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thelondonpaper remained ahead of rival freesheet London Lite in May, despite a period on period decline in distribution of a little under 5,000 copies.The Lite also shed issues in May, just 385, amidst the dumping furore, which has seen the ABC set up a hotline to report such incidents (see ABC Introduces Dumping Hotline).Meanwhile, the… Continue reading Freesheets Shed Issues As Evening Standard’s Circulation Goes Up

Channel 4 continues to keep Big Brother in the spotlight, after the broadcaster announced it has had more than 900 complaints saying it should not have removed a contestant yesterday after she made racist remarks.Yesterday, Channel 4 executives took the decision to remove Emily Parr from the “reality” game show’s house after aiming a racially… Continue reading Hundreds Rally Against C4’s Decision To Evict ‘Racist’ Housemate

Glasgow City Council has awarded Clear Channel Outdoor UK the nine-year contract to develop and operate what the City describes as “landmark advertising on island sites and roundabout locations in Council ownership”.The 10 gateway locations will comprise bespoke architectural structures housing large-format backlit displays at key sites in the city such as Anniesland Cross, Castle… Continue reading Clear Channel Wins Glasgow Contract

Virgin Media has said that it expects its TV net additions to be roughly flat in the second quarter of 2007, revising its previous forecast for negative TV subscriber growth following the removal of Sky’s basic channel package from Virgin’s platform. Virgin has said that this new prediction is due in significant part to the… Continue reading Virgin Media Revises TV Subscriber Growth Expectations

The latest Marketing Trends Survey from the Chartered Institute of Marketing has revealed that while advertising is still the biggest item in average marketing budgets, its position is being eroded as more resource is devoted to other marketing activities. Advertising will account for just under 15% of marketing spend on average, which means a larger… Continue reading CIM Publishes Spring Marketing Trends Survey

Global telco IPTV subscribers grew 13% to 5.4 million in Q1 2007, according to a new report from Dittberner. The 1Q07 Global Broadband Subscriber Survey said that PCCW of Hong Kong – with 800,000 subscribers – was the largest telco IPTV operator, with second place France Telecom at 769,000 expected to overtake it by the… Continue reading Global Telco IPTV Subscribers Grow 13%

Group M has reported that it generated $4.3 billion in net new media billings during last year, according to WPP’s annual report. Group M’s revenues for its advertising and media investment management operations, including full-service shops like JWT and Ogilvy & Mather, grew 4% on a like-for-like basis during 2006. The combined operating margin for… Continue reading Group M Generates $4.4 Billion In Net New Billings

The United States is at the forefront of a mobile web growth, with a three fold increase in usage over the last year, according to new research from Bango. Bango says that this rapid rise, which has taken the US to second position behind the UK, is being fuelled by the increasing popularity of mobile… Continue reading US At Forefront Of Mobile Web Growth

Channel 4 once again courted controversy last night with its airing of a documentary on the fate of the photographers who were arrested after the death of Princess Diana ten years ago.More than 3.5 million adults on average tuned in to the programme, Diana: The Witness In The Tunnel,which showed never before seen pictures of… Continue reading Channel 4’s Diana Doco Watched By More Adults Than BB

Daily Newspaper MarketReadership figures from the NRS for Britain’s national daily newspapers remained fairly static year on year for October 2006 to March 2007.All Quality dailies, with the exception of the Times, saw their readerships rise. The Guardian bolstered its readership by almost 100,000 to more than 1.2 million, whilst the Daily Telegraph added 75,000… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: March 2007