Dmail, the digital equivalent to email, has just been unveiled with promises of eradicating the problems which email has inherited. The creation of dmail, which has been developed by a Dorest inventor, originates from the oil and gas industry and hopes to be able to put to bed problems such as; spam, virus, security, privacy… Continue reading Digital Mail Rivals Electronic Mail
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Digital video recorder maker, TiVo and the internet DVD rental group, Netflix, are in talks to allow US Netflix subscribers to download films straight from the internet to their TiVo box. According to the latest version of Newsweek magazine, the deal could be sealed sometime this week and is just waiting for TiVo’s board of… Continue reading TiVo And Netflix Team Up To Allow Internet Movie Downloads
Highbury Entertainment has announced the return of Mike Frey to the UK to succeed Mark Simpson as managing director following a three-year stint heading the company’s Australian division.The move will give Frey responsibility for Highbury Entertainment Bournemouth, formerly Paragon Publishing, Highbury Entertainment London and Highbury Entertainment Business. He will take up his post on 22… Continue reading Highbury Entertainment Welcomes New Managing Director
Guardian Media Group’s Smooth FM is embarking on the second phase of its £1 million launch campaign with a regional television campaign targeting listeners in the North West.The three-week push will focus on the station’s trademark lava lamps, which will be shown lining the street as a car cruises along to the sound of Marvin… Continue reading Smooth FM Rolls Out Regional Television Campaign
SUBtv, the student union advertising network, is offering brands that use flyposting the chance to target their youth audience via an animated section on its portfolio of television screens across the country.The initiative follows increased pressure on flyposting companies by a number of local councils, particularly Camden, which recently brought an Anti-Social Behaviour Order against… Continue reading SUBtv Aims To Cash In on Flyposting Crack-Down
The total number of cinema admissions soared by almost 50% year on year during July to a record 18.4 million, in what was the most successful month for the industry so far this year, according to the latest figures from the Cinema Advertising Association.The figures are due mainly to the massive success of animated adventure… Continue reading Shrek Drives Cinema Revenues To Record Levels
Search targeted marketing company, ValueClick, has announced the purchase of price comparison website, Pricerunner, in a move which marks the American company’s first step in to the online shopping market.The acquisition of Pricerunner expands ValueClick’s suite of performance-based online marketing products into the fast growing area of comparison shopping, which the company claims is the… Continue reading ValueClick Enters Competitive Online Shopping Market
Advertising and PR firm, Chime Communications, has today revealed a positive turnaround in profits during the first half of this year, as operating profits grew by 8% to £3.6 million. Commenting on the results, chairman, Lord Bell said: “I am pleased that we have returned to reporting pretax profits. Our successful fund raising and the… Continue reading Chime Communication Sees Improvements In Profits
Global market research group, Aegis, has today unveiled that revenues for the first six months of 2004 have grown by 15% to just under £339 million, spurred by a recovery in Europe and stronger than expected new business wins. Pre-tax profits from January to June grew to £294.5 million as a result of the ‘global… Continue reading New Business Wins Spur On Revenues At Aegis
As Scottish Media Group (SMG) prepares to issue its half year results on Thursday, Merrill Lynch has said it predicts advertising revenues for the group to beat expectations. In its latest broadcasting update, Merrill Lynch, says it now expects revenues at SMG to grow by 5.5% from 3.5%, topping £89.2 million from January to June… Continue reading Latest SMG Predictions From Merrill Lynch