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The controversy surrounding Russell Brand this week delivered column inches but not significant audiences for the debut of his Ponderland show last night.Around 983,000 viewers tuned in to see the programme at 10.30pm last night, delivering a 6.8% audience share for Channel 4 based on overnight figures from BARB.This compares to figures of 779,000 viewers… Continue reading Brand’s Ponderland Debuts With Less Than A Million

Google and Yahoo!’s proposed search partnership may be under threat, according to reports from the US.The deal has already come under fire from a number of advertising and regulatory bodies on both sides of the Atlantic, due to both companies comprising 80% of the US search market.Google and Yahoo! met with the US Department of… Continue reading Google & Yahoo: Partnership Still On?

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has rejected an appeal from Virgin Media which could have seen BSkyB forced to sell all of its 17.9% stake in ITV.In September, Virgin Media lodged an appeal which said that the Competition Commission did not properly consider rules governing the plurality of UK media ownership when it decided that… Continue reading Virgin Media Appeal Over Sky’s ITV Stake Rejected

Sony Ericsson has teamed up with Bauer Media’s FHM to create the first magazine campaign shot entirely on a mobile phone camera.Promoting the new Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-shot handset, the five-figure deal sees the phone camera advertorials run in the December 2008 issue of FHM to target the Christmas shopping season.Bauer Media developed the creative… Continue reading FHM And Sony Ericsson In Magazine Ad Campaign First

BSkyB’s latest results saw profits grow by 21% year on year, though revenues only grew by 5% based on the same period. 334,000 new customer additions were added in their Q1 (financial year running July – June) with churn now standing at 10.9% – resulting in a net customer growth of 87,000 – which takes… Continue reading BSkyB’s profits grow faster than revenues

The US digital out-of-home media industry is on pace to grow 11.2% to $2.43 billion in 2008, according to research from PQ Media. PQ Media found that spending worldwide will grow 12.8% to $6.11 billion in 2008, slowing from 22.6% last year, but forecast to expand 14.5% from 2007 to 2012. The US accounts for… Continue reading US Digital Out-of-Home Industry Continues Double Digit Growth

BSkyB today reported a 21% increase in first quarter profits and the addition of 87,000 new customers, taking the broadcaster to over 9 million subscribers for the first time.Sky’s chief executive, Jeremy Darroch, said the business had its best performance it the first quarter in terms of customers for five years.As a result of Sky’s… Continue reading BSkyB Reports 21% Profit Rise

Tiffany & Co, Yves Saint Laurent, Mulberry, Samsung and T-Mobile are among the launch advertisers signed by CBS Outdoor for the Westfield shopping centre, which opens in London today.The digital advertising opportunities include large-format LED screens, as well as 110 bespoke, 57-inch LCD screens housed within interior-designed pods.There are three large HD screens, the largest… Continue reading CBS Unveils First Westfield Digital Advertisers

Project Kangaroo has unveiled plans to launch a service supported by an ad-funded model, offering free content to viewers.BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV have updated their submission to the Competition Commission this week, stating that each partner will be responsible for selling advertising around their own content on the website.This is set to include… Continue reading Kangaroo Unveils Plans For Ad-Funded Model

Dennis Publishing has announced its digital magazine ABCe results, with new launches iGIZMO and iMOTOR both hitting over 100,000 readers per issue.Monkey, iGIZMO and iMOTOR all proved popular, with the three digital magazines attracting more than 1.4 million readers a month.iGIZMO, Dennis’ consumer technology fortnightly, attracted 101,785 average readers per issue, with an average reading… Continue reading Dennis Reveals Digital Mags Debut ABCes