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As REM’s “It’s the end of the world as we know it” begins to play, this year’s MRG conference gets underway and David Lucas and Keith Donaldson, joint chairs of the MRG, introduced the conference and summed up the organisation’s past two years of activityCommenting on the current economic slump and its effect on the… Continue reading MRG Conference 2008:Promotion of Research in the Media

ITV is integrating its online assets into its programming operations, under the direction of Peter Fincham, director of television, channels and online.The restructure will see all of ITV’s online assets – which include video streaming and ITV programming, ITV.com, ITV Local, project Kangaroo, Friends Reunited, as well as interactive and gaming – fully integrated with… Continue reading ITV integrates online and programming operations

American banking giant JP Morgan has reduced its online advertising forecast for the second time in two months, estimating an annual growth rate of 25% in 2008 and 13% in 2009, down from 28% and 19%, respectively. The firm said: “Since we reduced our estimates on September 4th, we have seen a further slowdown in… Continue reading JP Morgan reduces online ad forecast

Bauer has announced that it will be closing its national digital music station Mojo at the end of the month.The station, which was launched in 2003 as a spin-off from the music magazine, has an average of around 260,000 listeners per week according to the latest RAJAR release (see Year on Year Rise In Reach… Continue reading Bauer set to close digital music station Mojo

A total of 6.5 million Americans tuned into mobile video in August, according to new figures from comScore M:Metrics. The study found that on-demand video was the most popular format, with 3.6 million viewers. With 1.3 million viewers, amateur videos, such as those on YouTube, represent the most popular style of content, followed by music… Continue reading 6.5m Americans watched mobile video in August

UK radio ad revenues were down about 13% year on year in October and November, according to a report.The Advanced Radio Revenue Indicator figures show that national radio ad revenue was down 16% year on year in October and predicts it will be down 17% in November, said a report in Media Week.Figures published by… Continue reading UK radio ad revenues down

ITV has announced a 5% fall in broadcasting revenue in the first nine months of 2008, to £1.2 billion.The broadcaster’s total revenue to the end of September was down 1% year on year to £1.47 billion.There was a 2.5% drop in net advertising revenue in the first nine months, compared with a 3.2% fall for… Continue reading ITV reports fall in broadcasting revenues

Five is set to become channel 105 on the free-to-air digital platform Freesat later this month.Freesat will now host the full range of PSB channels with Five the last to launch on the platform, following BBC1, BBC2, ITV1 and Channel 4.However, digital channels Fiver and Five US will not be available when Five launches on… Continue reading Five due to launch on Freesat

Google has terminated its search advertising deal with Yahoo! in order to avoid a “protracted legal battle” with regulators.The proposed deal would have seen Google ads displayed around Yahoo!’s search results.David Drummond, Google senior vice president, corporate development and chief legal officer, said: “After four months of review, including discussions of various possible changes to… Continue reading Google terminates Yahoo! ad deal

Google has terminated its search advertising deal with Yahoo! in order to avoid a “protracted legal battle” with regulators. The proposed deal would have seen Google ads displayed around Yahoo!’s search results. David Drummond, Google senior vice president, corporate development and chief legal officer, said: “After four months of review, including discussions of various possible… Continue reading Google ends Yahoo! ad deal