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Current pricing plans for multimedia messaging services (MMS) could cannabilise revenues from the popular SMS text messaging sector, leaving mobile operators in the lurch in the short-term. This is according to analyst and consulting company Ovum, which says that if operators do not revise their pricing strategies they face a potential revenue ‘time bomb’. According… Continue reading Mobile Operators Could Cannabilise Their Own Revenues, Warns Ovum

UK publishing group Highbury House Communications (HHC) has made a £32 million offer for Paragon Publishing, which produces magazines in the videogames, personal computing and internet and home entertainment sectors.Highbury says that the deal will create one of the UK’s leading special interest consumer publishers and the third largest publicly-quoted consumer magazine publishing group. The… Continue reading Highbury House To Buy Paragon Publishing For £32m

After a week of delays, the BBC and BSkyB have finally reached an agreement with the Football Association over a new four-year television rights deal for England international games and the FA Cup.The deal, rumoured to be worth up to £300 million between the 2004/2005 and the 2007/2008 seasons, will see all of England’s home… Continue reading BBC And BSkyB Announce FA Cup Football Rights Deal

MediaCom and Carat are the agencies most admired by media owners for their all round professionalism and commercial performance, according to new research from strategy group Ocean Consulting.Between May and June this year the latest Media Agency Monitor surveyed top-level executives at virtually all of the UK’s major consumer media owners to gauge their views… Continue reading MediaCom And Carat Identified As Most Admired Agencies

GWR has secured the local digital multiplex licence for Reading and Basingstoke and plans to launch six programme services in the area, in addition to the existing stations.The Radio Authority awarded the 12-year licence to GWR’s wholly owned subsidiary, Now Digital, which proposes to start broadcasting 2-Ten FM, Classic Gold, The Storm, Saga FM and… Continue reading GWR Bolsters Digital Offering With New Multiplex Licence

Developments in the European digital TV market are sparking demand for receivers and a new report from Datamonitor claims that shipments of adaptors are set to increase eightfold over the next four years.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…US Magazine Revenue Grows, But Volumes Down In JuneTotal US magazine advertising revenues rose by 8.5% in June, to… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: 100 Million DTV Devices In Europe By 2007

Troubled advertising group Cordiant Communications was seen in focus yesterday, up 7.14% as Nahed Ojjeh, the Syrian-born chess promoter, increased her stake in the group to more than 10% (see Mystery As Chess Queen Raises Cordiant Stake). Investors also considered news that the take-over panel has extended its investigation into the circumstances surrounding a Syrian… Continue reading Sharewatch: Cordiant Rises On Take-Over Struggle

Total US magazine advertising revenues rose by 8.5% in June, to close at $1.6 billion, according to new figures from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). However, the number of advertising pages fell by 3.2% year on year to 18,834 due to the uncertain economic environment. In the year to date, advertising revenue closed at $8.6… Continue reading US Magazine Revenue Grows But Volumes Down In June

Troubled advertising group Cordiant Communications was seen in focus yesterday, up 7.14% as Nahed Ojjeh, the Syrian-born chess promoter, increased her stake in the group to more than 10% (see Mystery As Chess Queen Raises Cordiant Stake). Investors also considered news that the take-over panel has extended its investigation into the circumstances surrounding a Syrian… Continue reading Sharewatch: Cordiant Rises On Take-Over Struggle

BT has revealed an increase in the demand for high-speed internet access across the UK, which will help to speed-up its drive to bring broadband to 90% of homes and businesses. The telecoms giant is to introduce 56 new exchanges into its broadband upgrade programme and plans to launch 500 new broadband exchanges over the… Continue reading BT Reveals Increasing Demand For Broadband