Choice FM, the urban radio station owned by GCap Media, has signed a six-figure deal with Viacom Outdoor to promote the station at the Notting Hill Carnival in London.The outdoor ad company, which specialises in transport advertising, will help the radio station to target main commuter routes at the street party by taking over sites… Continue reading Choice FM Signs Major Deal With Viacom Outdoor

Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers has hired its first head of mobile strategy as the group further diversifies the ways in which it delivers content.Andrew Bagguley will be overseeing the group’s push to get more people reading the Sun and the News of the WorldBagguley, previously the head of international portal management at T-Mobile, joins… Continue reading News Group Hires Head Of Mobile Strategy

The Financial Times made £5 million profit in the first half of 2006, with advertising revenues up 11% and circulation up 5% in the same period. The figures were revealed in parent company Pearson’s interim results, with the publisher saying that the Financial Times is continuing to show good momentum. Sales were up 10% to… Continue reading Financial Times Makes £5 Million Profit

Mobile users across Australasia will be able to download clips from BBC programmes such as The Office, Little Britain and Doctor Who, after the conclusion of a deal between BBC Worldwide and Vodafone in New Zealand and Australia.Classic clips, stills, and ring tones from these series and others, including The League of Gentlemen, Goodness Gracious… Continue reading BBC Mobile Video For Australasia

BSkyB’s annual revenues rose from £3.84 billion to £4.15 billion, as it added 77,000 new subscribers during the last quarter and 389,000 for the year, according to the broadcaster’s results for the year ending 30 June. The rise in subscriber numbers over the past financial year takes BSkyB to 8.18 million subscribers. The company’s expansion… Continue reading BSkyB’s Revenue And Subscriber Numbers Up

There were 50.2 million US homes and businesses connecting to the internet via broadband by the end of last year, marking a 33% increase from 2004, according to a recently released report by the Federal Communications Commission. Cable modems accounted for about 51% of broadband lines, while DSL lines accounted for about 41%. The Federal… Continue reading US Broadband Grows 33% In 2005

Digital set-top box shipments could exceed 200 million units worldwide by 2011, according to new forecasts from the business intelligence service IMS Research. According to the report, The Worldwide Market for Digital Set-Top Boxes & iDTVs – 2006 Edition, IMS suggests that the market for digital decoders is headed towards strong growth as satellite, cable… Continue reading Digital Set-Top Box Shipments Rising

The UK will be a key market for broadcast mobile television, with revenues to reach US $989 million by 2011, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Japan is predicted to lead the market with revenues reaching $2.9 billion, followed closely by the States at $1.8 billion. Total worldwide revenues are forecast to reach… Continue reading UK To Be Key Market For Mobile TV

Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that he could impose a ban on junk food advertising if a voluntary code does not work.Blair was speaking to the BBC ahead of a speech on the NHS and told reporters that the government would intervene if it felt that the food industry could not regulate its own… Continue reading Government Could Impose Junk Food Ad Ban

The internet has been proven as an important and relevant travel search tool in comparison to other sources, according to new research released by Yahoo! Search Marketing, Media Contacts and comScore Media Metrix.The findings showed that web searches generated 9.8 million travel purchases from 7.5 million UK consumers between December 2005 and February 2006.In a… Continue reading Web Proved As Important Search Tool For Travel Purchases