Communication technology company Comtech M2M is to supply new digital signs for North Wales Newspapers, Cornwall & Devon Media and the Newsquest Media Group-owned Bolton and Bury Times.The new display systems will roll out through newsagents and retail outlets, providing up-to-the-minute headlines alongside advertising and promotions opportunities for local businesses, according to a report on… Continue reading Regional Roll Out For New Digital Signs

The BBC is to launch a “new iPlayer” which will see the corporation’s radio and TV content on a single iPlayer interface.Speaking at the Broadcast Digital Channels Conference last week, BBC head of digital media technology Anthony Rose said that the new iPlayer will be ready to go live in “a few weeks time”.The new… Continue reading “All New” iPlayer To Launch

Turkey’s match against the Czech Republic in the European Football Championship last night brought in a peak audience of 5.5 million adult viewers to ITV1 last night.The make-or-break match, to decide who would be joining Portugal in the quarter finals, was possibly the game of the tournament so far, with Turkey coming back from 2-0… Continue reading Football Thriller Gets 5.5m Viewers

The acting editor of celebrity magazine Heat, Julian Linley, has been permanently appointed to the post.He has been acting editor of the magazine since Mark Frith stepped down earlier this month.Linley joined Heat in 2000 and was Frith’s deputy for five years before leaving to become launch editor of First.In May last year he helped… Continue reading Heat Appoints Editor

May saw BBC One, Channel 4 and Five’s viewing shares drop, while ITV1’s was up year on year.BBC Two was down year on year over the same period.Other channels saw the largest increase in share, up by 1.9 percentage points.All ViewingITV1 boosted its viewing share by 0.8 percentage points year on year in May, taking… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – May 2008

Google search properties accounted for 87% of all UK searches for the four weeks ending May 31 2008, according to new figures from online research firm Hitwise.This figure represents a 12% increase compared to May 2007. By comparison, Yahoo! search properties accounted for 4.1% of UK searches in May 2008, a 2% increase compared to… Continue reading Google Accounted For 87% Of All UK Searches In May

Britons, on average, are spending just 4% more time online a month than they did a year ago, according to new research from Nielsen Online.The biggest increases in online time were for consumer generated media (47%), search (13%) and entertainment (8%) sites, with the biggest decreases coming for communication (-10%), and content sites (-3%). How… Continue reading Britons Spending 4% More Time Online Per Month

UK advertising expenditure reached £19.4 billion in 2007, up 4.2% year-on year, according to figures published today in the Advertising Association’s Advertising Statistics Yearbook 2008.This figure compares to annual growth of only 0.7% in 2006. UK Advertising Expenditure at current prices, 2007 Total Advertising Expenditure (£ Millions) Press     7,716 Television     4,671… Continue reading UK Adspend Grew 4.2% In 2007

AOL has announced the expansion of its ad-network Platform-A into Europe, naming Brendan Condon as head of international operations.Randy Falco, AOL chairman and CEO, said: “By bringing Platform-A to Europe, we can offer advertisers the best marketing tools and technologies available to help them effectively and efficiently deliver their messages to online audiences across Europe.“This… Continue reading AOL Expands Platform-A Ad Network Into Europe

Simon Long is to take up the newly created position of daytime editor at Bauer Radio’s dance music station, Kiss 100.Long will be responsible for managing the daytime schedule of the Kiss 100 station, executing programmes, working with presenters and ensuring engaging content is produced to run on Kiss’ on-air and off-air platforms.He will report… Continue reading Kiss Appoints New Daytime Editor