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GMG warns that the proposed tie-up between BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 would have a “damaging effect” on the commercial market.In its response to Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, the Scott Trust owned company urged ministers to dismiss the idea – “put simply, we believe that the market should be given the opportunity to deliver… Continue reading GMG warns against C4 and BBC Worldwide tie-up

The National Readership Survey is currently putting together a development programme which, if it works, will see the body release a multi-platform report including readers’ interaction with media owners’ websites for the first time in 2011.The research body outlined the proposed programme to the NRS Board, whose members include the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising,… Continue reading NRS hopes to publish online data by 2011

‘Catch-up’ on-demand viewing via digital cable (DCab) is to be incorporated into BARB reporting.This is being achieved with the continued rollout of Unitam meters from AGB Nielsen Media Research, which have been used by BARB since 2006.Only playback content which is an exact match to the original broadcast will be included in the published data,… Continue reading BARB to incorporate on-demand viewing via digital cable

ITN has appointed John Hardie, a senior executive at Disney and former ITV commercial director, as its new chief executive.Hardie is expected to take up his role with ITN in June, after he leaves Disney, where he has been executive vice-president and managing director across Europe, Middle East and Africa for eight years.Prior to that,… Continue reading ITN appoints ex-ITV director as chief exec

Google’s first tentative steps into behavioural targeted advertising have met with a pretty warm reception, particularly as it has attempted to steer clear of the privacy issues that have dogged companies such as Phorm.Google’s system tracks users via a cookie related to only one browser, so the system does not track email or documents which… Continue reading Google’s first steps into behavioural targeted ads

Revenue from traditional television spot ads will account for just 25% of TV advertising by 2019, according to new research from Generator Research. The result will be a market worth $13.1 billion in the US, down from $57.8 billion in 2008, the research firm said Andrew Sheehy, head of research at Generator, said: “This could… Continue reading Traditional TV ad revenue predicted to fall 75% within 10 years

Total UK adspend fell by 3.9% in 2008, with spend in Q4 2008 down 9.6% year on year, according to new research from the World Advertising Research Center (WARC) on behalf of the Advertising Association.Newspaper spending was down 12% in 2008, with magazines also suffering, down 9.9% for the full year.Newspapers grabbed a 25% share… Continue reading Total UK adspend down 3.9% in 2008

Total UK adspend fell by 3.9% for the full year 2008, and was down 9.6% year on year in the fourth quarter, according to new research from the World Advertising Research Center (WARC) on behalf of the Advertising Association. Newspapers grabbed a 25% share of total adspend last year, just ahead of TV with 23%,… Continue reading UK adspend fell 3.9% in 2008

Andrew Freeman, senior consultant, media research at Harris Interactive, looks at why DAB has failed to keep up with the digital revolution…

US advertising for 2008 was down 2.6% compared to 2007, with preliminary figures from Nielsen putting total US ad spend at $136.8 billion last year. Hispanic cable TV and cable TV were the only two media to show ad growth in 2008, of 9.6% and 7.8% respectively. Cable was the highest revenue -generating medium with… Continue reading US ad spend down 2.6% in 2008