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Associated Newspapers, the owner of the Daily Mail, is initiating a review which could see it sell the classified ad paper Loot. Associated Newspapers said that it has received several unsolicited enquiries from interested third parties regarding Loot. The group today announced the sale of Loot’s Irish counterpart, Buy and Sell, to Naldin Limited for… Continue reading Associated Newspapers Could Sell Loot

European telecommunications commissioner Viviane Reding has named DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds) as the single standard for mobile TV in Europe.The use of the DVB-H standard will be legally encouraged in the 27 member states, with the Commission saying that if necessary it will mandate the use of DVB-H in 2008.On announcing the decision,… Continue reading EU Names Mobile TV Standard

A new forecast from eMarketer predicts that the general mobile ad spending market – along with ad spending that supports mobile multimedia – should reach over $13.8 billion worldwide by 2011. Of that total, mobile search is expected to account for 17%. Altogether, eMarketer projects that the global market for mobile search will approach $2.4… Continue reading Mobile Adspend To Increase

Victoria Beckham: Coming To America, a documentary following the Spice Girl on her move to the US, could only attract a peak audience of 3.4 million adult viewers to ITV1 last night, a figure easily beaten by a repeat of BBC One drama Waking The Dead.The Posh Spice reality show had an average of 3.2… Continue reading Posh Documentary Beaten By BBC One Repeat

The BBC has announced a total suspension of all competitions, with phone-related competitions on BBC TV and radio to stop from midnight tonight, and online and interactive ones to be taken down as soon as possible.The announcement came following a meeting of director general Mark Thompson and the BBC Trust, on the same day that… Continue reading BBC Suspends All Competitions Following String Of Breaches

Ofcom has found “systemic failures” in premium rate phone-in services on TV, with the outcome of the watchdog’s inquiry into the sector saying some broadcasters “appeared to be in denial about their responsibilities to ensure programmes delivered on the transactions they offered to viewers” and that there is a “lack of transparency through the supply… Continue reading Ofcom Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ In Premium Rate Phone-In Services

News Corp has apparently reached a tentative agreement for the purchase of Dow Jones for $5 billion (£2.5 billion). According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, owned by Dow Jones, the deal will be put to the full Dow Jones board for approval this evening. The WSJ said that yesterday negotiators from News… Continue reading News Corp Reaches Tentative Dow Jones Agreement

These days, it seems as if all anyone ever does is poke each other on Facebook. With that in mind, David Evans, director at Continental Research, decided to take a look at the world of social networking and what it might mean for advertisers and brands…Earlier this week I heard a good example of how… Continue reading The Impact Of Social Networking On Brands

The US game console market is forecast to generate cumulative revenues of $66 billion through 2012, according to a new report from JupiterResearch. The US Console Games Forecast, 2007 to 2012 report says that competition for console households over the next five years will be fiercer than ever and will result in a close sharing… Continue reading US Game Console Market To Grow

The NRS has released a statement explaining why it has postponed the release of data for the two London afternoon freesheets, which was expected to be released yesterday.Roger Pratt, managing director of the NRS, said: “NRS has taken the decision to postpone the release of data for the two London freesheets; London Lite and thelondonpaper… Continue reading NRS Postpones Freesheet Figures