If you can only have one thing, go for Google TV, said Project Canvas’ marketing director Tim Hunt to a room full of surprised delegates at this year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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Mark Thompson’s MacTaggart lecture at this year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival ensured that the BBC dominated the weekend agenda… even the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt admitted to being a “huge fan”.
Independent News & Media (INM) has reported pre-tax profits of €63 million (£51.6 million) for the first half of the year.
According to a new study from Which?, two thirds of the British respondents had received at least one cold call over the past three months – and the average number of cold calls received was six per month.
Johnston Press, owner of The Scotsman and The Yorkshire Evening Post, has reported its first year-on-year operating profit increase since 2006.
Channel Five has confirmed that it is rejoining Project Canvas, the internet video-on-demand venture.
WPP’s interim results for the first half of 2010 showed pre-tax profits of £243.9 million – up 36%.
According to the new Ofcom Communications Market Report, media multi-tasking – for example, when a phone call is made while using the internet – accounts for 35% of all media consumption throughout the day.
Sylvia Auton is resuming her duties as chief executive officer of IPC Media, and Evelyn Webster is moving to New York to take up a position with Time Inc.
Metal Hammer magazine, in partnership with Sharon Osbourne Management, is set to publish the first magazine officially endorsed by Ozzy Osbourne.
