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Icstis, the premium phone line regulator, has hit back against claims in the Sun and the Daily Star that it has imposed a fine of £250,000 on Channel 4’s Richard & Judy Show.The articles said that Icstis had ruled that the You Say, We Pay quiz on Richard & Judy had breached rules and the… Continue reading Icstis Denies Sun and Star Claims

BBC One’s Any Dream Will Do went head to head with ITV1’s Grease Is The Word on Saturday night, with Joseph’s technicolour dreamcoat coming out on top.Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest brainchild, which follows on from last year’s successful search for Maria, gained an average adult audience of more than four million, a 27.3% viewing share,… Continue reading Joseph’s Technicolor Dreamcoat Smothers Greased Lightning

The Financial Times has undergone a redesign backed by a multi-million pound marketing push in order to make the newspaper more accessible and modern.The title now has a new masthead and more colour to its salmon pink pages, whilst The People section has been expanded and the Business Life and Arts pages have been moved… Continue reading Redesign And Marketing Push To Modernise Financial Times

The results of a recent survey from Q Research show that only 32% of the British 11-20 year olds surveyed would be happy to receive advertising messages to their mobile phones. However, when these youngsters were asked if they would like tor receive advertising messages targeted to the individual recipient, this figure rose to 71%.… Continue reading Some British Teens Happy To Receive Mobile Ads

Each week, NewsLine brings you a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.The main City news this week concerned Google as they acquired the online advertising company Doubleclick for £3.1 billion, more than they paid for the video-sharing website YouTube (Full Story).The search engine giant also signed an agreement with… Continue reading Media In The City

The latest CRR adjudicator’s record shows that ITV broke the Contract Rights Renewal rules once in the past 12 months.The adjudicator’s office was formally asked to rule on three cases involving ITV, ruling against the braodcaster in only one of them.Of the three, one concerned the terms offered by ITV on a line-by-line deal for… Continue reading ITV Broke CRR Rules Once In Past 12 Months

Alex Zane is set to replace Lauren Laverne as Xfm London’s breakfast show host, in a series of moves at the GCap station.The Popworld presenter, who has been at Xfm on and off since 2003, started presenting Xfm London’s Friday breakfast show at the beginning of January ((see Alex Zane To Present XFM Friday Breakfast… Continue reading Alex Zane New Xfm London Breakfast DJ

Google’s net profits for the first quarter of 2007 were $1 billion (£500 million), a 69% increase on the same period last year. Its revenue was up 63% to $3.6 billion (£1.8 billion) for Q1, including traffic acquisition costs of $1.1 billion, or 31% of advertising revenues. Revenues from the UK totaled $578 million, representing… Continue reading Google Records Strong Profits Increase

The second part in the new series of BBC One’s Sea Of Souls provide more alluring for viewers than finding out who’s up and down in Britain’s Rich List.The concluding part of the ghostly drama series, starring Bill Patterson, attracted an adult audience of 3.9 million between 9pm and 10pm, with peak of 4.2 million… Continue reading BBC One’s Ghosts More Rewarding Than ITV1’s Rich List

WPP reported a 0.7% decline in revenues to £1.3 billion in the first quarter of the year, with the UK the group’s slowest growing region. However, UK revenues were up by over 2%, which WPP said reflected the significance of market research revenues. Much of the blame for the decline in WPP’s revenues rests with… Continue reading Revenues Decline For WPP