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AOP has appointed Tim Faircliff, general manager of consumer media at Thomson Reuters, as the new co-chair to take up the role from March 2009 until March 2010.Faircliff will work with current co-chair Alison Reay, who was appointed in October 2008.Faircliff leads the sales, marketing and development of Thomson Reuters’ multimedia news and information products… Continue reading AOP appoints new co-chair

Guardian.co.uk is set to launch its first optimised mobile site, following an increase in mobile users visiting the website.The site, which will be named M.guardian.co.uk, will be relaunched next month and is expected to be optimised for all phones including the Apple’s iPhone and the BlackBerry, according to reports.The Guardian hopes its new mobile content… Continue reading Guardian is set to relaunch mobile site

STV Group’s TV ad revenue rose 11% year on year in 2008, giving it 22% of the Scottish ad market. The group, formerly known as SMG, also saw broadcast sponsorship revenue increase by 50% year on year. Its cinema advertising business, Pearl & Dean, which has been up for sale since September 2006, will be… Continue reading STV ad revenue up 11% in 2008

Trinity Mirror reported a 22% fall in operating profit in 2008, down to £145.2 million from £186.4 million the previous year. The group cut its dividend, warning that advertising has fallen around 30% in the first two months of 2009. Revenues from retained businesses were down 6.5% to £871.7 million, down from £932.3 million. January… Continue reading Trinity Mirror reports fall in operating profit

Channel 4’s Grand Designs pulled in the highest ratings during the all-important peak hour last night, racing ahead of ITV1’s live coverage of the FA Cup Football.The fifth episode of the popular house-building series with Kevin McCloud pulled in an impressive 4.4 million peak viewers and a 17.6% average audience share, well ahead of the… Continue reading Grand Designs comes up trumps

Most web surfers are not happy with having information collected about them in order for advertisers to provide them with more tailored ads, according to new research. The research, from ad technology firm Burst Media, found that, based on the description ‘advertisements more relevant to interest’, only one-in-five (23%) would not mind if non-personally identifiable… Continue reading Web users not happy with online behavioural ads

The number of UK women regularly using social networks has grown by 53% in 12 months, a new IPC Media study has found.The study, Women’s Space 2, explores women’s use of the internet. It found that two thirds of women cite social networking as one of their regular online activities, compared with 43% in 2007.All… Continue reading Women increasingly using social networks

Five’s chief executive Dawn Airey is expected to announce more than 100 job cuts next Thursday.Around a third of the broadcaster’s workforce will be affected by the cuts, which are thought to be part of Five’s new efficiency drive, according to reports.Airey warned staff last year that redundancies were a possibility as part of a… Continue reading Five to slash a third of its workforce

Virgin Media has announced a Q4 2008 increase in revenues for its content business, up to £118.8 million from £114.1 million the previous year. Overall revenues in Q4 were £617.5 million, up from £610.3 million in the third quarter but down on £621.9 million last year. The company’s ‘on-net’ customer base at the end of… Continue reading Q4 increase in content division revenues for Virgin Media

ITV1’s coverage of the Live UEFA Champions League match between Inter Milan and Manchester United stole the show last night, beating BBC One’s Mistresses to the top spot during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot.More than 8.3 million peak viewers tuned in to see the goalless draw, securing ITV1 with a respectable 26.7% average audience… Continue reading Live UEFA Champions League steals the show