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Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) has announced that advertising revenue for both its national and regional divisions declined year on year for the 11 months to the end of August. DMGT’s national division, Associated Newspapers, saw total advertising revenues fall by 2% (6% excluding acquisitions), with DMGT putting the “robust performance” down to strong… Continue reading DMGT Ad Revenues Decline

Bravo has announced its first major marketing campaign in five years and the launch of a new channel, Bravo 2.As well as a new channel, Bravo will also be launching a new on and off-air identity. Bravo says that the new look will comprise a more classic on-air and off-air logo and includes a new… Continue reading Bravo Launches Major Marketing Campaign

RAJAR will assess the data from its forthcoming trial with BARB on a continuous basis to obtain unprecedented insight into a number of performance measures, according to Paul Kennedy, research director at RAJAR.Speaking at the recent Media Research Group evening meeting, Kennedy said: “The panel allows us to investigate trends of radio behaviour that have… Continue reading BARB And RAJAR Trial To Yield Unprecedented Audience Insight

Haymarket Magazines, the consumer publishing and website division of Haymarket Group, is forming a new digital leadership team to speed up its development as a multi-platform media company.The leadership team’s commercial head will be Jim Murray-Jones, who joins Haymarket from Auto Trader as digital publishing director.Murray-Jones will be joined by digital editorial director Mark Payton,… Continue reading Haymarket Magazines Forms Digital Leadership Team

UK internet users’ activity at user-generated-content websites are showing significant traffic growth, according to new research from ComScore World Metrix. ComScore says that the top UGC property, Wikipedia Sites, ranked as the sixteenth most visited property in July with 6.5 million visitors (up 253% versus year ago). Other UGC sites on the Top 50 UK… Continue reading User-Generated-Content Websites Show Large Traffic Growth

Chrysalis Radio delivered overall revenue growth of 4.2% in the twelve months to 31 August, reaching £65.5 million. Chrysalis said that on a like-for-like basis, excluding the acquisition of Heart 106 in the East Midlands in May 2005, revenues for the full year were flat at £61.7 million. However, tight control of overheads and improved… Continue reading Chrysalis Radio Revenue Grows 4.2%

It was a good Monday night for BBC One, with Eastenders pulling in just over eight million adult viewers in the 7.30pm timeslot, giving the channel a more than 43% viewing share at the time.ITV1’s Emmerdale managed to gain 7.2 million adult viewers at 7pm, a 42% viewing share, whilst Holby City on BBC One… Continue reading Panorama Expose Lures 4.9 Million To BBC One

UTV has announced that it no longer intends to pursue its merger proposal with SMG, owner of Virgin Radio. UTV said that in reaching its decision the board took into account the interim results of SMG, announced on 13 September 2006, and the ongoing weakness in the advertising market faced by the ITV network. The… Continue reading UTV Withdraws SMG Merger Proposal

UTV has announced that it no longer intends to pursue its merger proposal with SMG, owner of Virgin Radio.UTV said that in reaching its decision the board took into account the interim results of SMG, announced on 13 September 2006, and the ongoing weakness in the advertising market faced by the ITV network.The city code… Continue reading UTV Withdraws SMG Merger Proposal

Companies offering high speed broadband will have to make clear that top speeds will vary significantly depending on location, after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints about a Bulldog TV and press campaign offering broadband “up to 8 meg”.NTL complained that the press ad was misleading because the maximum speed quoted would not be… Continue reading High Speed Broadband Ads Must Be Clear About Top Speeds