Advertising giants, WPP, announced this morning that it has purchased Connondale Associates, a US sales and marketing consultancy and software solutions firm. The acquisition, will sit under WPP’s insight, information and consultancy business, Kantar Group. Founded in 1992, Cannondale has unaudited revenues of $8.6 million for the year ending 31 December 2003 and net assets… Continue reading WPP Acquires US Marketing Consultancy Group

Although many countries have experienced impressive growth in the popularity of digital television, no country is expected to have 100% digital penetration until 2014, says a new report from Informa Media Group. The Global Digital TV Forecasts report shows, by the next ten years, Canada, Finland, Ireland, Norway and the US will have full digital… Continue reading Full Digital TV Penetration Expected To Begin In 2014

Clear Channel has secured an exclusive nine year contract with Edinburgh Council to sell billboard advertising in the city following five-way competitive pitch.The deal represents the first time that Edinburgh Council has put a single city-wide billboard advertising contract out to tender. It will see Clear Channel assume responsibility for all billboards on council land,… Continue reading Clear Channel Snaps Up Edinburgh Billboard Contract

Channel 4 is planning to broadcast the decomposition of a human body as part of a controversial documentary that will form the cornerstone of its winter schedule.The broadcaster is currently looking for a donor to take part in the programme, provisionally titled Dust to Dust, which is being produced in association with the Science Museum… Continue reading Channel 4 To Screen Decomposing Human Body

Classic FM has appointed Darren Henley as its new station manager, replacing Roger Lewis, who left the GWR-owned outfit last month to join ITV.Henley, who has been the station’s managing editor for the past four years, will assume responsibility for all areas of Classic FM’s business and programming, as well as it’s digital television, online… Continue reading Henley Takes Over As New Classic FM Station Manager

Richard Desmond is understood to be considering radical plans to relaunch the Daily Express as a national free-sheet, in an attempt to boost flagging circulation figures.Reports suggest the chairman of Express Newspapers has asked Christian Toksvig, the company’s international operations director and expert on the free-sheet market, to investigate the viability of the move.The Daily… Continue reading Desmond Ponders Relaunching Express As Free-Sheet

Paris based advertising group, Havas, has built on the success it achieved during the first half of this year, as third quarter organic revenue outstripped previous quarters to grow by 2.1%. The period from July to September has been the strongest for the group so far this year, as revenues grew to â‚Ź338 million, providing… Continue reading Havas Organic Revenue Spurred On By Europe

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has posted an 18% increase in the first quarter of 2005, as profits jumped to $761 million year-on-year. The strong profit growth was fuelled by a 4% increase in revenue, which was spurred by double digit earning gains in television, cable, newspapers, magazines and supplements. During a telephone conference for reports… Continue reading ‘Another Record Year’ Expected From News Corp

The US internet access services market is expected to have strong single digit growth over the next five years, with broadband revenues remaining as the single largest driver in this sector. As demand for internet dial-up services continue to decline, access to the web via broadband is expected to remain strong in both the consumer… Continue reading US Internet Access Market Continues To Grow

Viacom Brand Solutions has signed up Mattel’s Scrabble to sponsor repeats of Frasier on both the Paramount Comedy and Parmount Comedy 2 channels the run up to Christmas.The deal will see credits for Scrabble, created by Ogilvy & Mather, feature on all episodes of the hit American sitcom from early November for six weeks. The… Continue reading Scrabble To Sponsor Frasier On Paramount Comedy