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The much-repeated phrase of Martin Sorrell – that Google is neither friend nor enemy to agencies, but rather a frienemy – seems to have run its course at WPP.Others still embraced it – Maria Louise Francoli, CEO, MPG, said that Google was a threat but a “good threat” from the conference platform at the C… Continue reading No Longer A Frienemy?

Channel 4 and Global Radio are reportedly looking at how to combine their digital radio transmission services.With its takeover of GCap Media (see Global Radio To Acquire GCap For £375m) Global inherits the first DAB multiplex, while Channel 4 won the licence to run the second multiplex last July (see Multiplex Win Signals New Era… Continue reading Channel 4 And Global Radio Could Combine DAB Services

Derek Jones, MediaTel Group managing director, announces the launch of a new online trading system and the benefits it will offer the industry.Maybe it is a timely coincidence that we should announce the start of a trial programme for DELTA, our new booking and trading system for online, at the same time as the whole… Continue reading New Online Trading System To Bring Efficiencies To The Buying Process

An opening session of the C Squared Venice Festival of Media featured Mike Murphy, vice president, global sales, Facebook, in conversation with media journalist, Jonah Bloom.Murphy was eloquent and confident as one would expect; ducked a few audience questions on sales revenue (and the proportion contributed via the MSN Sales deal) – as one might… Continue reading Venice Festival Of Media Looks At Facebook

Hitwise, the online competitive intelligence company, has announced the most popular websites from more than 50 industries in the UK during 2007.The Hitwise UK Annual Online Performance Awards acknowledge the most successful websites as categorised in Hitwise’s key industries, defined by the percentage of user visits a UK website received between January and December 2007.Also… Continue reading Hitwise Announces Online Performance Awards

Google’s plans to scrap advertisers’ exclusive right to bid on key words for their own brands have been met with criticism from the IPA.From 5 May any advertiser or agency will be able to bid on trademarked single words in the UK and Ireland (see Google To Allow Keyword Bidding On All Search Terms). Previously,… Continue reading IPA Slams Google’s Key Word Search Plans

Almost 90% of the UK online population watched over three million internet videos in December, according to new data from comScore.The figures show that Google’s YouTube remained the market leading video site in the UK, US, Canada, France and Germany.In the UK, the BBC is the second most popular source of video, indicating the popularity… Continue reading Almost 90% Of UK Web Users Watch Video Online

Almost 90% of the UK online population watched over three million internet videos in December, according to new data from comScore. The figures show that Google’s YouTube remained the market leading video site in the UK, US, Canada, France and Germany. In the UK, the BBC is the second most popular source of video, indicating… Continue reading Almost 90% Of UK Web Users Watch Video Online

Digital publishers saw an increase in total revenues of more than 50% in 2007, according to the Association of Online Publishers. The AOP said that 31% of publishers had also predicted growth in the coming year, despite a worsening economic outlook. The association found that the dominant theme of its 2008 Census of members’ businesses… Continue reading Digital Publishers Boost Revenues By Over 50% In 2007

More than 42 million programmes have been accessed on the BBC’s online catch up TV service, the iPlayer, in the first three months of 2008.The total number of requests for downloads and streams of BBC programmes in March were 17.2 million, rising from 14 million in February and 11.2 million in January. There were 1.1… Continue reading Over 42 Million Shows Accessed On iPlayer