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Vodafone and BSkyB have joined Hutchison Whampoa in bidding for the rights to show Premiership football highlights on mobile phones from next year, according to reports this week. Hutchison secured the mobile rights for £35 million back in June 2001 and is keen to retain the contract in order to popularise its third generation service… Continue reading Three-Way Battle For Mobile Football Rights

The US hot-spot service market will be worth in excess of $800 million by 2007, according to a study by research firm Parks Associates. The findings are based on consumer surveys and interviews with service providers conducted for Public Hot Spots: Moving beyond Road Warriors, a recent report on the state of the Wi-Fi market… Continue reading Hot-Spot Service Revenues To Grow As Market Demand Increases

ITV advertising is expected to fall by 5.0% in September and by 3.2% in the full year, according to forecasts from Morgan Stanley. Other reports predict that the total TV market will return to a slight positive growth of 0.7% in September. Commentators are talking of a continued cautiousness in the advertising market partly as… Continue reading ITV Revenues To Fall 3.2% In 2003, Says Morgan Stanley

ITV Partners, Carlton and Granada, were seen in focus yesterday, up 2.29% and 1.52% respectively as bullish sentiment lifted key media stocks.Elsewhere, Telewest was seen under pressure, down 14.29% on continued negative sentiment in the telecoms sector.Meanwhile, the dotcom sector was given a boost after Lastminute.com reported it was on track to make its first… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners Rise On Positive Sentiment

The Advertising Standards Authority has slammed French Connection for an email campaign promoting its branded clothes and condoms.The email offered a free pack of condoms with the first 200 online orders for t-shirts, which contained the slogans “FCUK, If You Don’t Believe In Oral Sex Keep Your Mouth Shut”, “Practise Safe Sex Go FCUK Yourself”… Continue reading ASA Upholds Complaints Against Raunchy French Connection Ads

Figures compiled by Nielsen Media Research exclusively for NewsLine suggest that the difficult market conditions and the growing number of digital radio formats is helping to drive down advertising revenue at the UK’s most established national commercial radio stations.The data shows that Classic FM, which is the country’s most popular commercial station, with more than… Continue reading Feature: National Commercial Stations Feel The Squeeze

Guardian Media Group has agreed a deal to take full control of Trader Media Group, publisher of the car magazine AutoTrader.TMG which owns 70 publications in the UK and Ireland also has operations in Italy, Holland and South Africa.As the company is valued at £1.14 billion, GMG will pay almost £600 million for the 52%… Continue reading GMG Buys Up AutoTrader Publisher

BBC Magazines has joined forces with Dorling Kindersley publishing to create a new development title for children aged between two and five.The new 24-page monthly publication, entitled My First Magazine, will be based around concepts developed in Dorling Kindersley’s pre-school range of books and will attempt to introduce young readers to the world around them… Continue reading BBC Magazines Teams With DK Publishing For New Title

The BBC has announced that a two part special of its hit comedy, The Office, will be screened on its flagship BBC1 station this Christmas.BBC director of television, Jana Bennett, said the series had gained a “huge and loyal” fan base when it appeared on BBC2, but explained the Corporation had decided to screen the… Continue reading BBC1 To Screen The Office This Christmas

Capital Radio has appointed Jane Bardsley as its new head of commercial marketing, following the recent restructure of its senior management team.Bardsley, who has a twelve month contract covering maternity leave for Juliet Browse, will focus on trade marketing and public relations for the group’s seven brands: Capital FM, Century FM, Capital Gold, Xfm, Choice,… Continue reading Capital Radio Appoints New Head Of Commercial Marketing