Last night’s National Television Awards 2005, which saw Eastenders pull off a shock win for most popular soap, helped ITV to win the battle for peak time viewers. The award ceremony peaked at 6.93 million adults during the 9-9.15pm timeslot, with an average audience of 6.53 million adults.For the duration of the two and a… Continue reading TV Awards Proves A Winner For ITV

Outdoor advertising group, Maiden, has revealed a slight drop in turnover for the first half of 2005, dropping by 1% to £45.5 million, with pre-tax losses at £3.5 million. Maiden’s financial results show a mixed set of results for the first half of 2005, reflecting uncertain economic and advertising conditions in the industry and confirming… Continue reading Maiden Sees Turnover Drop In First Half Of 2005

Digital agencies look set to reap the benefits of the surge in online advertising with a new survey from online research firm E-consultancy showing that daily fees for companies are up by 11% since 2003, and are expected to rise by 8% over the next 12 months. Out of 328 agencies, 96% were optimistic about… Continue reading Digital Ad Agencies Enjoy Online Advertising Surge

Mobile phone users in Japan are predicted to spend $28 billion on mobile data products by 2010, up from almost $17 billion this year, fuelled by the strong growth exhibited by the Japanese download market. According to new research released by Strategy Analytics, real tones and full music track downloading are the strongest performers within… Continue reading Japanese Mobile Users Forecast To Spend $28 Billion By 2010

Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has told MPs that there will be no review of television cricket coverage until 2008-9, heading off a backbench uprising against Sky’s exclusive coverage of test matches played in England in 2006-2009.The deal, which gives Sky a monopoly over matches played within Britain, as well as one day internationals and test… Continue reading Jowell Pledges Cricket Coverage Review – In 2009

Tomorrow will see the release of the latest wave of RAJAR data, providing radio listening data for Q3 2005, with broadcasters and advertisers alike eagerly awaiting the new statistics.The figures promise an update on the closely fought London market, with the battle between GCap’s Capital 95.8, Chrysalis’ Heart 106.2 and Emap’s Magic 105.4 guaranteed to… Continue reading Industry Readies Itself For RAJAR

Text messages sent across the UK during September continued to break records, with new figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA) revealing an average of 89 million texts were sent per day.Person-to-person texts sent across the month increased by 25% compared to this time last year, resulting in the MDA revising its annual forecast to… Continue reading Texts Sent In September Continue To Break Records

Phil Quartly, former managing director of radio sales house SIRS, is to become commercial director at UTV Radio.The move sees the radio sales boss part company with Emap, which secured his services in the takeover of SIRS’ parent company, Scottish Radio Holdings, in August (see Emap Takeover Of SRH Cleared).The new role will see Quartly… Continue reading Former SIRS Boss Joins UTV Radio As Commercial Head

IPC Advertising has announced plans to merge the creative advertising departments of IPC SouthBank and IPC tx/Connect under the combined banner of IPC Creative.The move will create a central resource for generating bespoke advertising solutions across IPC’s women’s portfolio, enabling agencies and clients to tap into a single department for innovative ad campaigns and promotions.The… Continue reading IPC Combines Creatives For More Bespoke Ad Solutions

Vincent Bollore continued his relentless acquisition of Aegis shares this morning, buying up a further 2 million at a cost of £2.6 million to push his combined stake in the media buying firm to 20.67%. The purchase is the latest in a long line made by Bollore’s company, Financiere Du Loch, which have sparked rumours… Continue reading Bollore Continues Aegis Share Creep