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WPP’s reportable revenue for the first six months of 2006 was up 16.1% at £2.864 billion, with headline profit before tax up over 24% to £361 million. On a constant currency basis, revenue was up 12.7% compared with last year, whilst on a like for like basis, excluding the impact of acquisitions and currency, revenues… Continue reading WPP Reportable Revenue Up In H1 2006

The majority of the money made from quiz show channel ITV Play comes from viewers failing to get through on premium rate phone lines.According to a report in today’s Daily Telegraph, ITV is budgeting for £20 million profits from the channel this year.The report says that William Van Rest, controller of ITV Play, said that… Continue reading Failure To Get Through Fills ITV’s Coffers

Extras returned to our screens last night, bringing in a peak audience of 3.3 million adults (a 16.2% audience share) all wanting to witness the cringeworthy escapades of the assorted guest stars.For those of us unlucky enough to miss an episode of the award winning BBC2 show, viewers are able to catch up with it… Continue reading Extras Returns With 3.3 Million Viewers

Time Out Group has hired Graeme Tottle to the newly created role of commercial director of the listings guide’s sales operation, a post he recently filled for Emap men’s magazines.Tottle will oversee advertising for the London edition of Time Out and its website, as well as identifying cross-platform opportunities for clients.The newly created role will… Continue reading Time Out Hires Commercial Director

Blipverts, 5-second adverts played after the news headlines and before the main news content, will run exclusively on Chrysalis Radio’s Galaxy Manchester, the first time the format has been used outside of London and on the Galaxy network.The blips, which will be supported by 30-second first-in-break airtime ads, have been created by Galaxy Radio and… Continue reading Blipvert Radio Ad Format Expands Out Of The Capital

BSkyB has suspended its Sky by broadband movie download service after pirates hacked the Microsoft supplied facility using software from FreeUse4WM.It is Microsoft’s Windows Media Data Rights Management software that has been compromised. Sky said: “We took this step as a precaution after Microsoft said it was working on an update to its Digital Rights… Continue reading Hackers Force BSkyB To Suspend Movie Download Service

The growth of Freeview and a strong BBC are to blame for ITV’s falling audience numbers, according to outgoing ITV chief executive Charles Allen, who was speaking at the Royal Television Society’s conference yesterday.“Freeview accounted for 75% of our decline,” said Allen, also attributing the performance of the BBC and the speedy growth of digital… Continue reading Freeview And Strong BBC To Blame For ITV’s Problems

Independent media specialist Target Media has launched the UK’s largest regular specialist survey into consumer entertainment products and services.The online Eyeball research panel has been developed in partnership with Market Evolution and is intended to provide clients with insight into fast changing consumer trends.Robert Wilkerson, managing director of Target Media, said: “Eyeball Entertainment offers deeper… Continue reading Target Media Launches UK’s Largest Online Entertainment Panel

The UK’s hottest online brands of the year have been revealed, with user generated content really making an impact.New research from Nielsen//NetRatings shows that the three fastest growing online brands in the UK all focus on technologies that allow users to define the content that their peers will look at online.Alongside Photobucket, the photo and… Continue reading Hottest Online Brands Of 2006 Revealed

TBG London, the digital marketing agency, has signed a deal with YourKindaTV, the online TV channel, to offer advertising before and after YourKindaTV’s broadcasts.This is the first advertising deal YourKindaTV has signed and is also the first time TBG has invested in ads of this kind.TGB will use the space to run ads for its… Continue reading Online TV Channel Unveils New Advertising Deal