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One of Europe’s leading specialist music websites, NME.com, has signed a major deal with Sony Walkman to launch a competition to find new and unknown bands in Britain.The contest, known as the Walkman NME Breaking Bands competition, is part of NME.com’s 10th anniversary celebrations. Any band with access to the NME.com site will be able… Continue reading NME.com Launches Music Talent Quest With Sony Walkman

Times newspapers will run further text offers after the remarkable success of a recent free DVD via text message promotion, which generated 100,000 responses via mobile phones.The promotion ran in both the Times and the Sunday Times, offering children’s films like Alice In Wonderland, The Railway Children and The Jungle Book to readers who sent… Continue reading Times Newspapers To Run More Text Message DVD Promos

WPP worldwide revenues were up 17% for the first five months of the year on a reportable basis, with a growth of over 13% in constant currencies. The trading update was provided at the group’s AGM today by Philip Lader, chairman of WPP. The United Kingdom was the only region not to show double-digit revenue… Continue reading WPP Reports Growth For First Five Months of 2006

GCap Media has shelled out £2.6 million in severance payments to ousted directors, and chairman of the company’s remuneration committee, Alastair Ross Goobey, has apologised to shareholders. The non-executive issued an unprecedented statement offering a full explanation for the sums paid to David Mansfield, the former chief executive, and other former colleagues. Mansfield left the… Continue reading GCap Media Says Sorry To Shareholders

Cartoon Network will make its first foray into bespoke broadband content with the imminent launch of its new paid-for broadband television service.SuperCartoonNetwork.co.uk will be launched by the end of the year, with the network’s parent company Turner Broadcasting Systems partnering with digital rights company Premium TV.The move sees Cartoon Network following the likes of the… Continue reading Cartoon Network To Move Into Broadband TV Market

England’s gripping win against Ecuador brought in a massive 16.1 million adult viewers for BBC1 yesterday afternoon, as Beckham’s battlers overcame the South Americans.An average of 12.6 million adults watched the game (giving BBC1 a 74% audience share) and were treated to a tense affair which England did just enough to win. An average of… Continue reading England Win On BBC1

Sky subscribers in Britain will soon be able to set their Sky+ programme recorder remotely via their mobile phone or the internet.Users of the BSkyB service will have to register for the remote access, which is free apart from mobile network and internet charges. The Sky by mobile service is available to subscribers of Sky… Continue reading Sky+ Service To Be Accessible On Mobiles And Online

Text messaging achieved an all time high in May, reaching 3.3 billion messages, according to latest figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA).Person-to-person texts sent across the UK GSM network operators last month increased by 26% on the total sent during the same period in 2005, beating the previous record of 3.2 billion set… Continue reading UK Txt Msgs Reach 3.3 Billion For May

Big Brother‘s Friday night eviction was well watched, with viewers clamouring to see who the public would kick out of the house.Lisa, a 27-year-old upholsterer from Manchester, was the public’s choice and the live eviction was watched by a peak of 5.2 million adults, making it the most watched programme on at the time. The… Continue reading Big Brother Eviction Brings In Viewers

Advertising expenditure in the UK rose by 2.6% to nearly £19 billion in 2005 when measured at current prices (i.e. before accounting for inflation), according to newly released figures from the World Advertising Research Center (WARC) on behalf of the Advertising Association (AA).After adjusting for inflation the rise means a 0.6% increase in real terms… Continue reading Advertising Expenditure Almost £19 Billion In 2005