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Dennis Publishing is launching the world’s first poker magazine to have an exclusively business-to-business focus.Inside Poker Business will be distributed quarterly to a subscriber-base of industry decision makers and will deliver the latest business information to major players involved in the business.Alun Bowden, former editor of InsidePoker , has been appointed editor-in-chief of the magazine.Bowden… Continue reading Dennis launches new poker magazine

Ofcom will recommend that the ITV breakfast television franchise, which is now owned by GMTV, should be restored to ITV to help the commercial broadcaster to shore up its finances this week.The media regulator is expected to argue that allowing ITV to keep hold of the franchise will help the broadcaster to pay for its… Continue reading Ofcom will recommend for ITV to regain morning slot

Virgin Media customers will now have on-demand access to the latest Barclays Premier League games, FA CUP matches and England home friendlies following a deal with Setanta Replay.Setanta Replay is due to launch on Virgin’s VoD service today, offering customers a range of top sporting fixtures on demand for up to seven days after live… Continue reading Virgin teams up with Setanta Replay

Bauer Media and Unilever have launched a six-figure cross-platform campaign to promote the launch of the newest addition to the LYNX deodorant range.The ‘Unleash The Man Leather’ campaign, which will kick-start on January 19 and run for five weeks, will see LYNX Instinct exclusively sponsor radio promotions, adverts and features across Bauer’s radio stations Kiss… Continue reading Bauer launches new LYNX promotion deal

Financial Times owner Pearson has announced an upbeat trading update for the newspaper group, ahead of the release of its preliminary results for 2008 in March. Pearson said that Financial Times Publishing “has produced good sales and profit growth despite the slowdown in the advertising market in the fourth quarter”. Marjorie Scardino, chief executive, said:… Continue reading Positive trading update for Financial Times Group

The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising has expressed concern at the Office of Fair Trading’s decision to provisionally recommend the relaxation of ITV’s contracts rights renewal.The IPA has said it is “disappointed” with the recommendations made by the OFT in it’s provisional report (see OFT recommends relaxation of CRR), which is due to be presented… Continue reading IPA hits back at OFT’s CRR recommendation

Advertisers need to get to grips with social networking and the changing marketplace, according to the IPA’s second future of advertising report.The IPA has teamed up with the Future Foundation, a global strategic consultancy and think tank, to produce ‘Social Media Futures – The Future of advertising and agencies in a networked society: A 10… Continue reading IPA: Social Networking Revolution

Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has ruled out a merger with Five as a cure for the funding problems it faces.Duncan, speaking today at an event organised by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, said that a merger would be like mixing “oil with water”.He said: “We have been carefully considering… Continue reading Andy Duncan rules out merger with Five

Media regulator Ofcom has fined ITV £220,000 for failing to meet its regional programme production quota for ITV1 in 2006 and 2007.Ofcom ordered ITV to pay a fine of £20,000 against each of its 11 regional licences in England and Wales after it failed to hit its minimum level of expenditure.ITV1 managed to comply with… Continue reading Ofcom fines ITV £220,000

Advertisers need to get to grips with social networking and the changing marketplace, according to the IPA’s second future of advertising report. The IPA has teamed up with the Future Foundation, a global strategic consultancy and think tank, to produce ‘Social Media Futures – The Future of advertising and agencies in a networked society: A… Continue reading IPA: Social Networking Revolution