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GCap Media formally began trading this morning, following the merger of Capital Radio and GWR, creating a single broadcaster with combined airtime sales accounting for nearly 40% of the UK’s commercial radio market, based on total listening hours. The High Court cleared the way for the two companies to merge at the end of last… Continue reading GCap Media Begins Trading

The continued growth of digital radio fuelled several impressive increases in market share in the three months to March, with many of the nation’s digital stations seeing percentage increases above 50%, while some more than doubled their audience year on year.Leading the way in terms of percentage growth year on year is Chrysalis’ The Arrow,… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q1 2005: Digital Uptake Boosts National Stations

Speculation is mounting this morning that magazine giant Haymarket is to purchase Media Week from Quantum Publishing, following the company’s decision to sell off some of its most lucrative business titles last year.However, NewsLine understands that no deal has yet been signed between the two companies, despite a decision over the magazine’s future being expected… Continue reading Speculation Mounts Over Haymarket Media Week Deal

Mediacom has scooped Media Agency of the Year for the second time in a row at this year’s PPA Marketing’s Consumer magazine advertising awards, beating M2M, Mediaedge:cia and ZenithOptimedia.The judges agreed that MediaCom had continued to demonstrate great commitment to magazines and a strong involvement in the industry and to media owners.The awards, now in… Continue reading Mediacom Scoops Media Agency Of The Year

Special interest magazine group Future’s sci-fi and fantasy magazine, SFX, will celebrate its tenth birthday next month with an exclusive first look at the eagerly awaited new movie Batman Begins.Celebrating the first ten years of the magazine, the birthday edition also features a bumper collection of celebrity interviews, including the complete League of Gentlemen team.… Continue reading Future’s SFX Celebrates Tenth Birthday

Internet usage via mobile phone continued to grow during March, according to the Mobile Data Association, with a new record total of 1.82 billion page impressions viewed in the UK during the month.The rise represents an increase of 30% on the same period in 2004, and an average daily total of 58 million, according to… Continue reading Wap Usage Rises By A Third In March

The Middle East and North African region is starting to fulfil some of its long-held potential with a current digital television penetration rate of 56.2%, predicted to increase to 67.7% by 2010. According to Informa Telecoms & Media’s new Middle East and North Africa TV report, out of the region’s 52.5 million television homes, 29.5… Continue reading Middle East And North Africa Sees Growth In Digital TV

Small businesses are reported to be migrating to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), being swayed by the lowering in cost of the technology and its ease of integration into the work place, according to US analyst eMarketer. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) shows that 7.3% of US small businesses currently use VoIP, with… Continue reading Small Businesses Adopt VoIP

US online advertising and marketing expenditure is to predicted to reach $14.7 billion in 2005, with online advertising channels such as search engine marketing, online display adverts and email marketing continuing to become more effective, relative to traditional channels. According to a new report from Forrester Research, even though online adspend is growing at a… Continue reading US Online Ad and Marketing Spend To Reach $14.7 Billion in 2005

Commercial radio slipped further away from the BBC at the beginning of 2005, with the Corporation outperforming its rivals in terms of share of listening, weekly reach and average hours per listener. Commercial radio now accounts for 43.8% of all listening, while the BBC represents 54.2%.Share Of ListeningThe nation’s commercial radio stations saw a relatively… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q1 2005: BBC Rises As Commercial Rivals Falter