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IPC Country & Leisure Media (CALM) has announced the promotion of Adrian Booker to associate publisher of its sports titles.Booker joined IPC Media in 2000 as the first intake of the graduate training scheme run by the UK’s magazine distribution company, Marketforce.He worked as a circulation executive within CALM for two years before moving to… Continue reading IPC Promotes Booker

The decline in ITV1’s ad revenue is expected to continue into the fourth quarter of the year, following an 18% decline in Q3. A report in today’s Financial Times says that advertising revenue is now expected to fall 20% year on year for the three months to December. In addition, the broadcaster looks set to… Continue reading ITV Ad Revenue Decline Expected To Continue In Q4

Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) has announced that advertising revenue for both its national and regional divisions declined year on year for the 11 months to the end of August. DMGT’s national division, Associated Newspapers, saw total advertising revenues fall by 2% (6% excluding acquisitions), with DMGT putting the “robust performance” down to strong… Continue reading DMGT Ad Revenues Decline

A new report from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that 40% of homes in Western Europe will have digital TV by the end of this year. Informa’s Western European TV report forecasts that the region will pass 100 million digital homes during 2010 and reach 116 million by the end of 2011, equivalent to a… Continue reading Bundles And Convergence Driving Digital TV Takeup

Bravo has announced its first major marketing campaign in five years and the launch of a new channel, Bravo 2.As well as a new channel, Bravo will also be launching a new on and off-air identity. Bravo says that the new look will comprise a more classic on-air and off-air logo and includes a new… Continue reading Bravo Launches Major Marketing Campaign

RAJAR will assess the data from its forthcoming trial with BARB on a continuous basis to obtain unprecedented insight into a number of performance measures, according to Paul Kennedy, research director at RAJAR.Speaking at the recent Media Research Group evening meeting, Kennedy said: “The panel allows us to investigate trends of radio behaviour that have… Continue reading BARB And RAJAR Trial To Yield Unprecedented Audience Insight

Ofcom’s current chief operating officer, Ed Richards, is said to be the favourite to take the role of chief executive of the communications regulatory body, succeeding Stephen Carter.Six candidates have been shortlisted for the post, with two other internal candidates, executives Kip Meek and Sean Williams, challenging Richards for the £400,000 a year job.Meek, who… Continue reading Frontrunner For Ofcom Top Job Is Named

Virgin Radio and TalkSport could have their AM radio licences removed by Ofcom by 2012, so that the regulator can use the spectrum for new digital radio stations.Three new national stations and a range of local stations could be made out of the spectrum used by the two national AM services, according to Ofcom’s director… Continue reading Virgin Radio And TalkSport Could Lose AM Licences

BT has announced that Future Plus, the customer-publishing agency of Future Publishing, will be supplying editorial content for BT Vision, its TV-via-broadband service.The deal will see Future supply BT Vision’s editorial requirements for the TV service and the BT Vision online store. Future will provide news, independent reviews of entertainment and programme listings for the… Continue reading Future Signs BT Vision Deal

Virgin Radio is to launch a huge multi-platform station promotion, incorporating a series of TV, cinema and outdoor ads, as well as an online viral marketing campaign.The campaign, which has been dubbed ‘Big Star’, will launch on the Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show and run across all Virgin Radio shows throughout the schedule.30-second TV ads will… Continue reading Virgin Radio To Launch Massive Multi-Platform Promo