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ITV and Setanta are set to renegotiate the payment terms of their £425 million rights deals with the Football Association.Setanta is thought to of delayed making a payment of £10 million on its £150 million contract, while ITV has met its payments so far, but is attempting to reassess the schedule so that is has… Continue reading ITV and Setanta renegotiate football rights deal

Luke Johnson, chairman of Channel 4, has expressed confusion at a story in the Sunday Telegraph regarding merger talks between BT and Channel 4.Johnson told MediaWeek.co.uk: “I am not sure how the story came about, as we held a meeting with BT Vision more than a year ago.“The company might have submitted an interest in… Continue reading Johnson reacts to BT Vision/Channel 4 merger speculation

Clear Channel Outdoor’s worldwide revenue was flat year on year during 2008, although it fell 16% year on year in the fourth quarter. Revenue at Clear Channel’s international division was up by approximately $62.3 million in 2008, mainly brought about by movements in foreign exchange. There was, however, a slight revenue decline in the UK.… Continue reading Revenues flat at Clear Channel Outdoor

Havas has reported a rise in net income of 25% for 2008, to €104 million, with net debt down to €79 million. The group, whose operations include Euro RSCG, Havas Media and Arnold Worldwide, saw organic growth grow 4.7% while its operating margin was 12.1%, up from 8.2% in 2006. Havas said that its new… Continue reading Havas reports strong performance in 2008

A new US study has found that light PC internet users are 30% more likely than heavy PC internet users to use their mobile devices to access online content. The results of the comScore study show that, in total, 42 million people in the US used their mobile devices in October 2008 to access news… Continue reading Light PC internet users more likely to go online via mobile than heavy PC internet users

Screen Digest is forecasting UK advertising revenue to drop by 8.4% in 2009 as marketer’s confidence falls to its lowest point and several major client industries such as finance, retail and automotive retract budgets. As prices have hit an all-time low, TV advertising is set to decline by 7.7% in 2009, predicts Screen Digest. Amplified… Continue reading UK ad revenue to drop 8% in 2009

In February, a report from eMarketer revealed that more than 17 million households in the UK, or 67.2% of the total, will subscribe to various broadband technologies in 2009. This figure is an increase of almost 6.5% from the 16.1 million UK households using broadband in 2008 (see Boost in UK broadband use) In a… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – February 2009

ITV1’s Dancing on Ice triumphed in the TV ratings battle last night, with a peak of 9.9 million watching the first of two Sunday night shows.The first instalment of Dancing on Ice, on from 7pm to 8.15pm, picked up a 37.4% share of the audience, while the skate-off, which saw Emmerdale star Roxanne Pallett voted… Continue reading Dancing on Ice picks up a peak of 9.9m viewers

Bauer Media has appointed Dasha Zhukova as editor-in-chief of POP magazine, which has recently moved to new offices in London and Berlin.Zhukova, the co-founder of fashion label Kova & T and Roman Abramovich’s girlfriend, is set to work alongside editorial director Ashley Heath, who co-launched POP in 2000.She replaces Katie Grand, the founding editor of… Continue reading Bauer appoints Zhukova as new editor of POP

AOL is launching a new classifieds website that will allow consumers to search through millions of local classifieds listings for every postcode in the UK.AOL Classifieds has been developed in partnership with Oodle, which operates the largest network of classifieds services in the US.Sellers are able to promote their listings by leveraging the reach of… Continue reading AOL launches classifieds website