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February 2005 saw 2.19 billion text messages sent, with person to person texts across the UK GSM network operators showing an increase of 7.2% on the total sent during the same period in 2004, according to the latest figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA). The month’s total was boosted by Valentine’s Day, which… Continue reading February Text Messages Reach 2.19 Billion

Tio Pepe will be sponsoring the second series of Hell’s Kitchen on ITV1 and ITV2, with Gonzalez Byass, maker of the top selling Fino putting the sponsorship at the centre of its ongoing campaign to educate consumers that Tio Pepe is a drink to be enjoyed with food.The sponsorship deal, worth a seven figure sum,… Continue reading Tio Pepe Sponsors Second Series Of Hell’s Kitchen

class=”article”>Fragmentation of traditional TV audiences has led to numerous out of home TV networks springing up to fill the void and provide marketers with more opportunities to target consumers. However, Tom Paton, sales and marketing director for newly established in taxi TV system, Cabvision, believes that many of these systems neglect to adequately target consumers,… Continue reading Tuning In To Taxi TV

Emap Performance has announced the appointment of Steve Parkinson, marketing director of Chrysalis Radio and managing director of the group’s London based Heart 106.2 FM, as national brand director.The new role will involve development of all Emap’s national radio brands, including Kiss, Magic, Kerrang!, Q, Smash Hits, The Hits, Heat and Mojo, as well as… Continue reading Emap Raids Chrysalis For National Brand Director

Digital TV will rule the airwaves in the Welsh villages of Ferryside and Llansteffan tonight as the Government takes its first step towards creating a digital-only television service for Britain, switching off the analogue signal to nearly 500 homes.The move will place the two small villages on a par with Berlin as the only areas… Continue reading First Welsh Villages To Drop Analogue TV Tonight

Mobile phone operator, Nokia, and international design and lifestyle publication, Wallpaper*, have joined forces to create Wallpaper* to go…, a mobile site for design, interiors, lifestyle, fashion and travel tips and trends.The new site coincides with the availability of Nokia’s new fashion-orientated collection of mobile phones, with each model sporting a colour screen and GPRS… Continue reading Nokia And Wallpaper* Create Mobile Design Site

Radio giant Chrysalis has vowed to continue its search for acquisitions and merger opportunities, despite having its initial approaches to Guardian Media Group rebuffed last week.In a statement this morning to the City, Chrysalis stated that it would “continue to review acquisition opportunities in the radio sector” which would be “complementary” to its existing radio… Continue reading Chrysalis Unperturbed By GMG Takeover Rebuttal

Cable operator, NTL, has begun testing its first high definition TV services via new ADSL2+ technology, allowing massively increased connection speeds without the need to install expensive fibre optic lines to customers’ homes.The new technology was revealed in a financial presentation, with NTL stating that it had been running trials of the new, high definition… Continue reading NTL Trials High Definition TV With Ultra Fast Broadband

MediaTel Group, in association with MediaGuardian, will present a seminar on the Future of Digital TV next month, chaired by the BBC’s media correspondent, Torin Douglas, and featuring a panel of distinguished media commentators.Held on 12 April at the Guardian Newsroom, the event will comprise a panel debate and audience question and answer session tackling… Continue reading Digital TV In The Spotlight At MediaTel Seminar

February was a strong month for UK cinema, with admissions reaching over 14.8 million and weekly admissions averaging 3.70 million, a 11% increase year on year, according to the latest data released by the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA).Comedy flick,Meet the Fockers, enjoyed a strong performance during February, grossing £17.5 million and hitting over £26 million… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Up By 11% In February