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ITV has secured the rights to air highlights of the Guinness Premiership English club rugby union matches this season, taking over from the BBC.The new hour-long weekly highlights show on ITV4, which will be presented by Craig Doyle, will air on Sunday evenings at 6.30pm – a similar time to the BBC’s Rugby Special programme.The… Continue reading ITV Secures Rights To Rugby Highlights

Mobile web usage is not only gaining traction in the United States but soon will surpass the UK, according to new data released by Bango. According to Bango data, the top five countries accessing the mobile web via Bango in July 2008 were the UK at 19.35%, the US at 18.88%, India at 10.82%, South… Continue reading US Mobile Web Usage To Overtake UK

comScore has released a study of global visits to Beijing2008.cn, the official website of the 2008 Olympic Games, revealing a tight race between China and the United States, with China taking the gold.The site offers Olympic content in five languages: Mandarin, English, French, Spanish and Arabic. The study examined the global breakdown of visitors to… Continue reading Official Olympic Website Proves Popular Globally

German market research group GfK has announced that it is no longer pursuing a possible offer for TNS. According to a report in the Financial Times, GfK’s discussions with Apax, the private equity group it hoped would jointly bid for TNS, collapsed over price. The announcement comes after Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP made a £1.08… Continue reading GfK No Longer Pursuing Offer For TNS

Carat has issued revised forecasts for global advertising expenditure in 2008 and 2009. The worldwide prediction for 2008 has been revised downwards by just over a percentage point from 6.0% to 4.9%. 2009 is also very slightly reduced, from 4.9% growth to 4.8%. Year on Year % Growth At Current Prices    2007a 2008e 2009e… Continue reading Carat Revises Down Global Ad Forecast

Online archive shows will make up a fifth of all TV viewing within five years time, according to Ashley Highfield, speaking at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF).Highfield, Project Kangaroo’s chief operating officer, claimed that archive content would make up half of all video-on-demand services in five years time.Highfield, who previously fronted the development… Continue reading MGEITF 2008: Highfield Predicts Bright Future For Online TV

Johnston Press has reported a year on year fall of 9.5% in advertising revenues for the first half of 2008. The regional newspaper group’s total revenue was down 6.3% to £293.1 million for the six months to the end of June, while operating profit fell 15.6% to £81.6 million. Pre-tax profit was down 18.1% to… Continue reading Johnston Press Reports Fall In Ad Revenues

Virgin Media and sports network Perform have developed an online video player for ITV Sport, The Guardian, News International, Trinity Mirror and Virgin Media itself.The new e-Player will be dedicated to sports content, with highlights from the FA Premier League as well as other sporting events.Virgin Media and Perform have designed the video player to… Continue reading Virgin Media Develops Sports Video Player

GCap’s national sales director, Simon Daglish, is set to leave the company following the planned merger of the Global Radio and GCap Media’s sales teams.Ashley Tabor, founder of Global Radio, announced to his staff that Daglish would be departing and the teams would come together in a central London location by the autumn.He said: “My… Continue reading Daglish Set To Leave As Global And GCap Sales Teams Merge

Bauer Media’s men’s style magazine Arena has appointed Glenn Waldon as style director, with Anthony Noguera, Bauer Media men’s lifestyle editorial director taking a more hands on role at the title.Noguera will be closely managing the editorial development of Arena, in addition to his current responsibilities.Waldon is a former editor of i-D magazine and currently… Continue reading Arena Makes New Appointments