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Text messages will be obsolete within the next five years, according to new research from Gartner. Although there are currently 114 million text messages sent daily in the UK, Gartner says that due to wireless internet technology coming down in price, more mobile phone handsets will include online technology and therefore more users will move… Continue reading Text Messaging To Be Obsolete Within Five Years

Emap is to relaunch Heat Radio with a celebrity news format and sponsorship, promotions and ad-funded programming in place of spot advertising.The national digital station, which is currently an automated jukebox, will be relaunched at the end of September with an “exclusive club” of five clients whose advertising will be worked into the station’s content.Traditional… Continue reading Heat Radio To Relaunch With Integrated Advertising

Text messages will be obsolete within the next five years, according to new research from Gartner.Although there are currently 114 million text messages sent daily in the UK, Gartner says that due to wireless internet technology coming down in price, more mobile phone handsets will include online technology and therefore more users will move from… Continue reading Text Messaging To Be Obsolete Within Five Years

Pearson, publisher of the Financial Times, has announced that FT group revenues were up 8% with profits up 28% in the first half. Pre-tax profits for the whole group rose from £14 million a year ago to £40 million. The FT reported a 12% rise in subscriptions and FT.com subscribers were also up 12%, to… Continue reading Pearson Profits Up

The latest edition of ZenithOptimedia’s UK Television Forecasts to 2012 predicts that the television ad market will stop shrinking this year, and start growing again – if at a modest 2% a year – in 2008. Television will however grow for only 1%-2% a year for the rest of the forecast period, and its market… Continue reading UK TV Ad Market To Grow

SDN, the ITV owned multiplex operator, has awarded a £500 million contract to design, build and run a new digital terrestrial TV (DTT) network to Arqiva.The contract has been awarded in preparation for the forthcoming digital switchover (see Whitehaven Gets Ready For Digital Switchover), with the replacement network having increased transmission power levels which means… Continue reading Arqiva Wins Contract To Run New DTT Network

Griff Rhys Jones’ new series, exploring the mountains of Great Britain, got off to a sizeable start on BBC One last night, gaining an average adult audience of more than 3.9 million.The popular personality pulled in an 18.6% viewing share for the channel as he explored the bleak and rugged beauty of the north west… Continue reading Mountain High For New BBC One Series

The Times‘ online offering recorded a 10.5% increase in visitors in June, overtaking the Sun‘s site to scoop second place behind Guardian Unlimited, according to figures from ABCe.Times Online attracted 9.64 million unique users, compared to 8.73 million in May, a gain of 917,000 visitors.Visitors to the Sun‘s website increased by 0.2% month on month… Continue reading Times Online Boosts Site Users

The latest edition of ZenithOptimedia’s UK Television Forecasts to 2012 predicts that the television ad market will stop shrinking this year, and start growing again – if at a modest 2% a year – in 2008.Television will however grow for only 1%-2% a year for the rest of the forecast period, and its market share… Continue reading UK TV Ad Market To Grow

Last week saw a flurry of financial activity as several companies released their results, with BSkyB and BT amongst them.BSkyB announced that its full year revenue increased by 10% to £4.5 million, with an annual operating profit of £815 million (Full Story), whilst BT’s first quarter results showed that its revenue was up 3% to… Continue reading Media In The City: BSkyB Announces Revenue Increase