The British population is becoming more mature by the year, with over-50s now constituting a quarter of all adults in the UK. Dale Lovell, content and PR manager at 50connect.co.uk, the UK’s largest website for the over-50s, explains the importance of marketing to this age group, and the benefits available to advertisers…In 2002, one fifth… Continue reading The Rise of Older Internet Users
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The development of several new on-demand television services looks set to greatly multiply the choice available to consumers. NewsLine’s James Holland looks at the developing market, and challenges for advertisers in what promises to be a most demanding future for broadcasting…It has been said for a long time that the onus of television content is… Continue reading Demanding More From TV
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Media Group, Carat, recently appointed Dominic Williams to the newly-created position of press director, building on the agency boss’s eight-year career with the firm. He explains the significance of the new role, and his plan to put press at the top of the table in the coming months…Since being promoted to become Carat’s Head of… Continue reading Pressing Ahead With Print
The battle for supremacy amongst London’s radio stations is closer than ever, with high-profile TV personalities being brought in by broadcasters to bolster competing schedules. Paul Chantler, programming consultant and former group programme director of The Wireless Group, Essex Radio Group and Chiltern Radio Network explains how, despite their household names, the current slew of… Continue reading Getting A Bigger Bite Of Breakfast
Podcasting promises to provide consumers with on-demand, specialist media completely free of charge, but is it just a passing fad? Can commercial broadcasters still carve a slice of the online action for themselves? Jean-Paul Edwards, head of media futures at Manning Gottlieb OMD, explains the implications of the new technology, and the ways in which… Continue reading Podcasting – Worth All The Fuss?