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Channel 4 has made a £50,000 payment to Great Ormond Street Hospital following the scandal which erupted over the Richard & Judy You Say We Pay premium-rate phone quiz.The You Say We Pay quiz was axed in February following claims that people who rang in attempting to win a prize had no chance of being… Continue reading Channel 4 Makes Richard & Judy Charity Payment

Publicis, the French marketing and advertising group, has bought the digital agency Business Interactif for €137 (£92 million). The group is set to merge Business Interactif with its own digital advertising operation, Digitas, which it acquired last year (see Publicis Buys US Digital Marketing Firm). The deal sees Publicis Groupe acquire a 49% stake in… Continue reading Publicis Buys French Digital Agency For £92 Million

LBC 97.3FM has teamed up with Capital One to launch a multi-media, consumer-awareness campaign to highlight the dangers of fraud.The Chrysalis owned station is running an intensive awareness week on James O’Brien’s morning show between 10am and 1pm from June 18 – June 22.With media buying by Starcom MediaVest, Fighting Fraud with James O’Brien and… Continue reading LBC 97.3FM And Capital One Launch Fraud Prevention Campaign

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is to sell nine of its 35 Fox TV stations having appointed an adviser for the sale. The stations most likely to be sold are in Fox Television Stations’ – a subsidiary of Fox TV – smallest markets and include WDAF in Kansas City, WHBQ in Memphis, KDVR in Denver and… Continue reading News Corp To Sell Nine Fox TV Stations

Advertisers will spend $1.4 billion worldwide on mobile media this year, rising to $14.4 billion by 2011, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. The Global Mobile Advertising Update: Outlook Bright as Inventory Expands report says that mobile media advertising will account for a fifth of global spending on internet advertising by 2011. Phil… Continue reading Mobile Media Adspend To Increase

The pay TV market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will grow by 36% over the next five years, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media. The fourth edition of Informa Telecoms & Media’s Middle East and Africa TV report shows that the region’s 4.5 million pay TV subscribers at the… Continue reading Strong growth forecast for Middle East & Africa pay TV

Last night saw the first semi-final of ITV1’s awesome variety contest Britain’s Got Talent, with the angelic voiced Dominic Smith departing our screens after the judges decided he didn’t quite cut the mustard.Dominic’s departure leaves hot favourite Paul Potts up against Damon Scott in the big final show on Sunday, and with a peak audience… Continue reading Viewers Flock To Britain’s Got Talent Semi-Final

Chief executive of the DRDB, Ian Dickens, who has been at the helm of the digital radio trade body for five years, will step down later this year, with the DRDB now actively seeking a new chief executive.“Ian has been a superb champion of DAB digital radio and is rightly credited with helping to pull… Continue reading DRDB Chief Exec To Stand Down

The Digital Radio Development Bureau has today announced that more than five million DAB digital radios have been sold in the UK, equating to almost 10 million listeners tuning in to DAB around Britain.The consumer electronics industry’s research body, Gfk, has revealed the landmark figures, following the positive news on the growth of digital radio… Continue reading DAB Radio Sales Reach Record Five Million

Out of home media agency Kinetic is restructuring its business in the UK in a move reflecting the changing and dynamic nature of the out of home market and the company’s continued growth.Three distinct new planning divisions will be created, each under the stewardship of a director.James Copley, currently client development director, will lead all… Continue reading Kinetic Restructures UK Business