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Specialist magazine giant, Future Publishing, has announced that it has entered an offer period which could eventually lead to a take-over bid for rival publisher, Highbury House.In a pre-close trading statement the magazine publisher also confirmed industry speculation that it will bid for Highbury’s Front and Fast Car publications, sending shares soaring. The move follow’s… Continue reading Future Confirms Intention To Bid For Highbury

Subsidiary company of The Local Radio Company (TLRC), First Radio Sales (FRS) has today announced the win of the representation contract of the Kent Messenger Radio (KM) group of stations, giving FRS an additional six stations and increasing its coverage to 92 UK radio stations.The deal with Kent Messenger means that FRS now represents nearly… Continue reading First Radio Sales Wins Kent Messenger Contract

The UK’s fifth largest mobile phone operator, Virgin Mobile Holdings has announced a 37% increase in customer connections for the last three months to 31 December 2004, with its total subscriber base reaching 5.03 million. In Virgin’s key performance indicators (KPI), announced today, the Group revealed that it had added a net 417,000 users in… Continue reading Virgin Mobile Sees Record Increase In Subscribers

Subsidiary company of The Local Radio Company (TLRC), First Radio Sales (FRS) has today announced the win of the representation contract of the Kent Messenger Radio (KM) group of stations, giving FRS an additional six stations and increasing its coverage to 92 UK radio stations. The deal with Kent Messenger means that FRS now represents… Continue reading First Radio Sales Wins Representation Of Kent Messenger Radio Groups

The broadcasting division of newspaper publishers Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), has announced the sale of Arts and Entertainment Programming Limited (A&E) to broadcasting and cable TV company, Eiacom plc, for £365,000 in cash. The sale of A&E by DMG Broadcasting will give rise to an exceptional loss on disposal of approximately £4 million… Continue reading DMG Broadcasting To Sell Arts and Entertainment Programming Limited

The number of multiroom digital video recorders (DVR) units deployed by cable and satellite television providers in the US are set to exceed 25 million by 2009, according to a new report by market research and consulting firm, Parks Associates. The study forecasts that companies will bring into action mass-entertainment networking solutions in limited numbers… Continue reading Multiroom DVRs To Exceed 25 Million By 2009

US local online advertising expenditure is set to hit $3.9 billion in 2005, enjoying more than twice the growth rate of overall internet advertising, according to a new report by media research firm, Borrell Associates. The new projections reveal that local online adspend in 2005, will increase by 46% more than 2004, with paid search… Continue reading US Online Adspend To Reach $3.9 Billion In 2005

Online auction company, eBay has signed up its ten millionth registered user in the UK, doubling its number of users in less than a year, and further confirming the success of online shopping in the UK. ebay’s fifth birthday in October 2004, saw the site attract 7.6 million users, indicating that eBay generates 600,000 users… Continue reading eBay UK Hits Ten Million Customers

British women are spending increasing amounts of time betting online, with a new report by research company, YouGov, revealing that between 30-40% of internet gamblers in the UK are female. The report also states that, since 2003, the number of Britons betting online has risen a staggering 566%, with almost 80% of Europe’s online players… Continue reading UK Females Set To Lead Online Gambling

Satellite giants, BSkyB, are tipped to announce a strong performance in quarter two, with profits almost doubling, taking the group’s expected total for the last quarter to between £362 million and £366 million. BSkyB has told investors to expect an increase of more than 100,000 in second quarter subscriber numbers. City analysts, however, predict a… Continue reading BSkyB’s Profits Expected To Double For Q2