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A coalition of influential internet service providers has warned that the continued growth of Britain’s broadband networks is being stifled by BT’s continuing monopoly over key technologies.The Broadband Industry Group, which boasts members such as Cable & Wireless, Energis and Tiscali, wrote an open letter to the Financial Times at the end of last week… Continue reading Broadband Britain Being Stifled By BT Monopoly

Outdoor advertising contractor Admedia has announced the appointment of Chris Marston as its new head of agency and client sales with responsibility for all generating revenue for the group.Admedia currently operates 20,000 washroom posters in shopping centres, service stations, bars and pubs nationwide, claiming to deliver over 150 million impacts every month. The company also… Continue reading Admedia Appoints Marston As New Agency Sales Head

The worldwide total of broadband lines grew to 100.8 million last year according to a report by Point Topic. The report, titled World Broadband Statistics, showed that in the second half of last year 21 million broadband lines were added, with Asia Pacific contributing to almost half of this to maintain its overall 44% share.Top… Continue reading Broadband Lines Reach 100 Million Worldwide In 2003

Guardian Media Group has acquired a 27% stake in the consumer magazine company, Seven, in a move that makes its the largest single shareholder.The acquisition comes as Seven plans to launch a new title and inject £4 million to expand existing title Delicious, which was launched three months ago.Delicious was launched in the UK after… Continue reading 27% Slice Of The Delicious Pie For GMG

The BBC has confirmed that Jane Root is stepping down as controller of BBC Two to take a newly created role at Discovery Networks in the US following weeks of speculation over her departure.Root has been appointed executive vice president and general manager of the Discovery Channel and will leave the BBC in mid-May after… Continue reading BBC Confirms Root To Depart On Voyage Of Discovery

A recovery in outdoor advertising levels which began in the second half of last year has continued in 2004, according to UK outdoor contractor Maiden Group.The company says that the year has started strongly, with record sales in the first quarter. Visibility is also improving, indicating good trading for the middle two quarters of the… Continue reading Maiden Sees Improving Outdoor Advertising Market

ITV performed well last week with shares rising by 7.13% to close at 131˝p on Friday. The newly merged broadcaster saw a solid 8.5% year on year increase in advertising revenue during February following the success of its antipodean reality-TV show, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (see NewsLine).Magazine and broadcasting giant, Emap,… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Shares Boosted As Revenue Increases

Emap Performance is launching a television advertising campaign in an attempt to boost circulation of its flagship Sneak magazine in the increasingly competitive teen market.The campaign has been designed by Mother to build on the original launch activity by playing on the fact that Sneak offers readers the juiciest gossip. It will centre around a… Continue reading Emap Sneaks Back Into Phone Booths With Advertising Push

Formula One motor-racing is being watched by just one-fifth of the audience being claimed by the sport’s official organising body, according to the latest research conducted by Initiative Media.Initiative’s average world-wide viewing figure for an average Formula One race is just 39 million, a number dwarfed by that of Formula One Management, which claims 300… Continue reading Formula One Red-Flagged By Audience Research

American publishing giant Gannett is understood to have pulled out of the race to take control of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph as bidding enters its crucial second phase.Gannett, which also owns the Newsquest group of regional newspapers in the UK, was tipped as a front-runner for the papers being auctioned off by Lord Black’s… Continue reading Gannett Pulls Out Of Race For Telegraph Titles