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BT has signed an agreement with ZTE, a provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, to develop the world’s first 3G mobile handset compatible with BT Movio’s wholesale mobile entertainment service.The new phone will allow 3G mobile operators to offer BT Movio’s broadcast mobile TV and DAB digital radio service alongside existing video-on-demand services and… Continue reading BT Signs Deal For Phone To Support Mobile TV

Following its expansion beyond London, Ocean Outdoor is launching a new division to provide clients with formatted roadside opportunities.Ocean City Vision will be headed by Iain Chapman, former sales manager at Van Wagner.Initially, Ocean City Vision’s portfolio will be made up of Ocean Squares, the largest format backlit product in Europe, and Ocean 96s.Ocean says… Continue reading Ocean Outdoor Launches New Division

SMG is to sell off its cinema and outdoor advertising businesses, Pearl & Dean and Primesight.The news comes with UTV thought to be preparing another bid for the group, after having two previous offers turned down (see UTV Merger Bid For SMG).Pearl & Dean generates 25% of cinema advertising revenues in the UK and Republic… Continue reading SMG To Sell Pearl & Dean And Primesight

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has acquired a majority stake in mobile content company Jamba, known as Jamster in the UK. News Corporation has acquired a 51% stake in Jamba, the company behind the Crazy Frog, in a deal believed to be worth $187.5 million. News Corp bought the stake in Jamba from owners VeriSign, who… Continue reading News Corp Acquires Controlling Stake In Crazy Frog Company

Liverpool’s first game of the Champions League proper, on ITV last night, was not a massive success, with a peak of 4.2 million adults (a 21% audience share) watching the coverage.The match, against PSV Eindhoven, attracted an average audience of 3.5 million adults (an 18% audience share) across its duration.BBC1 was the big attraction on… Continue reading Liverpool Draw Fails To Attract Viewers

SMG is to sell off its cinema and outdoor advertising businesses, Pearl & Dean and Primesight. The news comes with UTV thought to be preparing another bid for the group, after having two previous offers turned down (see Strong 2004 For Online Advertising). Pearl & Dean generates 25% of cinema advertising revenues in the UK… Continue reading SMG To Sell Pearl & Dean And Primesight

The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) is to demonstrate its much awaited second TouchPoints database, the Integrated Planning System, to the planning community at an invitation-only briefing session on October 5.The results of the first IPA TouchPoints survey were released in March and showed a week in the life of a representative sample of… Continue reading IPA Prepares To Demonstrate Second TouchPoints Database

SMG’s total underlying revenues were down 2% to £88.6 million in the first six months of 2006. SMG attributed the fall in revenues on the contract rights renewal system in addition to a weak advertising market. Television revenues fell by 7%, in common with ITV1 as a whole, to £57.9 million, in the first six… Continue reading SMG H1 Underlying Revenues Fall 2%

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has cleared Endemol, Nestle and Channel 4 of fixing the Big Brother golden ticket promotion, although it has criticised them for the way in which it was carried out.The golden ticket promotion to find a member of the public to enter the house (see Big Brother Seeks Contestants Through Wonka-esque… Continue reading Big Brother Golden Ticket Draw Not Fixed

JCDecaux has announced record results for the first six months of 2006, which it says reflect a strong operating performance. Consolidated revenues of €945.8 million increased by 13.4% in the first half of the year, with organic revenues, excluding acquisitions and the impact of foreign exchange, increasing by 7.6%. The outdoor specialist’s operating margins increased… Continue reading JCDecaux Announces Record Results For First Half 2006