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BBC One’s new drama, Sorted, which follows the highs and lows of a group of postie pals, continued to do well in its second week, gaining an average of 3.9 million adult viewers for the station (a 20.9% audience share), beating Channel 4’s Big Brother.BB managed to lure an average of 3.6 million viewers in… Continue reading New BBC One Drama Continues To Triumph

Housing and planning minister, Yvette Cooper, has urged councils to crack down on illegal roadside ads, following a seven-week consultation on outdoor advertising, according to reports in the trade press.The government has asked councils to work closely with the Highways Agency to reduce the number of ads placed by motorway services, out-of-town retail parks, farmers… Continue reading Government To Crack Down On Illegal Roadside Ads

The head of Film4, Tom Sykes, has quit just days after the channel moved from a subscription-based service to a free one, according to reports in the trade press.Sykes will apparently step down from the role in mid-September and has, as yet, not revealed his plans for the future.Film4, which launched as a free channel… Continue reading Head Of Film4 Quits

Loss-making Sunday newspaper the Business, which is owned by the Barclay brothers, will covert to a magazine from 12 October and change its publication day to a Thursday.As previously reported on NewsLine, media tycoons Sir David and Sir Frederick had been considering changes to the paper after it had lost millions of pounds (see Barclay… Continue reading The Business Sets A Date For Re-Launch

Omnicom Group has reported an 8% rise in profits for the second quarter of 2006 on the back of new business wins. The worlds largest advertising agency owner saw worldwide revenue increase 8% to $2,823.4 million from $2,615.8 million in the second quarter of 2005, while domestic revenue for the second quarter of 2006 increased… Continue reading Omnicom Group Reports Q2 Profits Up 8%

JCDecaux has reported a 13.4% year-on-year revenue increase to €945.8 million (£646.2 million) for the first half of 2006, with organic revenue growth, excluding acquisitions and the impact of exchange rates, was 7.6%. The growth follows solid performances in the outdoor specialist’s transport and street furniture sectors across Europe, except in the UK (the company’s… Continue reading Strong First-Half Revenue Growth For JCDecaux

NTL:Telewest has announced details of its new quadruple-play offer which will include free TV to any new fixed line phone customer.NTL says that its TV offering is “superior to Freeview” and will allow subscribers access to advanced next generation services, including video-on-demand.The quadruple-play package is the first and only offer of its kind in the… Continue reading NTL Announces Details Of Quadruple-Play Package

Scotland’s Daily Record could be set to launch an evening edition aimed at commuters, according to reports in the trade press.It has been reported that the new 5pm evening edition will focus on sport stories, tasters of the major news stories to come the next day and extra information on stories covered in the morning… Continue reading Daily Record Could Launch Evening Freesheet

BSkyB will launch a number of genre-specific websites later in the year in a bid to extend its new media presence, following the announcement it has taken total control of online publisher, mykindaplace.The broadcaster previously owned just under half of the company. However, the mykindaplace management team will remain in place to maintain the growth… Continue reading BSkyB To Bolster New Media Presence

England’s World Cup adventure encouraged fans to notch up record text messaging figures last month, according to new data released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA).The MDA figures show that 112 messages were sent on average per day throughout June in the UK, with the total monthly figure topping 3.37 billion.Person-to-person texts sent across the… Continue reading Record Text Message Figures For June