Radio giant, Emap, has appointed Andria Vidler as the new managing director of its Magic network, taking responsibility for Magic 105.4 in London, as well as the brand’s national radio network, and charged with taking the top spot in the capital.The new role will see Vidler assume responsibility for maximising performance and profitability across the… Continue reading Magic Appoints New MD To Chase Capital For Top Spot

ITV has appointed MindShare as its new media partner in order to “develop its performance management processes”, as well as managing the day-to-day marketing activity across its family of channels.MindShare will also work on the broadcaster’s segmentation project, combining its role with developing ITV’s framework for measuring ROI (Return On Investment), as well as its… Continue reading MindShare Scoops ITV Account To Become New Media Partner

ITV has appointed MindShare as its new media partner in order to “develop its performance management processes”, as well as managing the day-to-day marketing activity across its family of channels.MindShare will also work on the broadcaster’s segmentation project, combining its role with developing ITV’s framework for measuring ROI (Return On Investment), as well as its… Continue reading MindShare Scoops ITV Account To Become Media Partner

Advertising expenditure in the UK rose by 5.4% to £18.4 billion in 2004, representing the biggest increase for four years, according to the latest figures released by the Advertising Association (AA), researched and complied on its behalf by the World Advertising Research Centre (WARC). Press advertising accounted for the largest share of total adspend in… Continue reading UK Adspend Exceeds Expectations For 2004

Newspaper advertising can attract up to seven times more attention than television commercials, according to new research undertaken for News International by Robert Heath, visiting professor at Copenhagen Business School and research associate at University of Bath School for Management. Heath’s research analysed movement of the eye in natural viewing and reading situations, with faster… Continue reading Newspaper Adverts Attract Seven Times More Attention Than TV Commercials

Advertising revenues for the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday are up by almost a quarter in the first three months of 2005, fuelled by an increase in colour and pagination. According to Daily Mail and General Trust’s (DMGT) trading update, ahead of its half-year end on 3 April, 2005 has seen a marked… Continue reading Colour Fuels Increase In Advertising Revenues For DMGT

Capital Radio and GWR Group have given separate trading statements for the first quarter of 2005 revealing that the merged group expects to maintain Capital Radio’s current dividend levels and that it will seek to grow its dividend cover over time. In an update on the merger, proposed for May 9, Capital and GWR said;… Continue reading Update On Capital And GWR Merger

Chrysalis Group Plc confirmed speculation this morning that it has made an offer for the radio assets of Guardian Media Group(GMG). The Group revealed it held preliminary discussions with GMG last week, according to a report in the Sunday Telegraph, but pointed out that there “can be no certainty that a transaction will be forthcoming”.… Continue reading Chrysalis Confirms Offer For Guardian Media Group

TV ratings body, BARB, has announced plans to enhance its overnight ratings service in anticipation of incorporating playback viewing undertaken through the Sky+ box.The advent and growth of ‘paused’ and playback viewing may mean that viewing on the day of transmission is increasingly offset from the actual live transmission.Bjarne Thelin, BARB chief executive, said: “By… Continue reading BARB Restructures Over Night Ratings Service

Mobile phone network, 3, has presented pop star Mantas Natasha Bedingfield with its first ever award for music video downloads to mobile phones, recognising the singer’s credentials as the most watched British artist on its Video Jukebox service.The award, created by rock’n’roll designer Johnny Rocket, is the first in a series that the network will… Continue reading Mobile Network Recognises Increasing Video Downloads