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Google is launching a new open source web browser which will see it go up against Internet Explorer and Firefox.The browser, called Chrome, will be available for download from tomorrow morning.Writing on the Google blog, Sundar Pichai, Google’s VP product management, and Linus Upson, engineering director, said: “We realised that the web had evolved from… Continue reading Google Launches Web Browser

Angee Walls, managing director, Catalina Marketing UK, examines in-store marketing and how it can be used to good effect, particularly during these tough economic times…The recent press obsession with the current economic climate has created a change in attitude among consumers and retailers alike. While the truth of rising food prices has pushed retailers to… Continue reading In-Store Marketing

Kim Wilde is joining Bauer Media’s Magic 105.4 to launch a brand new weekend show.As part of a refreshed line up at the weekend, Magic’s Secret Songs will be presented by celebrity mum, gardening enthusiast and 80s icon Kim Wilde and air on Sunday afternoons from 12 noon until 3pm.Wilde’s first Secret Songs will be… Continue reading Kim Wilde Joins Magic 105.4

Virgin Radio is to be rebranded as Absolute, with the station due to reveal its new name on air earlier this morning at 7.45am.Featuring a new presenter line-up, Absolute will use the campaign line “Discover real music” and be putting into place two key initiatives, the open OneGoldenSquare.com blog, and a new approach to playlist… Continue reading Virgin Radio To Become Absolute

NME Radio has secured a major cross-platform deal with whiskey label Jack Daniel’s to celebrate the birthday of its founder with a series of gigs throughout September.The integrated campaign, brokered by Universal McCann, will see NME Radio host Jack Daniel’s Birthday Sessions every Tuesday and Thursday during September from 4-5pm.The sessions will be filmed along… Continue reading NME Radio In Jack Daniel’s Cross-Platform Deal

The Daily Telegraph has relaunched in full colour after a deal was reached with News International to use its printing division.The paper now features colour coded bars at the top of each page, a redesigned sports section, expanded comment and features and a new look business section.The Telegraph said in today’s edition: “From today, for… Continue reading Daily Telegraph Goes Full Colour

New figures show that commercial radio revenue in the UK was down more than 10% in the 12 months to the end of June.Total UK radio revenue for April to the end of June 2008 – including national and local advertising and sponsorship and promotion – was £134.2 million, said a report on MediaGuardian.co.uk.National advertising… Continue reading Commercial Radio’s Revenue Falls

In August, figures from the Office of National Statistics showed that 16.46 million UK households have internet access, representing 65% of households and an increase of 1.23 million households since 2007. Of all UK households, 56% have broadband internet access, an increase from 51% in 2007, while of the UK households with internet access, 86%… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – August 2008

WPP has extended the deadline for its takeover offer of TNS by to weeks to 3pm on September 12. The move comes after just 8.6% of TNS shareholders decided to accept the group’s £1.1 billion offer before last Friday’s deadline. TNS has put out a statement today noting the “low level” of acceptances of the… Continue reading WPP Extends TNS Offer Deadline

Broadband value added services generated $25.7 billion worldwide in 2007, an increase of 62% on 2006, according to new data from Point Topic. John Bosnell, senior analyst at Point Topic., said: “Value added services are growing strongly and are increasingly significant in overall revenue terms. “We estimate that value added services were 10% of total… Continue reading Broadband Services Generated $25.7bn Globally In 2007