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Emap is considering the future of its Slimming and Health Plus titles, with the consumer health magazines expected to hear their fate tomorrow, after a brief consultation period.Both publications have suffered a down turn in circulation over the past years, with Slimming suffering a year on year drop of 47.2% in the latest set of… Continue reading Emap Considers Offloading Health Magazines

Global advertising firm, WPP, has announced that its operating company, Mediaedge:cia, has acquired a further 60% of the issued share capital of The Leverage Group Inc, pushing its stake up to 80%, with the group committing itself to purchase the remaining 20% at a later date. The Leverage Group is an entertainment marketing and strategic… Continue reading Mediaedge:cia Buys 60% Of The Leverage Group

The UK has the highest digital television penetration rate of any country in the world, with the latest figures from Ofcom revealing that just under 70% of UK households use the technology.Digital satellite is now the UK’s most popular television platform, with Ofcom showing that for the first time there are more digital satellite subscribers… Continue reading UK Enjoys Highest Worldwide Digital TV Penetration

The number of European Homes with digital television access is expected to quadruple over the next four years, with new research forecasting 44.9 million European countries to have access to digital signals on their main TV set by 2011.According to Informa Telecoms and Media, 16.6% of European homes will be digitally enabled by 2011, compared… Continue reading Digital TV To Reach 45 Million Europeans By 2011

The UK has the highest digital television penetration rate of any country in the world, with the latest figures from Ofcom revealing that just under 70% of UK households use the technology. Digital satellite is now the UK’s most popular television platform, with Ofcom showing that for the first time there are more digital satellite… Continue reading UK Enjoys Highest Worldwide Digital TV Penetration

ITV enjoyed a strong turnout for the live final of Stars In Their Eyes Kids, with the first half of the two part show attracting an average adult audience of 4.6 million, rising to 5.1 million for the second half results show.The broadcaster kept a solid audience throughout the night, with an average adult audience… Continue reading Stars In Their Eyes Kids Final Draws Crowds

Five has joined forces with the Telegraph Group in a multi-media partnership, with the newspaper publisher enjoying exclusive sponsorship of England’s home Test Matches and One Day cricket internationals from 2006-2009.The deal will see The Telegraph Group be the exclusive title sponsor of Five’s evening highlights programme, with up to 45 shows scheduled across the… Continue reading Telegraph Group Sponsors Cricket On Five

Government watchdog, Ofcom, has awarded nine new community radio licences, bringing the total awarded to ninety-three.The new licences will cover the areas of Dorset, West Yorkshire, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire, Salisbury Plain, Hertfordshire and NorthEast Wales.The new community licences will cover small areas with low power transmitters, forming a third tier of radio operating on a… Continue reading Ofcom Awards Nine New Community Radio Licences

ITV is to restructure its scheduling team, a move which will see Priya Singh join the commercial giant as the new head of off-peak scheduling for ITV1, while Stephen Price is promoted to become controller of the channel’s peak time scheduling.Both new appointments will report to David Bergg, ITV’s director of programme strategy, who now… Continue reading ITV Restructures Scheduling Chiefs

In February, 2005 adspend for both the UK and US was revealed, with the internet fuelling revenue growth across both sides of the pond. According to figures from Thompson Intermedia, advertising expenditure in the UK rose by 5.4% year on year in 2005, with TV adspend up by 4%, reaching £4.2 billion (see UK Adspend… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – February 2006