Nearly 40 million digital households will be added in 2006, bringing the global total to 183 million, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media. Informa Telecoms & Media estimate that digital penetration of TV households will reach 16% by the end of this year. According to the Global Digital TV – 6th… Continue reading Digital Penetration Of TV Households To Reach 16%

Guardian Media Group (GMG) has renewed its contract for Chrysalis Radio Sales to act as the national radio sales house for its Smooth and Real Radio brands.Under the new three-year agreement, Chrysalis Radio Sales will continue to sell advertising on Real Radio and Smooth FM to advertisers and agencies in London, while GMG will continue… Continue reading Chrysalis Remains GMG’s National Sales House For Radio Brands

The Ryder Cup will be shown on Sky Sports HD, skysports.com and Sky Mobile TV, as well as in standard definition on Sky Sports 1 and interactively with Sky Sports Active, making it the first single major event to be shown live across this range of platforms.Sky Sports says it will offer the most comprehensive… Continue reading Ryder Cup To Be Shown Across Multiple Sky Platforms

Ofcom has announced the appointment of Thomas Prag as the new chair for the Ofcom Advisory Committee for Scotland, with immediate effect.Prag has been a member of the Advisory Committee for Scotland since 2004. He was involved in setting up BBC Radio Highland in Inverness and subsequently was founder managing director at Moray Firth Radio… Continue reading New Chair For Ofcom Advisory Committee Scotland

WPP has agreed a deal with US digital video recorder company TiVo which will see it broadcast advertising on its personal video recorder (PVR) service.WPP’s GroupM media agencies (including MindShare, MediaCom and Mediaedge:cia) are involved in the deal, which includes an agreement to buy a minimum amount of advertising.The TiVo PVR includes features, such as… Continue reading WPP Signs Deal With TiVo

BT has signed an exclusive deal with Emap for the publisher and broadcaster to provide branded music video services and programmes for its TV via broadband service, BT Vision.Under the Emap brand ‘The Hits On Demand’, music videos from a variety of genres will be available, with viewers being guided in their choices by Emap’s… Continue reading Emap To Bring Music Brands To BT Vision

IPC Advertising Central Sales group advertisement director Alison Deas has announced three significant developments across the division.Peter Edwards has been appointed head of Corporate Business Development, leading a team charged with developing and delivering cross-brand and cross-platform solutions for some of the biggest advertisers in the UK.Edwards joins IPC from Viacom Outdoor’s client communications team.… Continue reading IPC Central Sales Announces Senior Appointments

Independent News & Media recorded an increase in revenue of 3.6% to €796.7 million for the six months to June 30, with growth driven primarily by the publishing division (4.2%). The company’s interim statement, released today also showed good underlying increases in both circulation (5.5%) and advertising (3.8%) revenues. Independent News & Media said that… Continue reading Independent News & Media Announces Interim Results

Nick Manning, the chief executive of Manning Gottlieb OMD and OMD UK, is to leave the agency. According to reports in the trade press, Nick Manning, who founded Manning Gottlieb Media with Colin Gottlieb in 1990, is expected to leave OMD next Spring. MGM was renamed Manning Gottlieb OMD in February 2002 following MGM joining… Continue reading Nick Manning Set To Leave OMD

Over 70% of US internet users who watch video online prefer to watch and download videos for free, sponsored by pre-roll advertising, according to the newly released results of a survey from AP and AOL. Only 23% of respondents said that they would prefer to pay for ad-free content, with users also preferring shorter videos.… Continue reading US Internet Users Prefer Free Video