Iostar, the television start-up which former head of Sky Networks Dawn Airey recently left, is to reveal today that it is going into liquidation. According to a report in today’s Guardian the company will release a statement saying “The board of Iostar has considered a number of options to continue the business according to a… Continue reading Iostar To Go Into Liquidation

Trinity Mirror’s advertising revenue for the first four months of the year fell by 3%, excluding digital acquisitions. The publisher’s regionals division saw advertising revenues decrease by 2.3%. Excluding the acquired digital businesses, the Regionals division advertising revenues for the first four months fell by 3.3%. Advertising revenues for its nationals division fell by 4.0%.The… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Ad Revenue Declines

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Annual Report for 2006 has revealed that 2,421 ads were changed or withdrawn as a result of ASA action during the year.Although the total number of complaints lodged with the ASA fell by 14.5% (to 22,429) on the previous year, a record number of ads – 12,842 – were complained… Continue reading Online Ad Complaints To ASA Rise 33% Year On Year

In April, thelondonpaper was again ahead of the London Lite, although it recorded a period on period decline of more than 10,700.The London Lite saw a small increase in circulation, of around 400 copies period on period, although its total circulation figure of just over 400,600 was around 90,000 copies less than thelondonpaper‘s circulation.Paid for… Continue reading thelondonpaper Still On Top In The Capital

Following reports of alleged dumping of London freesheets, ABC has carried out an urgent review and confirmed that this has been occurring. However ABC is satisfied that the reported figures for April are materially compliant.Both Associated Newspapers and News International made any video and photographic evidence available to ABC as soon as the review was… Continue reading ABC Confirms London Freesheet Dumping

Yahoo! and Vodafone used the Media360 conference in Wales yesterday to announce a significant joint venture – “the biggest mobile opportunity in the UK” – which will launch in mid-June.Using the Vodafone Live! portal, Yahoo! will now take responsibility for all advertising sales and adserving across the Vodafone portal incorporating a variety of mobile advertising… Continue reading Yahoo! And Vodafone Unveil Significant Joint Venture

EMarketer, the online market research firm, has increased its estimate of US ad spending on social networks to $900 million in 2007. The increase comes from two factors: increased revenue projections for Facebook and additional spending on niche and marketer-sponsored social networks. Between 2007 and 2011, US ad spending on social networks will grow 180%… Continue reading US Ad Spend On Social Networks To Increase

VoIP is forecast to top 25 million US households by 2012, driven by greater broadband subscriptions and expansion by cable operators into new markets, according to a new report from JupiterResearch. The report, titled US Broadband Telephony Forecast, 2007 to 2012: Cable MSOs assert their dominance in the VoIP market, says that the ability to… Continue reading VoIP To Top 25 Million US Households

News Corporation has announced that its revenues for the quarter ending March 31 increased 21% to $7.5 billion, with its net income increasing 6% to $871 million. Filmed entertainment delivered record operating income contribution of $410 million, up 82%, whilst cable network programming operating income was up 34%, with News Corp saying that increased affiliate… Continue reading News Corp Revenues Grow 21%

Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, says that the advertising model for traditional media will continue to deteriorate over the coming few years. Speaking at Microsoft’s Strategic Account Summit, Gates said: “We’re saying newspapers will go online, and there will be massive innovation that comes out of that. We’re saying that TV, the biggest ad market… Continue reading More Media To Move Online, Says Gates