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TNS has rejected a third bid from WPP Group valuing the market research company at almost £1.1 billion.TNS, which has already agreed a nil-premium merger with GfK (see TNS And GfK Agree MergerTNS And GfK Agree MergerTNS And GfK Agree MergerTNS And GfK Agree MergerTNS And GfK Agree MergerTNS And GfK Agree Merger www.wpp.com

Freeview is to re-brand its Freeview Playback digital TV recorders (DTRs) as Freeview+.The Freeview+ name will roll out across retail and packaging over the coming months, marking the start of Freeview’s increased marketing efforts to drive awareness and sales of its DTR equipment.Freeview+ boxes will offer a variety of integrated digital recording features including series… Continue reading Freeview Playback Rebranded As Freeview+

US anti-trust regulators have begun an investigation into the search advertising partnership between Yahoo! and Google. The investigation will look at whether the $800 million (£403 million) a year deal restricts competition in the market. A report in the Washington Post said that Justice Department investigators behind the anti-trust probe will take evidence from Google,… Continue reading US Regulators Investigate Yahoo!/Google Deal

There are under three million people in the UK who are using mobile internet, according to new data from Point Topic. Point Topic asked 2000 people from across the UK if they had accessed the internet on a mobile device during May. It found that just 6% of the general adult population, equivalent to 2.9… Continue reading Under 3m People In UK Use Mobile Internet

RAJAR has published its Podcasting and Radio Listening via the Internet Survey today, showing listening figures are up again.The study reveals that 14.5 million people listen to the radio via the internet, up from 12 million in November last year and six million people have downloaded a podcast, up from 4.3 million.It’s the second survey… Continue reading RAJAR Releases New Podcast And Online Radio Survey

Sky News has relaunched its website in an attempt to make it a “dynamic, video-rich site for breaking news and information”.The new look site includes an online community allowing users to set up profiles and blogs from presenters Eamonn Holmes and Dermot Murnaghan.There is also a feature called Choose Your News which allows users to… Continue reading Sky News Relaunches Website

Facebook is the fastest growing site in terms of total UK minutes, according to a study released today by Nielsen Online.It is the only website to increase its total minutes by over 200,000 – growing by 1.8 billion minutes in a year.Only 10 websites and applications have averaged at least 500 million UK minutes per… Continue reading Facebook Is The Fastest Growing Site In The UK

City AM could go national at the end of this year, according to Lawson Muncaster, the title’s managing director.Speaking at yesterday’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar, Muncaster told the assembled audience about possible plans for expansion to the rest of the UK – outside of its current London positioning – and spoke about… Continue reading City AM Set To Go National

Bauer Advertising and Coca-Cola Great Britain have joined forces to run a summer promotion campaign on Kiss radio called ‘Kiss does summer “on the coke side of life”‘.It is set to focus on Kiss’ summer of events and involves an interactive multi-platform campaign across the Kiss network and the www.totalkiss.com/summer website.It will feature video highlights… Continue reading Kiss 100 And Coca-Cola Sign Exclusive Summer Promotion Deal

The success and future of freesheets was one of the topics debated at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on the ‘Future of National Newspapers’.Looking at whether a national newspaper could move to a free distribution model in the near future, panellist Lawson Muncaster, MD of City AM thought that it could happen. “The cost of distribution… Continue reading Freesheets In Focus At ‘Future of National Newspapers’ Seminar