Interactive television company, YooMedia, has announced a deal with Dateline to bring its dating services to digital television and mobile phones.The interactive dating service will be available to Telewest digital viewers and can be accessed by the Sky Active service. It will launch in time for January, which according to Dateline is traditionally the biggest… Continue reading YooMedia Brings Dating To Interactive TV
Germany is still the leading European internet power, with approximately one-quarter of the continent’s online population, according to a report from Information et Publicité. The research firm also found that German surfers spend an average of 522 minutes a month online. The Spanish and French are also keen surfers averaging 495 and 476 minutes respectively.… Continue reading Germany Is Top European Internet Market
Search targeted marketing company, Espotting, has poached AltaVista’s Anne Lakstigala to become its European business development director.In her new role, Lakstigala, who was responsible for strategy and commercial partnerships at AltaVista, will oversee the development of Espotting’s business into new areas and across multiple platforms in Europe.Espotting’s COO, Jonathan Bunis, said: “Anne’s appointment is a… Continue reading Espotting Poaches Business Director From AltaVista
New research claims that the newspaper industry has underestimated the threat posed by the web, reports Mediapost. A study, conducted by Gordon Borrell of Borrell Associates and Clark G. Gilbert of the Harvard Business School, has warned US newspapers that they have become complacent and need to adapt to the changing media landscape. “They’re not… Continue reading Newspapers Must Face Up To Challenge Of The Net, Says Report
Following protracted negotiations, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has agreed to buy Telepiů, the loss-making Italian pay-TV operator, from Vivendi Universal for E920 million (£580 million).Speaking at a conference in New York yesterday, Murdoch said that Telepiů was “a world class property in an untapped market without cable competition.” News Corp will take an 80% stake… Continue reading News Corp Completes Telepiu Transaction
Four UK radio operators released trading figures last week, with revenues showing that conditions remain pretty tough, with no obvious, strong upturn visible at present.Capital Radio has announced that revenues were down 2% in the year to September, whilst the six month period showed a growth of 2%. Scottish Radio Holdings posted a 2% drop… Continue reading Feature: UK Radio Trading Figures Comparisons
ITV2 is launching a Blind Date spin-off show called Blind Date: Kiss and Tell, which will air on Sunday nights at 10pm.The new show, which will be presented by Sarah Cawood and Brendan Courtney, launches next weekend and will include behind the scenes gossip and video diaries filmed by the contestants.Commenting on the new show,… Continue reading ITV2 launches Blind Date Spin Off Show
Deutsche Bank will next week auction off a 40% stake in Axel Springer which publishes the prominent German newspapers, Bild and Die Welt. The bank has taken responsibility for the stake from Kirch Media which has been unable to repay loan debts after falling into bankruptcy earlier this year (see KirchMedia Files For Bankruptcy Signalling… Continue reading Axel Springer Stake Up For Sale
Media Stocks experienced heavy losses on Monday, falling victim to the broader volatility as World markets plummeted.Corporate profit woes, weakness in the UK insurance sector and the continued threat of military action in Iraq weighed on sentiment. Wall Street experienced its worst quarterly performance since the stock market crash of 1987 and the FTSE 100… Continue reading Sharewatch
Despite the ongoing advertising downturn marketing professionals received a 4% average pay increase last year, according to the annual salary survey carried out by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).However, the gap between male and female marketing directors is widening, with women getting paid 12.9% less than their male counterparts, compared with a 10.4% gap… Continue reading Marketing Salaries Defy Advertising Downturn
