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GCap Media’s Xfm will launch a unique interactive online radio player next week, which will enable listeners to custom make their own version of the radio station.Mi-Xfm, which will allow users to build and personalise their own station with their own type of music, has been created by the New Media team at GCap Media… Continue reading Xfm Gets Innovative With Interactive Online Radio Player

After the launch of Emap Advertising’s new research panel, Richard Fero, insight manager for marketing at Emap Advertising, explains how invaluable consumer findings were revealed through polling more than 10,000 respondents…As anyone who conducts research will tell you, technological developments have meant that the rate of change in our markets has accelerated. Our business is… Continue reading The Inside

Ids has today announced the launch of the first 30-second spot advertisement on Telewest’s video-on-demand (VoD) service.Ids has secured an agreement with Sony which will see Fallon’s 30-second explosive paint ad for Sony Bravia streamed on the Telewest VoD service.Telewest’s customers who subscribe to premium VoD content will have the opportunity to view the current… Continue reading Sony Ad First To Stream On Telewest VoD Service

Johnston Press saw like-for-like print advertising revenues decrease by 8.0% for the five months ended 30 November 2006. The regional paper group added that if fast growing digital revenues were included this decline would reduce to 7.4%. In a trading update for the second half of the financial year ending 31 December 2006 , Johnston… Continue reading Ad Revenues Continue To Decline For Johnston Press

The week ending December 3 was the most active cyber shopping week to date in both the UK and Germany, with visits to secure web pages up 69% and 72% versus the pre-holiday shopping period from 28 August to 29 October, according to new research from comScore Networks. During this week, adds comScore, France saw… Continue reading Online Shopping Increases In Run Up To Christmas

Swindon is keeping its lead as the most broadband place in Britain, according to new research from Point Topic. In terms of homes on high-speed internet, the Wiltshire city comes top in the UK, with an estimated penetration rate of 59.8% as of 30 June 2006. Swindon has pole position since December 2005, when 51.1… Continue reading Swindon Still Most Broadband Place In Britain

Global advertising expenditure is expected to grow at 6.0% in 2006, according to a revised forecast from Carat, up from its previous forecast of 5.7%. In the UK, Carat says that 2006 has been a tough year, with commercial television significantly underperforming in recent years in terms of audience delivery and revenue. Carat expects UK… Continue reading Carat Revises Global Adspend Forecast

Dawn Airey, Sky’s managing director of channels and services is to leave the company next year to take up a new position as chief executive of Iostar Limited.In a statement Sky said that Airey, who joined in January 2003, will continue to play a significant role at the company until Spring 2007 and will support… Continue reading Dawn Airey To Leave Sky

Daily Newspaper MarketNational daily newspapers saw their readership figures fall year on year for the six months to September, sliding 5.2% overall, with the Popular and Mid-Market titles all suffering declines.The Daily Star saw the largest percentage decrease in readership, losing almost 17%, or almost 300,000 readers, whilst the majority of the Quality titles actually… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: September 2006

Young consumers are growing up believing that mobile content should be free, according to new research from NMA.The study of 1,500 children aged 6-13 years old found that the tween generation are avid consumers of mobile data like mobile internet browsing and mobile video, although they are reluctant to pay for content.Almost a third, 29%,… Continue reading Youngsters Want Free Mobile Content