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Wireless email has boosted the amount of time that employees can put into their work and its effect will become increasingly obvious in the next few years, according to a new study from The Radicati Group. The report claims that despite the shaky economy and relatively unstable carrier networks, almost 2 million business professionals will… Continue reading Wireless Email To Benefit Productivity

ITV partners Carlton and Granada remained in the spotlight yesterday, down 0.71% and 0.66% respectively. The two broadcasters yesterday announced a substantial increase in ITV1’s network programme budget after the Government cleared the way for their £4.2 billion merger. (see ITV Merger Leads To Increase In Programme Budget).Broader market sentiment was bullish yesterday as UK… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners Remain In The Spotlight

Internet users now spend more time online than watching television, according to new research commissioned by the recently launched BT Yahoo! Broadband service.The NOP survey makes grim reading for TV advertising sales chiefs by revealing that the average internet user now spends 3.5 hours a day online, compared to just 2.8 hours watching television.Internet users… Continue reading Consumers Are Spending More Time Online

Following the Government’s decision to clear the way for the £4.2 billion merger of Carlton and Granada, James Papworth, ad marketing manager at IPC Prospector, considers the implications for advertisers…For months now the question of ‘will Granada and Carlton merge’ was as much in the balance as the question of ‘will Glenn Hoddle get the… Continue reading NewsLine Column: The ITV Merger – A Game Of Two Halves

The majority of advertisers and media buyers fear that the creation of a single ITV sales house will drive up the cost of airtime, according to a new poll carried out for the Financial Times.The study shows that around 70% of respondents believed that advertising rates at ITV would increase following the merger of Carlton… Continue reading Advertisers Fear ITV Sales House Will Push Up Airtime Costs

The latest NRS figures for national newspaper readership revealed no reprieve for the Financial Times, which continued to suffer during the six months to August 2003, despite a £2 million advertising campaign to promote its recent redesign.The title saw readership shrink by 18.3% year on year as it remained at forefront of the deep recession… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – August 2003

JCDecaux is to promote Eurostar with a new outdoor advertising campaign that will form part of a wider pan-European push.Seven special build 96-sheets have been converted to show a Eurostar train flying diagonally into the sky. There will also be a specially designed creative featuring the Champs Elysees and ten 48-sheet posters featuring the Eiffel… Continue reading JCDecaux Gets On Track With New Eurostar Campaign

Conrad Black, chairman and chief executive of Hollinger International, is set to announce a “comprehensive reconstruction” of parts of its parent firm, according to press reports.Hollinger Inc, which controls Hollinger International, publisher of the UK’s Daily Telegraph and the Chicago Sun-Times faces a potential funding shortfall after a profits warning in August.However, Lord Black has… Continue reading Hollinger Chief Plans Reconstruction

ABC is launching a new personalised email service to allow users to request and recieve automatic updates of new ABC data.The new service, entitled e-alerts will provide users with notification of newly issued certificates, audit reports, changes in membership status of ABC registered titles and exhibitions. The service will also inform subscribers of complaints and… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners Remain In The Spotlight

BSkyB has today confirmed that James Baker is to replace Sara Ramsden as controller of Sky One following her decision to step down after less than a year in the job.Baker has been at Sky One since 1996 and is currently head of content and creative affairs at the satellite television group. He was also… Continue reading Baker To Replace Ramsden As Controller Of Sky One