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BBC One’s Live Golf coverage dominated the ratings yesterday, peaking with a high of more than 5.3 million viewers.Around 3.3 million average viewers tuned in to watch The Open Championship, securing BBC One with a impressive 24.2% audience share between 12.50pm and 7.30pm.American Stewart Cink triumphed over his rival Tom Watson by six shots in… Continue reading Overnights: The Open hits a high of 5.3m viewers

Independent News & Media is in talks with banks and bondholders about extending its debt standstill deal, according to a Financial Times report. The publisher of the Independent has a standstill agreement in place which is due to expire on Friday. If an extension is agreed INM will avoid going into examinership, or bankruptcy protection.… Continue reading INM negotiating debt standstill extension

Dennis Publishing has acquired global entertainment portal Kontraband.com, adding it to its portfolio of online brands such as Monkey, Maxim.co.uk and autoexpress.co.uk.Launched in 1999, Kontraband.com is an entertainment portal for 18 to 34-year-old men, featuring viral video and pictures, games, blogs and forums.Kontraband.com’s content is edited by a team of five, all of whom will… Continue reading Dennis Publishing acquires Kontraband.com

Bluepod Media has become the first ever mobile marketing agency to release an ABCe Bluetooth campaign audit certificate.The certificate was issued for a film promotional campaign by Warner Bros Entertainment UK, to help launch movie comedy The Hangover.The campaign, delivered in Bluepod Media’s bar network, featured the film’s trailer and was sent to mobiles via… Continue reading ABCe publishes first ever Bluetooth audit certificate

Cinema ticket sales for the first half of the year have reached 83.4 million, the UK’s highest box office figures for seven years.Films such as Slumdog Millionaire, which has taken an incredible £31.6 million in the UK so far this year, Monsters Vs Aliens and Star Trek, have contributed to the success of ticket sales… Continue reading Cinema ticket sales rocket

ITV1’s advertising revenue is expected to decline by around 12% year on year in September, quashing hopes that the downturn is nearly over.Previous forecasts predicted that ITV1 would report a reasonably healthy single-digit fall for the crucial month, which often reflects the mood of advertisers between the slow summer season and the run up to… Continue reading ITV1’s ad revenue is forecast to drop 12% in September

Independent News & Media is set to secure a further extension to a financial standstill deal with its investors in order to bide more time for debt restructuring.The month-long extension is the third agreement that the Independent owner has had to negotiate in the last three months.INM confirmed its first standstill agreement with banks and… Continue reading INM to secure third standstill deal

A new forecast from eMarketer projects that growth in UK online ad spending will be just 0.9% this year. Karin von Abrams, eMarketer senior analyst and author of the new report, said: “In 2009, online ad spending has been hit harder than most UK marketers thought possible even a few months ago. “Budget cuts have… Continue reading Low growth predicted for UK online adspend this year

AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong believes that there will be a resurgence in online video and display advertising within the next 18 to 24 months. In an interview with Reuters, Armstrong said that investors who hold onto the company’s shares will reap the benefit of an online advertising recovery by 2011. Armstrong, who was appointed… Continue reading AOL CEO predicts resurgence in online display advertising

Search giant Google saw net profits rise 18% to $1.48 billion (£901 million) in the three months to the end of June.Revenues were up 3% year on year to $5.52 billion (£3.36 billion) with Google saying the increases were due to “responsible efforts to manage expenses”.Chief executive Eric Schmidt said: “Google had a very good… Continue reading Google reports 18% rise in profits