Global advertising firm, Havas, has reported revenue of €1,461 million for 2005, enjoying organic growth of 2.5% year on year. The group enjoyed income from operations of €152 million, giving a margin of 10.4%, compared with 10.5% for the same time in 2004. Net income increased by 8% year on year, reaching €59 million, up… Continue reading Havas Reports 2005 Revenue Of €1,461

Ulster Television has released its preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2005, revealing a 19% rise in earnings thanks to its acquisition of TalkSport radio. The company reported pre-tax profit of £20.8 million for 2005 as a whole, up from £17.5 million in 2004. The increase follows UTV’s purchase of TalkSport last June… Continue reading UTV Enjoys 19% Earning Increase For 2005

Local search engine advertising is predicted to reach nearly $4 billion by 2010, up from just $420 million in 2005, according to a new report from Borrell Associates. This year, the report estimates that local advertisers will push almost $1 billion into the advertising channel, almost doubling spend from 2005’s figure. Borrell reveals that local… Continue reading Local Search Adspend To Reach $4 Billion By 2010

Emerging markets are seeing increased potential in the television marketplace, with a new study from Informa Media claiming that there will be more than 93 million homes worldwide in the ’emerging TV’ category by the end of 2010. Informa predicts that Africa and the Middle East will account for 43.7 million of this total, followed… Continue reading Increasing Potential In Emerging TV Markets

The average internet user now spends the equivalent of 41 days online each year, compared to 37 days spent watching TV. According to research conducted by TNS and Google, the average British internet user now spends 164 minutes online each day for personal use, compared to 148 minutes spent watching TV. The increased usage has… Continue reading Consumers Spend More Time Online Than Watching TV

Mobile phone game revenues look set to increase in 2006, with M:Metrics saying the overall trend for downloading is encouraging. Despite a slight drop in the number of US subscribers paying a downloaded game in January, M:Metrics claims that the average price paid for one-off game downloads has been rising since September 2005. According to… Continue reading M:Metrics Optimistic For Mobile Downloading

Total digital reception in UK households is at 64.2%, up by 10% from 54.4% at the beginning of 2004, according to the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising’s (IPA) latest Trends in Television Report. Non-terrestrial viewing remained at 30% for the second successive quarter, seeing a year on year increase of 2.5%. The strong bias of… Continue reading UK Digital Penetration At 65%

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) enjoyed strong growth in 2005, with new estimates from TeleGeography forecasting VoIP enabled lines to reach over 19 million by 2010 in the US. Total VoIP subscribers grew by a massive 284% year on year in the last quarter of 2005, reaching 4.5 million, compared to just 1.3 million for… Continue reading VoIP Lines To Hit 19 Million By 2010

BBC One’s slick drama series Hotel Babylon continued to perform well for the broadcaster last night, notching up an average adult audience of 5.1 million to see off ITV1’s similarly polished Footballers’ Wives.The sensationalist ITV drama drew an average adult audience of 3.7 million in the same time slot, with its share of 17.53% proving… Continue reading Hotel Babylon Floors Footballers Wives

Capital Radio has secured Thorpe Park as the six-figure sponsor of its drive time show, fronted by Richard Bacon, for the six months from 13 March to 8 September.The deal will see the theme park receive coverage on the show’s “Friday Feature,” two drive time promotions and two outside broadcasts.Aired between 5pm and 8pm, the… Continue reading Capital Signs Thorpe Park For Bacon Sponsorship