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Ofcom has announced the appointment of Thomas Prag as the new chair for the Ofcom Advisory Committee for Scotland, with immediate effect.Prag has been a member of the Advisory Committee for Scotland since 2004. He was involved in setting up BBC Radio Highland in Inverness and subsequently was founder managing director at Moray Firth Radio… Continue reading New Chair For Ofcom Advisory Committee Scotland

WPP has agreed a deal with US digital video recorder company TiVo which will see it broadcast advertising on its personal video recorder (PVR) service.WPP’s GroupM media agencies (including MindShare, MediaCom and Mediaedge:cia) are involved in the deal, which includes an agreement to buy a minimum amount of advertising.The TiVo PVR includes features, such as… Continue reading WPP Signs Deal With TiVo

BT has signed an exclusive deal with Emap for the publisher and broadcaster to provide branded music video services and programmes for its TV via broadband service, BT Vision.Under the Emap brand ‘The Hits On Demand’, music videos from a variety of genres will be available, with viewers being guided in their choices by Emap’s… Continue reading Emap To Bring Music Brands To BT Vision

IPC Advertising Central Sales group advertisement director Alison Deas has announced three significant developments across the division.Peter Edwards has been appointed head of Corporate Business Development, leading a team charged with developing and delivering cross-brand and cross-platform solutions for some of the biggest advertisers in the UK.Edwards joins IPC from Viacom Outdoor’s client communications team.… Continue reading IPC Central Sales Announces Senior Appointments

The global market for video-on-demand services delivered via cable, internet protocol television (IPTV) networks and broadband is set to grow massively, according to new research from US researcher iSuppli. The VOD market is already seeing rapid growth, achieving more than 40% growth in 2005 compared to 2004, whilst the overall global VOD market will grow… Continue reading VOD Market To See Massive Growth

Independent News & Media recorded an increase in revenue of 3.6% to €796.7 million for the six months to June 30, with growth driven primarily by the publishing division (4.2%). The company’s interim statement, released today also showed good underlying increases in both circulation (5.5%) and advertising (3.8%) revenues. Independent News & Media said that… Continue reading Independent News & Media Announces Interim Results

Nearly 40 million digital households will be added in 2006, bringing the global total to 183 million, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media. Informa Telecoms & Media estimate that digital penetration of TV households will reach 16% by the end of this year. According to the Global Digital TV – 6th… Continue reading Digital Penetration Of TV Households To Reach 16%

Nick Manning, the chief executive of Manning Gottlieb OMD and OMD UK, is to leave the agency. According to reports in the trade press, Nick Manning, who founded Manning Gottlieb Media with Colin Gottlieb in 1990, is expected to leave OMD next Spring. MGM was renamed Manning Gottlieb OMD in February 2002 following MGM joining… Continue reading Nick Manning Set To Leave OMD

It was the final of How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? on Saturday evening and the second instalment of the show was the most watched programme on the night.The first Maria of the evening, on BBC One at 6.30pm, attracted a peak audience of 5.2 million adults (a 29% audience share).The second programme,… Continue reading Maria Attracts 7.5 Million Viewers

The ABC in the UK is currently working with media owners to evolve the currency to provide an enhanced cross-platform report where required and appropriate, according to the organisation’s CEO, Chris Boyd.However, Boyd said that at the moment there is no call from media buyers in Britain for the audited data across the various platforms… Continue reading Cross-Platform Net ABC Measure Not Yet Needed In UK