The UK cinema industry enjoyed a total of 16 million admissions in July, making it the strongest month so far this year, despite a slight year on year loss due to two of the most popular films of 2004, Shrek 2 and Spiderman 2 both released in July 2004.According to figures released by the Cinema… Continue reading Cinema Admissions In July Strongest In 2005

IPC ignite! managing director has announced that Kevin Heery, head of ignite! online and Andrew Sumner, publisher of Uncut magazine will be joining the IPC ignite! board, with Heery assuming the role of director of digital development and Sumner to publishing director.Heery joined ignite! in April 2001 as technical and production manager on the award-winning… Continue reading Heery Any Sumner Join IPC ignite! Board

Scottish Media Group (SMG) is expected to announce flat half year results with analysts forecasting the broadcaster to reveal pretax profits of £6-6.5 million, compared to £5.5 million the same time last year.The Glasgow based company has seen solid growth in revenues from its television businesses, but suffered a weaker performance from its radio business.This… Continue reading SMG To Announce Flat Half Year Results

Keyboard player of world famous rock group “Yes”, Rick Wakeman is joining Planet Rock, presenting a live show exclusively on the national DAB digital radio.The three hour show, starting this month, will feature tales of Wakeman’s exploits on the road and in the studio, with listeners able to question him on anything they like. A… Continue reading Wakeman To Join Planet Rock

News International has poached Mike Anderson from the Evening Standard to head up the Sun and News of the World, taking over from Camilla Rhodes.The move sees Rhodes leave her role as managing director of News Group International to lead a venture into magazine publishing by News International.Anderson was managing director at the Evening Standard… Continue reading Anderson Leaves Evening Standard For Sun

Scottish Media Group (SMG) is expected to announce flat half year results with analysts forecasting the broadcaster to reveal pretax profits of £6-6.5 million, compared to £5.5 million the same time last year. The Glasgow based company has seen solid growth in revenues from its television businesses, but suffered a weaker performance from its radio… Continue reading SMG To Announce Flat Half Year Results

Channel Five has seen its revenues increase by 13.2% year on year for the six months ending 30 June, reaching €146 million, up from €129 million a year ago. According to RTL Group, pre-tax profits for the broadcaster rose by €10 million during the first half of the year, reaching €16 million, up from €6… Continue reading Five Sees Revenues Rise By 13.2%

The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) has launched a blueprint for consumer-centric holistic measurement, resulting from an extensive collaboration over a number of years between the world’s largest advertisers. According to the WFA, consumers have changed significantly in the last fifty years ago, with mass marketing becoming increasingly ineffective in light of media fragmentation and… Continue reading WFA Launches Blueprint For Consumer Measurement

The European communications industry is rebounding, with the internet and a changing mobile environment creating new challenges for service providers and advertisers. According to the new Communications report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the growing popularity of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is threatening the fixed line revenues of traditional carriers,… Continue reading VoIP Threatening Traditional Fixed Line Revenues

Advertising expenditure in the US, rose by 5.7% year on year during the first six months of 2005 due to gains across major media, according to figures released by Nielsen Monitor-Plus. Adspend increased in almost all reported media, with Spanish-Language TV, Cable TV leading the way, enjoying growth of 15% and 13.1% respectively. The internet… Continue reading Nielsen Shows Adspend Up By 5.7% In First Half Of 2005