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Women are 38% more likely than men to buy a Christmas gift online and 55% more likely than men to do “as much of their Christmas shopping as possible” over the internet, according to analysts Nielsen//NetRatings. 62% of Britons online expect to make more Christmas gift purchases via the internet than last year, whilst this… Continue reading Women Dominate Success Of Online Christmas

Phone-in television games should count as gambling and the industry needs stronger guidlines, according to Nick Rust, of Sky Bet.MPs have heard that TV quiz shows can charge viewers as much as 75p for phone calls even if they do not get through and they are a “lottery” not a test of skill.The Commons culture… Continue reading Phone-In TV Games Should Count As Gambling

Today’s MediaTel Group seminar on the future of radio saw the top players in the commercial sector mount an impassioned defence of the medium, offering their thoughts on a variety of subjects and all unanimous in the belief that radio has a bright future despite some of the naysayers in the press. All of those… Continue reading Radio Industry Looks Forward To The Future

Magazine publisher Future has delivered “disappointing” financial results, having overspent in new acquisitions, after the group announced its profits were down by a third in its results to 30 September 2006. The publisher’s profits fell by a third to £13.7 million in the year to the end of September. Lower sales and ad revenues from… Continue reading Future Looks Ahead After Disappointing Financial Results

Following yesterday’s release of GCap Media’s financial results, the company’s chairman, Ralph Bernard, was present at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on the future of radio and gave a robust defence of what some commentators saw as a less than sparkling performance from one of commercial radio’s flagship groups, particularly with regard to Capital Radio.Of course,… Continue reading Bernard Defends GCap Results

IPC Media’s IPC Connect, the company’s women’s weeklies division, and Groupe Marie Claire are to launch a new magazine early in the New Year.Project Honey, aimed at 18 to 30-year-old women, has been developed over the past 18 months and represents an £18 million investment across its first two years, making it IPC Media’s biggest-ever… Continue reading IPC Media Sweetened By Biggest Ever Mag Launch

Magazine publisher Future has delivered “disappointing”financial results, having overspent in new acquisitions, after the group announced its profits were down by a third in its results to 30 September 2006.The publisher’s profits fell by a third to £13.7 million in the year to the end of September. Lower sales and ad revenues from its games… Continue reading Future Looks Ahead After Disappointing Financial Results

Today’s MediaTel Group seminar on the future of radio saw the top players in the commercial sector mount an impassioned defence of the medium, offering their thoughts on a variety of subjects and all unanimous in the belief that radio has a bright future despite some of the naysayers in the press.All of those on… Continue reading Radio Industry Looks Forward To The Future

UK Women are 38% more likely than men to buy a Christmas gift online and 55% more likely than men to do “as much of their Christmas shopping as possible” over the internet, according to analysts Nielsen//NetRatings.62% of Britons online expect to make more Christmas gift purchases via the internet than last year, whilst this… Continue reading Women Dominate Success Of Online Christmas

Pre-tax profits at GCap Media are down 32% year on year, according to the group’s interim results for the six months to 30 September 2006. The company made £8.4 million compared to £12.4 million in the same period last year. Flagship London station, Capital Radio, has seen its revenue down by £6.3 million year on… Continue reading Capital Radio Continues To Impede GCap Media’s Growth