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BSkyB has reported a 26% increase in half-yearly pre-tax profits as its customer base jumps to 10.9 million.

New year, new start, with big changes announced at Google, Apple, Channel 5 and Downing Street this week.

Channel 5’s new commercial sales director Nick Bampton is set to bring in “some of the best talent” from his former company Viacom Brand Solutions, IDS and Digital Cinema Media in a bid to strengthen the broadcaster’s new sales team.

Marketing budgets fell in the fourth quarter of 2010 as confidence for the 2011 outlook dropped, according to the latest IPA / BDO Bellwether Report.

BT Group plc announced its results today for the second quarter and half year to 30 September 2010, with revenues down 3% to £4,977 million.

Hulu has announced today that revenue has increased from $108 million in 2009 to $240 million in 2010.

Dean Wilson, UK managing director at Active International, gives some practical advice for media agencies looking to form partnerships with corporate trade companies (which allow brands to sell under-performing assets in return for trade credits)…

Today saw Channel 4 appoint Jay Hunt as its new chief creative officer, Julian Bellamy leave the broadcaster and Sir Michael Lyons announce plans to depart the BBC Trust next year.

Carat has forecast that worldwide global advertising expenditure will increase by 3.9% this year – by comparison, in March 2010 it was predicted to increase by only 2.9%.

The Times has announced a newsroom shake-up; Mike Smith has been appointed deputy home editor, and Suzy Jagger has been promoted from politics and business reporter to foreign news editor.