Paris based advertising group, Havas, has announced a decrease in revenues of 6.4% in the first six months of 2005, seeing revenues tumble to € 700 million from €748 million compared to the same period in 2004. Operating margin also went down, declining to €75 million compared to €79 million year on year, reflecting an… Continue reading Havas Announces Tumble In Revenues For First Half Of 2005

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

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

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%

HDTV is set for a massive uptake, with 28.6 million high-definition television sets predicted to be in homes world-wide by the end of 2005, increasing to a massive 106.2 million by 2010, according to the latest report from Informa Telecoms & Media. The new research forecasts the US to have 16.5 million HDTV homes by… Continue reading HDTV To Reach 106.2 Million By 2010

Interactive television looks set for substantial growth, with a new study from Kagan Research forecasting 69 million digital subscribers to be equipped with interactive platforms by 2009, representing more than half of the television households in the US. According to Kagan, interactivity is expected to expand either through growth of the installed base of set-top… Continue reading Interactive TV To Hit 69 Million In US By 2009

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