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The Sunday Times is to enhance its football coverage with the publication of a 32-page guide to the Premiership, distributed free with the paper on 8 August and offering readers insight into the minds of key players, as well as some of the season’s main highlights.The Sunday Times Premiership Guide will include a series of… Continue reading Sunday Times Boosts Sport Coverage With Football Guide

A further three million people have gone online over the last three months in a move than takes the total number of internet users in the UK to almost 28 million, according to the latest study from Mintel.The figures reveal one of the largest recent growth spurts for internet penetration in the UK, which jumped… Continue reading Internet Usage Soars With Almost 28 Million Now Online

ITV chairman, Sir Peter Burt, has once again reaffirmed his commitment to the broadcaster’s embattled chief executive, Charles Allen, telling shareholders and staff that replacing the broadcast boss does not feature on his to-do list.Burt has also quashed rumours that former BBC chief executive, Greg Dyke, is being groomed as Allen’s replacement. Speaking to the… Continue reading Burt Underlines Commitment To Allen As Chief Executive

More than 10 million UK households with Freeview and satellite television accessed BBCi’s digital interactive services during April and May 2004.The latest quantitative study commissioned by the BBC and Teletext reveals that 53% of viewers in Freeview homes used the Corporation’s ‘always on’ BBCi interactive services during May, compared with 46% of satellite viewers during… Continue reading More Than 10 Million Households Now Use BBCi Services

ITV chairman, Sir Peter Burt, has once again reaffirmed his commitment to the broadcaster’s embattled chief executive, Charles Allen, telling shareholders and staff that replacing the broadcast boss does not feature on his to-do list. Burt has also quashed rumours that former BBC chief executive, Greg Dyke, is being groomed as Allen’s replacement. Speaking to… Continue reading Burt Underlines Commitment To Allen As Chief Executive

Channel 4 is believed to be considering plans to launch a national, speech-based, digital radio station sometime next year to compete directly with BBC Radio Four. The initiative is the brainchild of Channel 4’s recently appointed chairman, Luke Johnson, who is looking at ways to diversify the broadcaster’s revenue in the face of increasing competition… Continue reading Channel 4 Plans To Launch National Talk Radio Station

Publicis Groupe, owner of media buying giants ZenithOptimedia, announced today that revenues for the second quarter of 2004 rose by 4.5% as Europe, along with all other operating regions showed encouraging growth. Although steadily picking up, growth in the European market still lagged behind the rest of the world with growth of 2.2% taking revenues… Continue reading Publicis Revenues Up 4.5% With Encouraging Growth Worldwide

Lord Conrad Black’s last-ditch attempt to block the £729 million sale of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph to the Barclay brothers has failed after a Delaware judge rejected the media tycoon’s eleventh-hour appeals. The ruling should clear the way for the Barclay brothers to succeed in their long-held ambition of taking control of Britain’s best… Continue reading Black Fails To Scupper £729 Million Sale Of Telegraph Titles

Capital Radio saw shares dip by 7.64% yesterday to close at 435p after the company, one of the country’s leading commercial broadcasters, lost market share at its core London station. The loss coincided with the departure of veteran breakfast show present Chris Tarrant and the arrival of Johnny Vaughan as his replacement (see RAJAR Results… Continue reading Sharewatch: Capital Dips As Radio Wars Take Their Toll

Viacom Outdoor has appointed Stephen Fuller to become its first ever head of consumer insight as part of the poster contractor’s ongoing initiative to improve relations with agencies and advertisers.The newly created role within the marketing department will see Fuller head up a team of ten with responsibility for research and planning. He will report… Continue reading Viacom Outdoor Appoints Head Of Consumer Insight