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GCap is to merge eight AM and DAB digital Classic Gold radio stations with the seven AM and DAB digital Capital Gold stations to form the national Gold network, going live on-air and online from 7pm on Friday, August 3.Gold will be aimed at ABC1 35-54 year old music fans and aims to distinguish itself… Continue reading GCap To Launch Gold Network

Emap is increasing the frequency of its young women’s magazine, More, changing the title from fortnightly publication to weekly, in a move said to counter the threat of readers defecting to IPC’s Look, which launched at the beginning of this year.From September, lifestyle glossy More will double its print output, hoping to head off the… Continue reading Emap Puts More Into Women’s Weekly Market

Paul Corley, the managing director of GMTV, is to stand down from the breakfast broadcaster following the company’s recent phone-in quiz scandal.In April, Corley appeared on the GMTV sofa to apologise to viewers over failures in its premium-rate phone quiz, and will now step down in September.The GMTV call-TV scandal erupted following a Panorama investigation… Continue reading GMTV MD To Leave Following Phone-In Scandal

A new study on in-game advertising from Double Fusion and Interpret has found that 75% of gamers engage with at least one ad per minute across most, but not all, game types, whilst 81% of gamers engage at least every other minute. The research, designed with and conducted by new media research firm Interpret LLC,… Continue reading Gamers Engaging With In-Game Ads

Internet TV advertising could achieve revenues of up to $10 billion worldwide by 2011, according to a new industry report from Understanding & Solutions. Understanding & Solutions adds that this equates to 18% of the internet advertising market for that year, forecast at $57 billion. However, there is an internet TV ‘goldrush’ in progress, as… Continue reading Internet TV Ad Revenues Could Reach $10bn Worldwide

Omnicom Group has announced its net income for the second quarter of 2007 increased 13.4% to $276.7 million from $244.1 million in the second quarter of 2006. Omnicom, owner of media and advertising agencies including OMD, PHD and TBWA, said that worldwide revenue increased 10.7% to $3,126.1 million from $2,823.4 million in the second quarter… Continue reading Omnicom Announces Revenue Increase

Guardian Media Group Radio has created a £1 million fund to invest in new programming initiatives for its range of brands across the UK.In what is believed to be the biggest single investment in content in commercial radio, the newly created budget will be aimed at anyone who has a great programming idea. In particular,… Continue reading GMG Creates £1m Programming Fund

Last night saw the final episode of ITV1’s business reality show Tycoon, which finished with a peak of 1.4 million viewers (a 7.4% audience share).The series, which had been seen as a contender to BBC One’s Apprentice, started out as an hour-long show on Tuesdays at 9pm but began with poor viewing figures – an… Continue reading Tycoon Finishes On A Low

Nuts, the men’s magazine published by IPC, is to launch a TV station on Freeview later in the year.Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) and IPC Media will launch NutsTV in a four-hour block from 9pm to 1am later this year on Freeview, with more platforms to launch at a later stage.The channel’s programming will be live,… Continue reading Nuts To Launch Digital TV Channel

The worldwide online population will increase from 1.1 billion users in 2006 to 1.5 billion in 2011, representing 22% of the overall worldwide population in that year, according to a new report from JupiterResearch. The Worldwide Online Population Forecast, 2006 to 2011: Emerging Economies Catalyse Future Growth report shows that Brazil, Russia, India, and China… Continue reading Global Online Population To Increase