Paul Corley, the managing director of GMTV, is to stand down from the breakfast broadcaster following the company’s recent phone-in quiz scandal.In April, Corley appeared on the GMTV sofa to apologise to viewers over failures in its premium-rate phone quiz, and will now step down in September.The GMTV call-TV scandal erupted following a Panorama investigation… Continue reading GMTV MD To Leave Following Phone-In Scandal

JCDecaux has announced that its revenues for the six months to 30 June were up 7.7% to €1 million compared to the same period last year. Excluding acquisitions and the impact of foreign exchange, organic revenue growth was 6.9%, reflecting a strong second quarter. Core advertising revenues, excluding revenues related to the sale, rental and… Continue reading JCDecaux Revenues Increase

A new study on in-game advertising from Double Fusion and Interpret has found that 75% of gamers engage with at least one ad per minute across most, but not all, game types, whilst 81% of gamers engage at least every other minute. The research, designed with and conducted by new media research firm Interpret LLC,… Continue reading Gamers Engaging With In-Game Ads

Internet TV advertising could achieve revenues of up to $10 billion worldwide by 2011, according to a new industry report from Understanding & Solutions. Understanding & Solutions adds that this equates to 18% of the internet advertising market for that year, forecast at $57 billion. However, there is an internet TV ‘goldrush’ in progress, as… Continue reading Internet TV Ad Revenues Could Reach $10bn Worldwide

The worldwide online population will increase from 1.1 billion users in 2006 to 1.5 billion in 2011, representing 22% of the overall worldwide population in that year, according to a new report from JupiterResearch. The Worldwide Online Population Forecast, 2006 to 2011: Emerging Economies Catalyse Future Growth report shows that Brazil, Russia, India, and China… Continue reading Global Online Population To Increase

Nuts, the men’s magazine published by IPC, is to launch a TV station on Freeview later in the year.Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) and IPC Media will launch NutsTV in a four-hour block from 9pm to 1am later this year on Freeview, with more platforms to launch at a later stage.The channel’s programming will be live,… Continue reading Nuts To Launch Digital TV Channel

GCap Media has signed a six-figure deal to promote The Simpsons Movie on radio stations including Capital 95.8 and XFM.Capital 95.8, the official radio partner for the film, will participate in a series of Simpsons related stunts to celebrate the launch of the film on July 25, including an attempt to break the Guinness World… Continue reading GCap Signs Simpsons Promotion Deal

Broadcasters will have their licences amended by Ofcom to make them directly responsible for failures in participation services on TV and radio.Following the numerous phone-in scandals and Richard Ayre’s report into PRS services last week (see Ofcom Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ In Premium Rate Phone-In ServicesOfcom Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ In Premium Rate Phone-In ServicesOfcom Finds ‘Systemic… Continue reading Ofcom To Make Broadcasters Responsible For PRS Failures

Omnicom Group has announced its net income for the second quarter of 2007 increased 13.4% to $276.7 million from $244.1 million in the second quarter of 2006. Omnicom, owner of media and advertising agencies including OMD, PHD and TBWA, said that worldwide revenue increased 10.7% to $3,126.1 million from $2,823.4 million in the second quarter… Continue reading Omnicom Announces Revenue Increase

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has called on the European Commission to follow the principle of technological neutrality after it named DVB-H as the single standard for mobile TV in Europe.The use of the DVB-H standard will be legally encouraged in the 27 member states following last week’s announcement, with the Commission saying that if… Continue reading EBU Does Not Want Single Mobile TV Standard