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Virgin Media is to launch a home media package targeting households that are willing to spend more than £1,000 per year on a combination of products.According to a report in the Guardian, customers will be able to get a top of the range digital TV service, home phone and broadband package for £85 a month.Virgin… Continue reading Virgin Media To Target The Affluent

Communications giant BT has seen its revenue rise 5% to £5,126 million, with continued strong growth in new wave revenue more than offsetting the decline in traditional revenue, according to the company’s Q3 results. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation before specific items and leaver costs grew by 2.5%, the fourth consecutive quarter of… Continue reading BT Sees 5% Revenue Rise In Q3

A travel sized edition of woman’s monthly magazine In Style is set to launch from its April issue, which is on sale at the beginning of March.IPC SouthBank has announced that the smaller format of the fashion and style title will be sold exclusively in WHSmith Travel outlets in railway stations and airports.Publishing director Kirsten… Continue reading In Style Adds New Format

England’s dismal 1-0 defeat in a friendly against Spain drew 6.3 million adult viewers to BBC One last night, with 28.6% of the adult television viewing population seeing a woeful performance from McClaren’s men.The return of entrepreneurial business reality show, Dragon’s Den, attracted an audience of almost three million, giving BBC Two a 12.8% share,… Continue reading Dismal Defeat Boosts BBC One

The total number of US TV households is expected grow 47% by the year 2050, from 111.4 million to 163.7 million, according to estimates released today by Nielsen Media Research in its annual report Projected Estimates of TV Households and Persons 2008 to 2050. The report also includes projected estimates for African-American, Hispanic and, for… Continue reading US TV Households To Grow 47%

The BBC has shortlisted three media agencies to take forward to the next stage of its media planning and buying selection process which began in October 2006.Mediaedge:cia, MPG, and Zenith Optimedia are the three agencies shortlisted by the Corporation.The process is part of a formal review of the BBC’s media planning and buying account, a… Continue reading BBC Shortlists Three Agencies For Planning And Buying

Emap has announced that its annual performance is likely to be toward the end of market expectations. The company said that trading conditions in consumer media markets will remain challenging in 2007-08, although the prospects for its business-to-business operations are robust. Emap said that a strategic review of its businesses, announced in November, was expected… Continue reading Emap Puts Out Profits Warning

Clear Channel Outdoor UK’s ‘Piccadilly Spectacular’ site, part of its Pinnacle Collection, now hosts a giant, curved LG LED screen.Clear Channel says that the significant eight-figure deal is one of the biggest in the UK involving a single location.The screen, which will be seen by more than 1.1 million people who pass through Piccadilly Circus… Continue reading New LG Screen For Clear Channel’s Piccadilly Site

Publicis groupe recorded a 6.3% increase in revenues to €4.4 billion (£2.9 billion) for 2006. Publicis also announced fourth quarter revenues of €1.25 million (£822 million), up 4.8% on the same period in 2005. Maurice Levy, Publicis chairman and CEO, said: “We have a good outlook for 2007 with advertisers regaining confidence. “We will be… Continue reading Publicis Revenues Increase For 2006

Emap Advertising has announced the appointment of Rob Tomalin as head of Emap2.Tomalin’s role will see him build on his background of establishing strategic partnerships with clients and media agencies, in order to further enhance Emap2’s client offering.Tomalin joined Emap Advertising in 2002, first setting up a New Business team before becoming cross media group… Continue reading Tomalin Appointed Head Of Emap2