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The wealth of content available on the Internet, and the numerous niche websites and newsletters that provide it, can offer marketers intimate access to otherwise difficult to reach demographics. Simon Anderson, managing partner at Unique Digital, explains how best to capitalise on the new technology…“Once upon a time e-journalists were the club perfume sprayers of… Continue reading The Content Revolution

Adoption of bluetooth is now common amongst the British public, with mobile handsets increasingly featuring the technology as standard. But how can advertisers tap into the new technology? Fred Durman, commercial partner at Filter explains advantages of BlueCasting to both companies and consumers alike…BlueCasting is a proximity marketing system, allowing consumers the chance to download… Continue reading BlueCasting – A Channel That’s Here To Stay

The British population is becoming more mature by the year, with over-50s now constituting a quarter of all adults in the UK. Dale Lovell, content and PR manager at 50connect.co.uk, the UK’s largest website for the over-50s, explains the importance of marketing to this age group, and the benefits available to advertisers…In 2002, one fifth… Continue reading The Rise of Older Internet Users

The growth in consumer choice and control of media has led to a new generation of viewers, listeners and readers, able to pick and choose their content, and avoid the included advertising. Phil Cutts, director of marketing at the Periodical Publishers Association, explains how cross-media marketing and inventive campaign planning can help address this increasingly… Continue reading Consumer Perceptions Of The Media

The development of several new on-demand television services looks set to greatly multiply the choice available to consumers. NewsLine’s James Holland looks at the developing market, and challenges for advertisers in what promises to be a most demanding future for broadcasting…It has been said for a long time that the onus of television content is… Continue reading Demanding More From TV

Pre-testing the effectiveness of ad campaigns should be high on the agenda of marketers, according to IPC Prospector’s ad marketing manager, James Papworth, who explains the importance of trial runs in the production of promotional activity…What was the last thing you bought without trying it out first? A new variety of ready-meal perhaps, or a… Continue reading Testing Times

Media Group, Carat, recently appointed Dominic Williams to the newly-created position of press director, building on the agency boss’s eight-year career with the firm. He explains the significance of the new role, and his plan to put press at the top of the table in the coming months…Since being promoted to become Carat’s Head of… Continue reading Pressing Ahead With Print

The battle for supremacy amongst London’s radio stations is closer than ever, with high-profile TV personalities being brought in by broadcasters to bolster competing schedules. Paul Chantler, programming consultant and former group programme director of The Wireless Group, Essex Radio Group and Chiltern Radio Network explains how, despite their household names, the current slew of… Continue reading Getting A Bigger Bite Of Breakfast

Podcasting promises to provide consumers with on-demand, specialist media completely free of charge, but is it just a passing fad? Can commercial broadcasters still carve a slice of the online action for themselves? Jean-Paul Edwards, head of media futures at Manning Gottlieb OMD, explains the implications of the new technology, and the ways in which… Continue reading Podcasting – Worth All The Fuss?

class=”article”>Internet piracy has long been associated with music, but Ben Coppin, COO of leading Internet monitoring company, Envisional, explains that internet piracy of TV programmes is beginning to shape the future of the television industry in much the same way as early music sharing networks did for record companies….The online distribution of music, films and… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Watching The Programme Pirates