in January 2006 from Xfm and his current deal would have expired at the end of this year.The new deal comes shortly after Paul Jackson, Virgin Radio chief… Continue reading Christian O’Connell Signs New Deal At Virgin Radio

Yahoo! has acquired BlueLithium, the online global ad network, for approximately $300 million in cash. According to comScore Media Metrix, BlueLithium is the fifth largest ad network in the US and second largest in the UK with 145 million unique visitors each month. Jerry Yang, chief executive officer, Yahoo!, said: “BlueLithium’s products, technology and team… Continue reading Yahoo! Buys Online Ad Network