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Global Radio has implemented a further round of jobs cuts, which will mainly affect backroom staff at the group’s Xfm and Gold network of stations.Global declined to comment on specifics but the total number of job losses are expected to be between 20 and 30 staff on the two station networks, which have struggled to… Continue reading Global Radio starts another round of redundancies

Virgin Media added 7,100 new subscribers in the first quarter of 2009 but saw revenues fall below £936 million due to poor performance in its business communications division.The cable company persuaded 47,300 households to take up its broadband service, down from the 57,100 in the run-up to Christmas and 88,400 during the same period last… Continue reading Virgin Media gains 7,100 customers in Q1

Virgin Media added 7,100 new subscribers in the first quarter of 2009 but saw revenues fall below £936 million, although the company managed to convert more of that into cash that the City had expected. The cable company persuaded 47,300 households to take up its broadband service, down from the 57,100 in the run-up to… Continue reading Virgin Media gains 7,100 customers in mixed first quarter

Mobile advertising in the US will grow by 36%, rising from $169 million in 2008 to $229 million during the course of 2009, according to Magna’s new mobile advertising forecast. Although these figures represent downward revisions from Magna’s previous forecast, which was released in the middle of last year before the recession kicked-in, Magna said… Continue reading US mobile advertising to grow by 36%

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April saw the release of the latest IPA Bellwether report, which found that the rate of decline of marketing spend slowed in Q1 2009, suggesting budget cuts may have reached their peak in the Q4 2008. Businesses confidence was up from the all-time low of Q4, said the report, with the percentage of companies believing… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – April 2009

Africa and the Middle East will lead the world in terms of the percentage of mobile broadband subscriptions through 2012, according to a new report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network. Although Africa and the Middle East generated 10% of global mobile revenue in 2008, the region contributed… Continue reading Africa and Middle East predicted to lead mobile broadband subscriber growth by 2012

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ITV1’s new Taggart series secured the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-hour last night with more than 4.3 million viewers.The long-running crime drama, with Alex Norton and Blythe Duff, kick-started with a high of 4.36 million viewers and a 19.3% average audience share.Elsewhere, BBC One’s Crimewatch, which featured the hunt for the… Continue reading Taggart returns with over 4m viewers