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Mobile television looks set to make its presence felt within the media arena, with a new study from BT showing clear consumer demand for broadcast digital television and radio to be accessible from mobile phones.According to the results from BT’s pilot of broadcast digital TV to mobiles two thirds of customers would be prepared to… Continue reading BT Reveals Consumer Interest In Mobile TV

ITV’s singing showdown, Soapstar Superstar, continued to trump Channel 4’s Celebrity Big Brother last night, but was put under increased pressure by an unlikely contender – BBC One’s Traffic Cops.ITV’s soapstar sing-a-thon drew an average adult audience of 5.5 million last night, topping Channel 4’s 3.9 million, while Traffic Cops drew a respectable average of… Continue reading ITV Soapstars Put Under Pressure By Traffic Cops

Sir Robert Phillis, chief executive of Guardian Media Group (GMG) has announced that he will be stepping down from the position in July, due to health reasons. The chief executive will also retire from the Scott Trust, which owns GMG, but will remain on GMG’s board as a non-executive director. Commenting on his retirement, Phillis… Continue reading Phillis Resigns As GMG Chief Executive

Advertising revenue at GCap Media could fall by as much as 15% this month, compared to the same time last year, with industry analysts blaming some of the decline in the recent changes at Capital Radio, which saw its advertising airtime half last month.The consensus in the advertising industry is that it has been a… Continue reading GCap Advertising Revenue Forecast To Drop By 15%

Advertising revenue at GCap Media could fall by as much as 15% this month, compared to the same time last year, with industry analysts blaming some of the decline in the recent changes at Capital Radio, which saw its advertising airtime half last month. The consensus in the advertising industry is that it has been… Continue reading GCap Advertising Revenue Forecast To Drop By 15%

The latest ABC figures released today will give the Financial Times cause for celebration, as the paper reaches its highest circulation since May 2004.A healthy increase of 2.7% year on year for December gives the newspaper a total circulation of 439,563, just one month after editor Andrew Gowers resigned, citing “strategic differences” with the FT‘s… Continue reading FT Ends 2005 With Circulation High

ITV has delayed the launch of its new children’s channel CiTV by a month, pushing the launch date to 11 March to ensure a premium quality offering from the outset.ITV refused to give exact reasons for the last minute change, stating only that the date was changed “in order to make the channel as strong… Continue reading One Month Delay For ITV Kids Channel

Women are catching up with men in most areas in internet usage, with a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finding that, despite men and women using the medium for different things, the user population is evenly divided between the genders. Surveys conducted between January and June of last year found… Continue reading Women Catching Up With Men Online

Market information company, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) has revealed that it expects to deliver underlying revenue growth of around 4% and improvement in adjusted operating margin of 25-50 basis points for the full year. According to TNS’s trading statement, demand for syndicated services continues to grow steadily, while demand for custom research is more variable… Continue reading TNS Expects To Reveal Revenue Growth Of 4%

Titan Outdoor Ireland has scooped the five year contract to sell transit and rail advertising across all of operator CIE’s locations in the Republic of Ireland.The win sees Titan take over the contract from Viacom Outdoor, which had previously expressed hope to retain the sales rights, following Maiden Outdoor’s withdrawal from negotiations last year (see… Continue reading Titan Scoops CIE Account From Hopeful Viacom Outdoor