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US advertising expenditure decreased 0.3% to $34.93 billion in the first quarter of 2007, according to new figures from TNS Media Intelligence. Steven Fredericks, president and CEO of TNS Media Intelligence, said: “After a sluggish January, the pace of advertising expenditures picked up slightly at the end of the quarter. “We must also recognise that… Continue reading US Adspend Decreases In First Quarter Of 2007

Sky Sports has announced that it will broadcast more live sport in high definition this year including the US Open and USPGA Championship.The US Open from Oakmont (14-17 June) and USPGA Championship from Southern Hills (9-12 August) will be the second and third golf events to be broadcast live in HD on Sky Sports, following… Continue reading More Sports For Sky Sports HD

Channel 4 has revealed that the charities that will receive the money from its Big Brother eviction telephone votes this year are Crisis, Help the Hospices and the Samaritans.The broadcaster announced last week that it would not be profiting from the phone votes (see Channel 4 Will Not Profit From Big Brother Phone Votes), in… Continue reading Channel 4 Reveals Big Brother Charity Beneficiaries

Joost has announced that Mike Volpi has been appointed chief executive officer. Volpi succeeds the company’s founding CEO, Fredrik de Wahl, who remains at Joost as chief strategy officer.Volpi joins Joost from Cisco Systems, where he spent 13 years in a variety of strategic management roles.de Wahl said: “Mike brings unparalleled leadership and technology expertise… Continue reading Joost Gets New CEO

Following on from MediaTel Group’s recent ‘Future of Media Research’ seminar, Peter Bowman, the recently appointed manager of the Joint Industry Committee for Internet Measurement Systems (JICIMS), looks at the body’s progress and explains why a planning currency for the internet is the next step forward…“A single online planning currency,” it said in a NewsLine… Continue reading Moving Towards A Planning Currency For Online

Newspaper circulations worldwide rose 2.3% in 2006, while newspaper advertising revenues showed substantial gains, according to the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).WAN said that global newspaper sales were up 2.3% over the year, and had increased 9.48% over the past five years. Newspaper sales increased year on year in Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, with… Continue reading Global Newspaper Circulations Show Rise

After its acquisition of hit Aussie soap Neighbours, Five has lost one of its successful US imports, Prison Break, to Sky One.The digital only channel has acquired the exclusive rights to the next series of the show and is understood to have paid around £500,000 per episode, topping Five, which was paying around £400,000 per… Continue reading Prison Break Escapes To Sky One

The Sunday Telegraph is getting a new look from next weekend, with a new typeface and layout.Unlike the recent relaunch of the Independent On Sunday, the Sunday Telegraph will not have its content or structure changed.Patience Wheatcroft, editor, is quoted by the Guardian as saying: “It’s a redesign of the look of the newspaper, not… Continue reading New Look For Sunday Telegraph

Newspaper circulations world-wide rose 2.3% in 2006, while newspaper advertising revenues showed substantial gains, according to the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). WAN said that global newspaper sales were up 2.3% over the year, and had increased 9.48% over the past five years. Newspaper sales increased year-on-year in Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, with North… Continue reading Global Newspaper Circulations Show Rise

Each week, MediaTel INSIGHT brings NewsLine readers a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.This week the big news in the City was GCap Media’s 9% year on year revenue decline, to £200.1 million.The group’s profits were down from £22.2 million in 2006 in £14.4 million, whilst its advertising revenues… Continue reading Media In The City: GCap Reports Revenue Decline