WPP reported a 0.7% decline in revenues to £1.3 billion in the first quarter of the year, with the UK the group’s slowest growing region. However, UK revenues were up by over 2%, which WPP said reflected the significance of market research revenues. Much of the blame for the decline in WPP’s revenues rests with… Continue reading Revenues Decline For WPP

European sales of HDTV and video devices will grow by 158% this year, reaching 28.1 million units, according to new research from the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service. The report, Europe’s High Definition Homes, says that by 2012, 70% of European homes will own at least one HD-capable TV, up from 8% in 2006.… Continue reading European Sales Of HDTV Devices To Reach 28.1 Million Units

A new report from In-Stat says that although social networks have been experiencing massive growth in recent years, their future remains uncertain. The high tech market research firm says that key issues for social networking sites are membership and monetisation and only sites that can dominate these issues will survive. Jill Meyers, In-Stat analyst, said:… Continue reading Uncertain Future For Social Networking Sites

According to new figures from Freeview, it is now the most popular way to watch multichannel TV in the UK, overtaking Sky for the first time. Freeview says that it has sold about 1.7 million Freeview TV sets and set-top boxes in Q1 2007, with about 500,000 of those going to houses going digital for… Continue reading Freeview Moves Ahead Of Sky

The BBC has just finished a trial involving the automatic downloading of 50 hours of its programmes on to Freeview digital video recorders.According to reports in the press, the corporation’s future media and technology director, Ashley Highfield, said in his keynote speech at MipTV in Cannes that such a service on Freeview would be an… Continue reading BBC Trials Downloading To Freeview Recorders

Freeview now claims to be the most popular way to watch multichannel television in the UK, having overtaken Sky.According to Freeview, it has sold about 1.7 million set-top boxes and integrated TV sets in the first quarter of 2007, with about 500,000 of those going to houses switching to digital for the first time.These figures… Continue reading Freeview Overtakes Sky

RadioCentre is launching a series of regional seminars, run by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), aimed at helping constituents “harness the power of radio in the digital age”.The first event takes place today in Manchester at the Lowry Hotel, with around 150 commercial stations, advertisers, media planners and buyers from the media and creative sphere.Key… Continue reading RadioCentre Launches Regional Seminars

Bailey’s Irish Cream has signed to continue to be the official sponsor of the UK’s adult contemporary chart, The A-List.The chart, which commenced in March 2006, is presented by Gail Porter and Nick Snaith and airs on Sundays between 4-7pm across 62 stations, including Chrysalis Radio’s Heart FM Network and GMG Radio’s Century and Real… Continue reading Bailey’s Sticks With The A-List

Premium-rate phone regulator Icstis is to investigate Vernon Kay’s Gameshow Marathon after it was revealed that 10,000 text entries to a competition were uncounted.ITV has apologised for the glitch on the Saturday show, saying that it only affected around 8% of entries. It added that it had set up a new prize draw for the… Continue reading Icstis Investigates Vernon Kay’s Marathon

Cheeky chappies Ant and Dec are set to remain with ITV until the end of 2009, after signing a new deal with the commercial broadcaster.The pair have been exclusively signed to the network since the year 2000, presenting a string of high rating shows like I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, Ant and… Continue reading ITV Secures Ant And Dec Until The End of 2009