The BBC has revealed that its latest high-profile signing, Graham Norton, is to present a new dancing talent-competition called Strictly Dance Fever.The show follows the success of the the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and aims to capitalise on the current wave of interest in amateur dancing by giving thousands of ordinary people the chance compete… Continue reading Norton To Front Come Dancing Spin-Off For BBC

ITV’s website for children has taken on a new look to promote the launch of Shark Tale, the new computer-animated movie from Dreamworks.United Virtualities has launched an Ooqa-Ooqa branded browser campaign for the movie, which will run for three weeks on www.citv.co.uk in the UK and concurrently in a range of other markets including France,… Continue reading CiTV Website Takes On Shark Tale Branding

The Digital Radio Development Bureau is launching the next phase in its £11 million advertising campaign to promote the digital radio industry in the run up to the key Christmas sales period.The campaign will run for four weeks across more than 200 analogue radio stations, including national and regional platforms. A version of the 20-second… Continue reading Digital Radio Industry Launches New Promotional Push

Jobs at WPP’s newly acquired American advertising group, Grey Global, will be cut by almost 7%, in a bid to reduce costs and boost profits. According to today’s The Times, one in six jobs will be culled at Grey’s London office by WPP, the world’s second largest advertising agency, which acquired Grey last month for… Continue reading WPP To Cut 17% Of Jobs At Grey

Although Europe has nearly twice the number of television households as North America, it is dragging behind its US cousins in terms of digital penetration, however that might be about to change, says a new report. By 2010 there will be nearly 238 million television households in Europe with just 53% subscribing to a cable… Continue reading Free Terrestrial TV Holding European Digital Penetration Back

ZenithOptimedia has revised upwards it global advertising spending forecast for this year from 4.2% to 6.2% as worldwide advertising confidence holds despite oil and consumer uncertainties. After Zenith’s cautious forecasts in April, the group returned to its crystal ball and has revised all global predictions upwards. The updated report says, by 2005 the global advertising… Continue reading Zenith Predicts Ad Market To Grow By 6.2% In 2004

The number of WAP pages being viewed by mobile phone users is still on the increase with August’s figure climbing by 22.7% compared with the same period in 2003, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association. Allowing for seasonal differences, the August figure takes the MDA’s cumulative recorded WAP page impressions to… Continue reading Wap On The Rise As Olympics Boosts Multimedia Services

New forecasts from the Digital Radio Development Bureau predict a massive boom in popularity for DAB digital radio, rising by a staggering 1200% from around one million sets currently in British homes to 13 million by 2008.The DRDB’s Five-Year DAB Digital Radio Forecast predicts that around 29% of British homes will posses a digital radio… Continue reading Third Of UK Homes To Have Digital Radio By 2008

Maiden Outdoor has further strengthened its rail advertising business with two new account wins with the Go Ahead Group’s New Southern Railway and Thameslink subsidiaries.The two-and-a-half year deal with New Southern Railway begins immediately and covers key commuter stations such as East Croydon, Brighton and Balham. The Thameslink deal also starts straight away and gives… Continue reading Maiden Expand Rail Business With New Account Wins

The city of Durham will get its own dedicated FM radio station under new proposals being put forward by media super-regulator Ofcom.Potential bidders have been invited to pitch for the FM licence, which is expected to air for the first time in midway through next year. The adult population of the area is believed to… Continue reading Ofcom Advertises New FM Licence For Durham