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Nicky Cheshire, sales director at Alive, talks about technological innovation in the outdoor space…The complexity of life has been steadily increasing since the end of the Second World War but we have become adept at dealing with it. The number of people who say they don’t mind living with the increasing complexity of life is… Continue reading Digital innovation has revolutionised outdoor advertising

David Evans, business director at MediaTel.co.uk, looks at the current health of the magazine market and asks whether it can withstand the pressures of the recession…The breaking news that Arena has been suspended, along with the announcement last week from NatMags regarding staff cuts shows that the recession is beginning to hit home in the… Continue reading What next for magazines?

Peter Bowman, general manager of UKOM, explains the move from JICIMS to UKOM and what happens next in the journey towards a planning currency for online…I believe we’re on the way to providing what the online industry declared that it wanted at a milestone summit last Autumn – an industry accepted planning system for online… Continue reading Towards a planning currency for online – JICIMS becomes UKOM

In an increasingly restricted, competitive and saturated children’s market, Siobhan Galvin, associate publisher at Egmont Magazines, suggests why the children’s magazine market will defy the downturn in 2009…The children of 2009 have grown up in a vastly diverse world of mass media, rapidly changing technologies and changing social standards. They have access to an infinite… Continue reading How does recession affect the children’s magazine market?

Sue Burden, head of brand & communications research at TNS UK, looks at the ways in which media planners can use the power of Word of Mouth…WOM is of course not just a happy accident that multiplies the effect of your campaign via a myriad of digital comment and it is not just limited to… Continue reading Word of Mouth – how to trigger the campaign amplifier

Jason Lark, MD at data enhancement and hygiene specialist Celerity, looks at how the economic downturn could prove a positive effect on the marketing industry…We could be forgiven at this time for believing that the marketing industry, like many others, is doomed to suffer disaster after disaster in 2009. Caught up in a downwards economic… Continue reading Seize the Day – Make the most of the recession and secure business success

Ahead of MediaTel’s ‘Future of Television’ seminar, Alex North, head of commercial operations at AGB Nielsen, looks at what Ofcom’s PSB blueprint and the forthcoming Digital Britain report mean for the future of television…There’s never been a more empowering time for TV viewers. An explosion of choice created by the ever-expanding list of channels available,… Continue reading The Future of Television

Travis Baxter, MD radio (strategy, regulation and business development) at Bauer Media, looks at what the forthcoming reports from Ofcom and Lord Carter could mean for radio…The ill economic winds have blown into the New Year of 2009, swirling around the imminent publication of two key industry reviews which will affect each of us as… Continue reading What will the Ofcom and Lord Carter reports mean for radio?

With the continuing popularity and increase of online VoD services, David Brennan, research and strategy director at thinkbox, looks at how TV and the internet can complement each other …Entertainment junkies that we are, we’ve always wanted more from our TVs – whether it is a bigger and better one, the ability to catch-up with… Continue reading Broadcast TV vs Online TV

The gaming industry is growing at an unparalleled pace with the take-up of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games and virtual worlds. Ed Bartlett, co-founder of in-game advertising company IGA Worldwide, details the opportunities that this new frontier offers brands…Since Sony launched the PlayStation in 1995, gaming has stepped out of the confines of the teenage… Continue reading MMOs – the new virtual frontier for brands?