Freeview is launching a £6.5 million national television ad campaign to promote its PVR service Freeview+, kicking off on November 6.The campaign, created by Beattie McGuiness Bungay (BMB), saw 4Creative and ITVCreative collaborate on the activity.Celebrities featuring in the campaign include Antony Cotton, Jennie McAlpine and Tupele Dorgu of Coronation Street; comedian Alan Carr; chef… Continue reading Freeview launches Freeview+ ad campaign

Facebook broke into the top five most visited online properties in the UK for the first time in its history in September, reaching 18.4 million visitors and overtaking the BBC network of sites in the process.The September figures, from web measurement firm comScore, also show that politics, business/finance and news/research categories saw an upsurge in… Continue reading Facebook becomes UK’s fifth most visited website

BSkyB is the favourite to acquire the British operations of Italian telecoms giant Tiscali.BSkyB has made a £450 million bid to buy the Italian firm’s UK business, according to a report in the Sunday Times.The Satellite broadcaster is engaged in exclusive talks with Tiscali after the Carphone Warehouse walked away from negotiations, said the Sunday… Continue reading BSkyB favourite to acquire Tiscali

WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell expects WPP’s takeover of TNS to be confirmed today.Speaking yesterday evening at a Royal Television Society event, Sorrell said that the deal could be completed today, five months after WPP first bid for the company.Official statements have yet to be made by either WPP or the market research firm.Following… Continue reading WPP Takeover Of TNS Expected To Be Confirmed Today

One country one medium companies such as ITV and Trinity Mirror are facing a difficult future, according to WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell.Sorrell, speaking at a Royal Television Society event yesterday evening, said that there is trouble ahead for media owners in developed countries working in just one medium, such as free-to-air TV, newspapers,… Continue reading One Country One Medium Companies Face Difficult Future

Trinity Mirror is launching 11 regional mobile news sites by the end of the year, offering advertisers formats such as sponsorship and banner ads.The sites, which will follow last week’s launch of the Birmingham Post‘s mobile service, will provide free content and be financed through long-term sponsorship deals and banner ads.Sponsorship of the mobile sites… Continue reading Trinity Mirror To Launch 11 Regional Mobile Sites

The Financial Times is launching a forums feature on the Alphaville section of its website to allow finance professionals to start their own discussions.The new user generated content element, called the Long Room, lets users start their own debates, known as ‘tables’, and comment on existing conversations and upload documents, video and images.Rob Grimshaw, the… Continue reading FT Website Gets New Forums Feature

The social-network aimed at professionals, LinkedIn, is launching a network aimed at business-to-business market researchers.So far, the LinkedIn Research Network has partnered with six market research firms to conduct targeted B2B primary research among its network of around 30 million professionals worldwide.Dan Shapero, director of business services for the LinkedIn Research Network, said that involvement… Continue reading LinkedIn To Launch B-2-B Research Network

UK online ad display spend was down 5.28% for Q2 2008, according to new figures from Nielsen.Recent figures IAB/PricewaterhouseCoopers found that total internet display advertising spend rose 16.3% year-on-year to £333.8 million for the first half of 2008.The Nielsen figure seems to contradict the received wisdom that online adspend can weather the storm caused by… Continue reading Online Display Adspend Down 5.28% For Q2 2008

Country Homes & Interiors is introducing a new look intended to boost its upmarket feel.Giving more focus to a relaxed country lifestyle, the magazine also has a new logo and refreshed fonts. Features have also been give bigger photographs.Other key developments in the new look include: More pages dedicated to decorating, ideas, trends and news… Continue reading New Look For Country Homes & Interiors Magazine