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BBC Ones’s Strictly Come Dancing and ITV1’s The X Factor continued to battle it out for the highest viewing figures this weekend.On Saturday evening, Strictly Come Dancing with Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly, attracted over 9 million peak viewers and an average 41.3% audience share between 6.45pm to 8.05pm.ITV1’s rival show, The X Factor, pulled… Continue reading BBC One and ITV1 Continue To Battle It Out For Weekend Viewers

Condé Nast is today launching the 15th global edition of its men’s magazine GQ and an accompanying website in India.The monthly magazine will be on sale at 5,500 different outlets, with 35,000 copies of the first issue being distributed in 40 Indian towns and cities.The launch issue features the country’s leading Bollywood star, Ali Khan… Continue reading GQ Launches 15th Global Edition In India

Virgin Media has named Ashley Stockwell as the new managing director of brand and marketing, replacing James Kydd.Stockwell was promoted from his role of brand marketing director of the Virgin Group, where he has worked for the past 17 years.He started at Virgin Atlantic and has worked for a number of other groups including Virgin… Continue reading Virgin Media Names New Brand & Marketing MD

Worldwide subscriptions to IPTV services are on pace to reach 19.6 million subscribers in 2008, a 64.1% increase from 12 million subscribers in 2007, according to the latest Gartner research. The report found that worldwide IPTV revenue is projected to total more than $4.5 billion this year, a 93.5% increase from $2.3 billion total revenue… Continue reading Worldwide IPTV Subscriptions Are Set To Grow 64% This Year

The Evening Standard has rebranded Thisislondon.co.uk to Standard.co.uk, providing access to the Standard’s London news, business, sport, comment and analysis.Standard.co.uk will carry a mix of unique content updated throughout the day and content that appears in the newspaper.Andrew Mullins, managing director of the Evening Standard, said that “if we have a breaking news story we… Continue reading Evening Standard Rebrands Website

Google’s new web browser, Chrome, gained market share within its first 24 hours, although it has since given back some of these gains to the market leaders Internet Explorer and Firefox.According to internet measurement firm Net Applications, Chrome grabbed 1% of the market but as of last week had fallen to 0.77%.Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice… Continue reading Google’s Chrome Faces Battle For Market Share

Capital Radio reveals its new look and line rebrand to 95.8 Capital FM – “London’s Number 1 Hit Music Station”.It is the station’s fifth re-brand in less than three years, with the latest slogan adding to the last 95.8 Capital FM “London’s Hit Music Station” rebrand in December 2007.The new design and slogan was launched… Continue reading Capital FM Reveals 5th Rebrand

Guardian News & Media has today committed to releasing data on the new ABCe six month certificate.The data covers the Guardian News & Media portfolio together with a number of its regional sites including: manchestereveningnews.co.uk, manchesteronline.co.uk, getreading.co.uk and thejobsmine.co.uk.The certificates detail monthly, weekly and daily unique user/browsers, listing all the top level domains that have… Continue reading Guardian News & Media Commits To Six-Monthly ABCe Audits

MediaTel Group has confirmed three new panellists for its ‘Future of the Media Agency’ seminar, taking place on October 15.Nigel Morris, CEO, Isobar; Greg Grimmer, partner, Hurrell Moseley Dawson and Grimmer; and Andy Barnes, Channel 4 sales director, have all been confirmed for the panel of what promises to be an unmissable event.The seminar will… Continue reading Three More Panellists Confirmed For Media Agency Seminar

Q magazine is set to unveil a “stylish” redesign with its November issue, which is due to hit the news-stands on September 30.The new look magazine was devised by Q‘s editor-in-chief, Paul Rees, and will be the first to be designed by the new creative director, Ian Stevens, who joined the company from Empire magazine… Continue reading Q Magazine Unveils New Look