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BBC One’s Match of the Day dominated prime time viewing last night, with the FA Cup game between West Ham and Bolton drawing 4.6 million adults on average.The performance was enough to see off shock-orientated competition from ITV and Channel 4, with Britain’s Oldest Mums and Dads, and Fat Pets drawing 3.6 million and 3.1… Continue reading Old Parents And Fat Pets No Match For BBC Football

IASH, the Internet Advertising Sales House committee, has agreed a formal code of conduct to deliver trust and transparency in trading between advertisers, agencies and ad sales houses.To ensure self regulation is reliable, all of IASH’s member sales houses will now be required to complete an ABC ELECTRONIC audit before joining, in order to prove… Continue reading New Code To Ensure Transparent Online Ad Deals

Emap Advertising’s full marketing communications service, Emap2, is to foster insight into effective marketing activity with its first creative exhibition and seminar this month.The Art of Engagement event is to be held on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th of March at The Music Room, London W1, with Marcus Rich, MD of Emap Advertising hoping to… Continue reading Emap2 To Fuel Creativity Through Ad Seminars

At a time when media research bodies NRS, BARB and RAJAR are all examining their methodologies with a view to modernisation, the MRG will play host to some of the biggest names in the field, with a special Question Time event held in association with MediaTel Group.Due to be held on 22 March at Browns… Continue reading MRG Question Time To Focus On Changing Media Landscape

Student TV operator, SUBtv, is expanding its operations with the launch of a dedicated website, allowing students access to interactive features, competitions, messaging, surveys and polls, all feeding into the campus TV network.SUBtv currently operates in 91 UK universities, reaching 1.6 million students every week through more than 700 plasma screens at 115 installations across… Continue reading SUBtv Extends Student Offing With Community Portal

The online music market is expected to enjoy healthy growth over the rest of the decade, with worldwide sales projected to reach $10.7 million in 2010, up from $1.5 million in 2005. According to a new report from In-Stat, revenue from downloaded music will outpace revenue from physical media bought online by 2007. The high-tech… Continue reading Online Music Sales To Reach $10.7 Million By 2010

Virgin Radio is continuing its strategy of acquiring celebrity hosts, bolstering its line up with Celebrity Big Brother star Preston, signing the Ordinary Boys front-man to host a series of Sunday afternoon shows.Preston will take to the air waves this weekend, hosting a 4-7pm show playing classic tracks from the bands that inspired him, as… Continue reading Virgin Signs Ordinary Boy Preston For Sunday Show

Newspaper publisher, Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), has seen a dip of 1% in circulation revenues for its national newspapers for the five months to February 2006, with advertising revenues for the same period also suffering a depression, down by 9% year on year. Associated’s display advertising revenue fell by 10% for the same… Continue reading DMGT Newspapers Suffer Across The Board

Newspaper publisher, Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), has seen a dip of 1% in circulation revenues for its national newspapers for the five months to February 2006, with advertising revenues for the same period also suffering a depression, down by 9% year on year.Associated’s display advertising revenue fell by 10% for the same period,… Continue reading DMGT Newspapers Suffer Across The Board

RTL Group, owners of Channel Five, has seen overall revenues for 2005 increase by 4.9% reaching €5,115 million, with earnings before interest enjoying a 6.9% rise year on year. Despite mixed advertising conditions in Europe continuing, RTL reported an increase in profit of 42.6% for 2005, hitting €616 million, while net income jumped by 47%… Continue reading RTL Enjoys 5% Revenue Jump In 2005