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Outdoor specialist, Viacom Outdoor, has launched Copywriting Goes Underground, a competition to highlight the power of words in capturing the attention and imagination of the millions of travellers who read posters opposite station platforms every day.The competition challenged Britain’s creative talent to design posters for a real client, using no fewer than fifty words and… Continue reading Viacom Showcases Creative Talent Underground

United Business Media (UBM) has been given the go ahead to purchase Mondiale Publishing’s hospitality business by the Office of Fair Trading.The deal, worth £5 million, will see UBM take control of Theme magazine and the Bar exhibition.First announced in June (see UBM Boosts Portfolio With Hospitality Title), the purchases will add to UBM’s current… Continue reading UBM Gets Go Ahead For Hospitality Acquisitions

The latest set of ABC figures reveals mixed results for the nation’s women’s monthlies, with Hachette’s B enjoying the strongest rise, increasing its circulation by 30.6% year on year to 167,371.Haymarket’s offering in the sector, Eve continued on from its good performance in the last round of ABC’s, gaining 8% year on year, with its… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2005:Women’s Monthlies Report Mixed Results

The latest round of ABC data shows Britain’s men’s magazines in good health by and large, with the market increasing circulations by over 2.5% year on year overall, and several titles increasing sales into double-figure percentage growth.Emap’s weekly title, Zoo, saw the largest rise in sales, with a 30% increase pushing the title closer to… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2005:Zoo Increases But Nuts Remains Ahead

The latest ABC results showed the nation’s continued love for rock music, with Future Publishing’s, Metal Hammer again enjoying the strongest % growth over the last six months, and reporting an increase of 20.9% year on year, taking its circulation total up to 40,236.Future’s other music offering, Classic Rock saw the second highest % increase,… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2005:Rock On Top In Music Sector

The launch of an independent free to air digital satellite service would benefit viewers, broadcasters and manufacturers, says lobby group Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV), which claims such a system would create a competitive market for digital satellite services for the first time.According to the VLV, the service would also aid the process… Continue reading Government Faces Call For Public-Owned Free Sat

This afternoon sees the release of ABC magazine circulation data for the six months to June, shedding light for the first time on the performance of several new magazines, including Emap’s high-profile women’s weekly Grazia.The industry will be keen to see the revelations of ABC’s latest statistics, which will also give an update on the… Continue reading ABCs To Shed Light On New Titles Today

Outdoor advertising group, Maiden, has issued an update on the six months ended 30 June 2005, revealing trading conditions over the summer to be showing signs of improvement over last year, with Group billings marginally up in the first six months.The expected continued challenging conditions in the advertising market is shown to have adversely affected… Continue reading Maiden Reveals Improved Summer Trading

Britain’s men’s magazines continued to see a fierce battle for supremacy in the six months to June, with the latest ABC figures providing year on year analysis of the market’s newest entrants, weekly titles Nuts and Zoo.The new statistics show IPC’s Nuts retaining its lead over Emap’s Zoo, with a total circulation of 304,751. However,… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2005:Mens Weeklies See Strong Increases

European regulations surrounding the unbundling of local looped telephone networks is hampering the development of next-generation broadband networks, according to the Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) Council of Europe.The FTTH claims that recent uncertainty over Euro-regulations has discouraged investment in high-speed networks, although representatives from telecoms regulatory bodies in the EC, UK, France and the Netherlands claimed last… Continue reading Euro Regulations Stifle Broadband Growth