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Future has overhauled the TotalFilm.com website, offering new features such as Q&As with film stars and directors.The revamped website also has a new editorial line-up, including launch editor George Walter who will work with Total Film‘s editor-in-chief Aubrey Day and the digital editorial team.The new site will offer users a database of trailers and enhanced… Continue reading Future Revamps TotalFilm.com

IPC Advertising has unveiled IPC Unite – offering bespoke solutions across IPC Media brands and third party media owner partnerships.IPC Unite has evolved from the former IPC Corporate Business Development team and will be headed up by Matt Sims, who joined IPC Advertising as head of corporate business development in February 2008 and has led… Continue reading IPC Advertising Unveils IPC Unite

CBS Outdoor is launching a new retail sales division as the UK travel advertising business moves into the retail sector. Lee Cutter, former head of business development at Metro, has been appointed to lead the division as head of sales. The division has been created to handle the launch of Westfield London, the £1.6 billion… Continue reading CBS Outdoor Launches Retail Sales Division

Over two thirds-of men cannot live without the internet when compared to television, according to new research from men’s entertainment community Break Media. The research, conducted by Hall and Partners, polled a sample of more than five hundred males aged 18-34 who access the internet at least once per month, and was designed to determine… Continue reading Men “Value The Internet Over TV”

A new US mobile phone user survey, carried out by Azuki Systems, saw over 54% of respondents say their mobile phone usage had increased by more than 25% over the past two years, while one in five said it had increased by more than 50%. A significant catalyst behind this growth is smart phone adoption,… Continue reading US Mobile Usage Grows

Broadband services continue to be in high demand, attracting millions of new subscribers worldwide each month, according to a new report from In-Stat. Over the past 12 months, approximately 80 million new broadband subscribers signed up for high-speed access to the internet, the high-tech market research firm said. In terms of broadband access technologies, digital… Continue reading 80m New Broadband Subscribers Worldwide In Past Year

UBS media analyst Michael Morris has forecast US advertising spending of $172 billion in 2009, down from $183 billion in 2008. Overall, TV ad spending is expected to drop 8% to $44 billion from 2008. Local TV stations, in particular, will be getting the brunt of the drop said Morris – down 12% to $26… Continue reading US Adspend To Reach $172bn In 2009

More than nine million US households are not ready for the upcoming transition to all-digital broadcasting and would be unable to receive any television programming at all if the transition occurred today, according to new research from The Nielsen Company. Another 12.6 million households have at least one television set that will no longer work… Continue reading Over 9m US Households Not Ready For Digital Switchover

The BBC and BSkyB have signed a deal to make iPlayer programming available through the satellite broadcaster’s online TV service Sky Player.From today, visitors to sky.com/skyplayer will be able to access the 400 weekly hours of BBC shows that are available through the iPlayer, including Dr Who and EastEnders.BBC programmes will be shown free of… Continue reading iPlayer Launches On Sky’s Online TV Service

ITV1’s new drama Wired pulled in over 5 million peak viewers, with an average 21.3% audience share, last night.The first in the new high-finance drama series, with Jodie Whittaker and Charlie Brooks, secured a decent average audience of 4.8 million viewers between 9pm and 10pm.At the same time, BBC One’s Crimewatch banked 4.1 million average… Continue reading Wired Attracts Over 5 Million Viewers