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Virgin Media has named Ashley Stockwell as the new managing director of brand and marketing, replacing James Kydd.Stockwell was promoted from his role of brand marketing director of the Virgin Group, where he has worked for the past 17 years.He started at Virgin Atlantic and has worked for a number of other groups including Virgin… Continue reading Virgin Media Names New Brand & Marketing MD

The Evening Standard has rebranded Thisislondon.co.uk to Standard.co.uk, providing access to the Standard’s London news, business, sport, comment and analysis.Standard.co.uk will carry a mix of unique content updated throughout the day and content that appears in the newspaper.Andrew Mullins, managing director of the Evening Standard, said that “if we have a breaking news story we… Continue reading Evening Standard Rebrands Website

Virgin Media has announced a massive increase in on-demand viewing, jumping from 34 million views in January to 45 million views in August on its TV platform.This 33% increase – in less than a year – takes total views of on-demand content to 314 million over eight months.For the first time, 50% of Virgin Media’s… Continue reading Virgin Media’s On-Demand TV Tops 45 Million Views

Capital Radio reveals its new look and line rebrand to 95.8 Capital FM – “London’s Number 1 Hit Music Station”.It is the station’s fifth re-brand in less than three years, with the latest slogan adding to the last 95.8 Capital FM “London’s Hit Music Station” rebrand in December 2007.The new design and slogan was launched… Continue reading Capital FM Reveals 5th Rebrand

Guardian News & Media has today committed to releasing data on the new ABCe six month certificate.The data covers the Guardian News & Media portfolio together with a number of its regional sites including: manchestereveningnews.co.uk, manchesteronline.co.uk, getreading.co.uk and thejobsmine.co.uk.The certificates detail monthly, weekly and daily unique user/browsers, listing all the top level domains that have… Continue reading Guardian News & Media Commits To Six-Monthly ABCe Audits

MediaTel Group has confirmed three new panellists for its ‘Future of the Media Agency’ seminar, taking place on October 15.Nigel Morris, CEO, Isobar; Greg Grimmer, partner, Hurrell Moseley Dawson and Grimmer; and Andy Barnes, Channel 4 sales director, have all been confirmed for the panel of what promises to be an unmissable event.The seminar will… Continue reading Three More Panellists Confirmed For Media Agency Seminar

Three major national newspaper websites saw a huge increase in traffic over the month of August. According to figures released by ABCe, millions of new users were reported to be logging on to the top three sites over this typically quiet period. It seems that Team GB’s efforts in Beijing are responsible for generating this… Continue reading Olympic Fever Sees Online National Newspapers Figures Soar

Q magazine is set to unveil a “stylish” redesign with its November issue, which is due to hit the news-stands on September 30.The new look magazine was devised by Q‘s editor-in-chief, Paul Rees, and will be the first to be designed by the new creative director, Ian Stevens, who joined the company from Empire magazine… Continue reading Q Magazine Unveils New Look

Top Up TV, Freeview’s pay TV provider, is set to expand its video-on-demand service by adding over 400 hours of extra content a year, after signing a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN.The Top Up TV Anytime service will now feature shows like Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost and Desperate Housewives.The new deal was brokered by Disney-ABC-ESPN Television’s… Continue reading Top Up TV Adds Disney Programmes To Its VOD Service

Culture secretary Andy Burnham has revealed that the list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air television is to be reviewed.Giving the keynote speech at the Royal Television Society conference in London, Burnham said that the list – which was last reviewed 10 years ago when Test match cricket was removed – has to “move with… Continue reading Government To Review Free-To-Air Sport List