Digital radio broadcaster and programme producer, UBC Media Group, has announced an increase of 39% in advertising revenues year on year for the first six months of 2005. The company’s fortunes have been boosted by a strong first quarter with trading “significantly” higher than last year. Speaking at the group’s annual meeting, John Hodson, chairman… Continue reading UBC Sees Strong Growth In Ad Revenues

Pearson Publishing, owners of the Financial Times and the Penguin books, has announced the appointment of Glen Moreno as its new chairman, with the new boss due to take up his post on 1st October. Moreno will succeed Pearson’s current chairman, Dennis Stevenson, who is retiring. The new chairman is currently the senior independent director… Continue reading Pearson Appoints Moreno As New Chairman

Newspaper publishing group, Trinity Mirror, has increased its group revenue by 1.2% during the first six months of 2005, despite contending with a difficult advertising market, reflecting the slowdown of the UK economy since the beginning of the year. In its interim results published today, the Group revealed operating profit to be up 7.9% year… Continue reading Trinity Sees Revenue Rise Despite Difficult Advertising Market

Publishing group, Reed Elsevier, has reported an increase in revenues of 6% for the first half of 2005, with earnings per share also up by 5% at constant exchange rates. The company enjoyed good underlying performance across its businesses during the first six months of the year, forecasting momentum in revenue and profit growth building… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Sees Revenues Rise 6% For 1H 2005

Pay-TV provider Top Up TV has signed Setanta Sports to its portfolio of channels, initially offering the channel to its Scottish customers, but giving the channel the potential to reach more than five million Freeview households.Setanta, the exclusive live broadcaster of Scottish Premier League, will begin broadcasting to Top Up TV customers in the Scottish… Continue reading Top Up TV Brings Setanta To Scottish Freeview Homes

ITV has signed Yahoo! UK & Ireland to provide search technology, sponsored search and contextual advertising on its network of websites, including microsites for high-profile shows such as I’m a celebrity…Internet users visiting any site within ITV.com, such as the broadcaster’s Soaps, Motor or Football pages, will be presented with a Yahoo branded search box,… Continue reading ITV Signs Yahoo! For Search Solutions

Innovative advertisers can take advantage of the impending growth in personal video recorder (PVR) take-up, with new research from media agency Starcom showing that fast forward technology allows adverts to be seen in an uncluttered environment, resulting in a greater ‘share of mind,’ making them more likely to be recalled. Previous industry opinion was that… Continue reading Strong Creative Helps Negate PVR Ad Avoidance

Consumers are increasingly using their mobile phones to play music and games, and gamble, opening up lucrative new revenue streams for mobile and content industries, resulting in the global mobile entertainment market predicted to be worth $42.8 billion by 2010. Informa Telecoms & Media’s new Mobile Entertainment report claims that emerging new markets, such as… Continue reading Global Entertainment Market To Reach $42.8 Billion By 2010

Global legal music downloads have tripled in 2005 as file sharers take heed of changes in downloading laws, with figures from industry body, IFPI, showing that the number of tracks obtained legally from the internet reached 180 million in the first half of this year. According to the IFPI, legal downloads in the first six… Continue reading Worldwide Legal Music Downloads Triple In First Half Of 2005

The value of the product placement market is predicted to reach $6.94 billion by 2009, increasing at a compound annual rate of 14.9% between 2004 and 2009, according to a new report published by US research company, PQ Media. Television is predicted to increase its share of total product placement spending by almost 7% over… Continue reading Product Placement To Hit $7 Billion By 2009