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BARB has appointed Joe Lewis as the new research manager. Lewis will be taking over from Simon Bolus, who has in turn been promoted to research director.
ITV1’s long-running series The Bill finished last night, with the second episode of a two-part finale winning the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm
News Corp’s controversial plans for a full takeover of Sky came under scrutiny at this year’s MediaGuardian International Television Festival.
Radio merited relatively few mentions around Edinburgh over the weekend – reasonable enough as it is a TV conference – but the BBC director general Mark Thompson’s radio comments – not reported much – were significant on two fronts.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will be given new powers to regulate brands’ websites and free online spaces from March 1 next year.
Derek Jones, MD for MediaTel Group, asks if “the temptation in the digital world is more and more to play safe, save time (and cost) and use the middleman…?”
Jason Cromack, chief executive officer of Lateral Group, explains how the future of government advertising depends on communicating with the public “in a way that succeeds in combining the traditional platforms through which campaigns are conducted…”
UTV Media, owner of TalkSport radio station, is extending distribution of its free weekly Sport magazine.
According to a new eMarketer report, mobile content revenues is predicted to rise from less than $1.15 billion in 2009 to more than $3.53 billion in 2014.
