Kelvin MacKenzie has been appointed as executive chairman to publishing company, Highbury House Communications, ending months of speculation about the former Sun editor’s plans for the future. Last month MacKenzie bought 15,500,500 ordinary shares in Highbury, bringing his stake in the company to 19.82% and fuelling industry speculation of ambitions for a place on the… Continue reading Highbury Appoints MacKenzie As Chairman
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ITV has announced this morning that it will work with the BBC to launch a free digital satellite service, with the working title Freesat, to complement the existing free-to-air terrestrial service, Freeview. Freesat will enable viewers to receive subscription-free digital television via satellite and will be aimed primarily at those currently unable to receive the… Continue reading ITV To Join BBC In Launch Of Free Satellite Service
Global sales from portable audio and video players (excluding mobile phones) in 2005 are predicted to rise to $6.8 billion, an impressive increase of 71% compared to the same time last year, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media. Portable Music and Video forecasts that total portable player revenues will increase to… Continue reading Global Portable Audio And Video Player Sales To Hit $6.8 Billion In 2005
Total US advertising expenditure in the first half of 2005 reached $70.5 billion, up by 4.5% on 2004, according to new data from TNS Media Intelligence. v The 4.5% growth follows an increase in adspend of 4.4% in the first quarter of 2005 (see US Adspend Up By 4.4% In Q1 2005), with TNS asserting… Continue reading TNS Show US Adspend Up 4.5% In First Half Of 2005
Hachette Filipacchi UK’s new Psychologies magazine launches tomorrow, offering readers a glossy insight into the lives of “Third Wave Women”, with editorial reflecting a female reader whose needs are not currently met by other women’s magazines.The magazine is the first to create a new “Positive Living” section and gives readers a barrage of features on… Continue reading Hachette’s Psychologies Launches Tomorrow
Teen magazine Sugar has signed cosmetics company, Rimmel, for the fifth consecutive year as the headline sponsor of the annual Sugar/Rimmel London Model Competition.The event takes place in seven major shopping centres across the nation during October 2005, with thousands of girls nation-wide receiving the opportunity to meet the world’s top model scouts and celebrities.Six… Continue reading Rimmel To Sponsor Sugar’s Model Competition
H.Bauer Publishing has announced that women’s magazine Take a Break is to embark on a new multi-million pound TV advertising campaign created by Mustoes.The multi-million TV ad campaign for Take a Break starts tomorrow, staring Emma Chambers of Vicar of Dibley fame in eight, ten second spots. The ads will appear on ITV, Channel 4… Continue reading Take a Break Launches Multi-Million Pound Ad Push
Media communications and market research group, Aegis, reported a 14% increase in revenue for the six months to June 30th, reaching £389.0 million, up from £338.9 million this time a year ago. Half-year profit for the group rose to £35.6 million from £35.4 million a year earlier, helped by strong growth in its market research… Continue reading Aegis Reports 14% Increase In Revenues For First Half Of 2005
Global advertising agency, WPP, has acquired a majority stake in iPR Asia Holdings Limited (‘iPR’) a leading financial public relations agency, further extending the Group’s strategy of developing its networks in important and faster growing markets and sectors. iPR will be integrated into WPP’s public relations and public affairs network company Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide,… Continue reading WPP Extends Reach In Asia
Carat, part of Aegis Group plc, has slightly upgraded its 2005 global advertising expenditure forecast to 5.2%, up from the previously predicted 5%, with the increase primarily driven by growth in Asia. At the current growth rate the Asian advertising market is thriving and is predicted to overtake Europe in spend by 2008. Carat has… Continue reading Carat Upgrades 2005 Global Adspend Forecast To 5%