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BBC Worldwide made record pre-tax profits of £111.1 million in the 12 months to March 31, with the proportion of sales to outside the UK up by 5% year on year to 46%. Investment in BBC-commissioned programmes was also up at £96.3 million from £89.0 million in 2005/06, with total programme investment at £103.6 million.… Continue reading Record Profits For BBC Worldwide

Last night saw the return of Kirstie and Phil to Channel 4 with Location, Location, Location. The show did wonderfully, picking up a peak audience of 4.5 million viewers (a 23.6% viewing share) in its 8pm slot.This week, our dishy duo were in Glasgow, where property prices have risen an amazing 42% in the past… Continue reading Triumphant Return For Kirstie And Phil

Simon Marquis, chairman of the National Readership Survey, has been confirmed as the final panellist for MediaTel Group’s forthcoming ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar.Marquis joins Jo Blake, head of press at BLM; Ian Clark, general manager of thelondonpaper; Stuart Taylor, commercial director of Guardian News & Media, and Ray Snoddy, media journalist, as well as… Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Final Panellist Confirmed For Newspaper Seminar

Emap’s Magic 105.4 has announced an exclusive year long partnership with English National Ballet.The partnership starts this week with a campaign promoting English National Ballet’s performances of Swan Lake at the Palace of Versailles in July.A series of 30-second trails will promote the show and are intended to drive traffic to magic.co.uk, where listeners will… Continue reading Magic 105.4 Partners With English National Ballet

Jane Kesley, former Emap Advertising cross media director and founder of XmC, has teamed up with ex-Starcom Group and Starcom+ chiefs Andy Roberts and Adam Bishop to form Village Green, an independent specialist agency.Village Green intends to deliver more effective brand solutions by engaging consumers through content. It will do this through a range of… Continue reading Trio Join Forces To Launch Independent Specialist Agency

The BBC’s on-demand broadband TV service, iPlayer, is launching on 27 July, it was announced today by Ashley Highfield, the BBC’s director of future media & technology.Once viewers have accessed BBC iPlayer at bbc.co.uk/iPlayer and have downloaded a programme, they will have up to 30 days in which to watch it. Once watched, the programme… Continue reading BBC iPlayer To Launch In July

Universal McCann has lowered its 2007 US advertising forecast to 3.1% and for overseas growth it now forecasts a gain of 4.2%. It currently expects a growth of 4.2% in worldwide advertising spending, in contrast to its December forecast of 5.3%, assuming no change in interest rates. In December, Universal McCann projected a US advertising… Continue reading Universal McCann Lowers 2007 US Ad Forecast

Tiscali has announced a deal with BSkyB that will add the full set of Sky’s basic channels – including Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Three, Sky Arts, Sky Travel, Sky News and Sky Sports News – to its channel line up.Today’s deal will see the channels become available to Tiscali TV customers over the summer.… Continue reading Tiscali TV In Sky Channel Deal

SMG has completed its 100-day business review, deciding to focus on the sale of non-core assets, restructuring the TV business and growing revenues. The review was initiated after Bob Woodward became chief executive at the end of February (see ITV Welcomes Ofcom’s Public Service Proposals). SMG will continue to look for buyers for Pearl &… Continue reading SMG Completes Business Review

The latest Carat adspend forecasts predict that global adspend growth will be 5.8% this year, fractionally down from last year’s 5.9%. The 2007 forecast for Western Europe is down slightly from 4.4% to 4.1%. Carat says that online accounts for almost all this growth. Digital television services will continue to grow well throughout the year,… Continue reading Global Adspend Forecast To Grow 5.8%