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CBS Outdoor has been awarded the five-year contract to manage advertising on Yellow Buses, part of Bournemouth Transport’s portfolio.Having held the national sales contract for Yellow Buses since 2004, under the terms of the new deal CBS Outdoor will now manage all advertising sales, including local campaigns for national and regional businesses.It will be responsible… Continue reading CBS Outdoor Wins Bournemouth Transport Brief

The number of people logging onto Guardian Unlimited during the month of November fell month on month by nearly one million users, according to figures released by the ABCe.While there is largely an increase in Unique Users* and Page Impressions across the national dailies, the Guardian‘s site has been losing traffic since the previous month.… Continue reading Guardian Unlimited Records Traffic Downturn But Remains Top Newspaper Site

Global SMS traffic over the 2007/2008 New Year period increased by 30% compared to the same period last year, according to new data from Acision.Around the world, phone users sent a staggering 43 billion text messages to wish their loved ones a happy New Year.Growth was strong in both mature and emerging markets, said Acision.… Continue reading Global SMS Traffic Up 30% Over New Year Period

UK internet traffic to the BBC’s iPlayer website increased 14-fold between the weeks ending 8 December 2007 and 5 January 2008, according to the latest figures from online intelligence service Hitwise.The online catch-up TV service ranked as the 80th most visited website in the UK for the week ending 5 January 2008, having peaked at… Continue reading UK Internet Traffic To BBC iPlayer Increases 14-Fold

Newspaper companies are optimistic about their ability to capture the time and interest of a new generation of readers, according to a new report from the World Association of Newspapers. The report from the WAN Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project examines the media habits of young people and provides case studies of how… Continue reading Newspaper Companies Optimistic About Capturing Younger Readers

Global SMS traffic over the 2007/2008 New Year period increased by 30% compared to the same period last year, acocrding to new data from Acision. Around the world, phone users sent a staggering 43 billion text messages to wish their loved ones a happy New Year. Growth was strong in both mature and emerging markets,… Continue reading Global SMS Traffic Up 30% Over New Year Period

GCap Media has seen its shares rise another 23%, with rumours flying that Charles Allen’s Global Radio could make another bid for the company. At one point today, Gcap’s share price hit 215.75p, before later slipping back to 208p. Yesterday GCap announced that it had rejected a £310 million takeover bid from Global Radio, which… Continue reading Speculation Sees GCap Share Price Rise

December saw the Nielsen Company publish a report which said that younger adult viewers in the US are two-and-a-half times more likely than older viewers to be technologically proactive in catching up on television shows they missed. The study reported that more than half of older viewers will do nothing or wait for reruns if… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – December 2007

Fiat has signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with Five, which will see the car maker sponsor an entire evening on the channel.Following Ofcom’s decision to relax the rules surrounding terrestrial channel sponsorship, Fiat is using the opportunity to support an entire evening on Five, becoming the first advertiser to take advantage of this new form… Continue reading Fiat To Sponsor Evening On Five

A feature length episode of Wire In The Blood drew more than 5.9 million adults on average to ITV1 last night, giving the channel an audience share of 27% between 9pm and 10.30pm.The show, which whet the appetite of fans ahead of the new series, of course starred the indefatigable Robson Green as eccentric clinical… Continue reading Movie Length Wire In The Blood Attracts Over 5.9m To ITV1