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Omnicom Group has reported an 8% rise in profits for the second quarter of 2006 on the back of new business wins.The world’s largest advertising agency owner saw worldwide revenue increase 8% to $2,823.4 million from $2,615.8 million in the second quarter of 2005, while domestic revenue for the second quarter of 2006 increased 8%… Continue reading Omnicom Group Reports Profits Up

BBC One’s new drama, Sorted, which follows the highs and lows of a group of postie pals, continued to do well in its second week, gaining an average of 3.9 million adult viewers for the station (a 20.9% audience share), beating Channel 4’s Big Brother.BB managed to lure an average of 3.6 million viewers in… Continue reading New BBC One Drama Continues To Triumph

Housing and planning minister, Yvette Cooper, has urged councils to crack down on illegal roadside ads, following a seven-week consultation on outdoor advertising, according to reports in the trade press.The government has asked councils to work closely with the Highways Agency to reduce the number of ads placed by motorway services, out-of-town retail parks, farmers… Continue reading Government To Crack Down On Illegal Roadside Ads

The head of Film4, Tom Sykes, has quit just days after the channel moved from a subscription-based service to a free one, according to reports in the trade press.Sykes will apparently step down from the role in mid-September and has, as yet, not revealed his plans for the future.Film4, which launched as a free channel… Continue reading Head Of Film4 Quits

Loss-making Sunday newspaper the Business, which is owned by the Barclay brothers, will covert to a magazine from 12 October and change its publication day to a Thursday.As previously reported on NewsLine, media tycoons Sir David and Sir Frederick had been considering changes to the paper after it had lost millions of pounds (see Barclay… Continue reading The Business Sets A Date For Re-Launch

Omnicom Group has reported an 8% rise in profits for the second quarter of 2006 on the back of new business wins. The worlds largest advertising agency owner saw worldwide revenue increase 8% to $2,823.4 million from $2,615.8 million in the second quarter of 2005, while domestic revenue for the second quarter of 2006 increased… Continue reading Omnicom Group Reports Q2 Profits Up 8%

Cinema advertising has bucked the general ad market trend, rising 9.3% year on year for the six months from January to June this year, at a time when many other sectors have seen decline, according to the latest Nielsen Media Research figures. Outdoor, radio and TV have all seen revenue decline year on year, with… Continue reading Cinema Advertising Bucks General Market Trend

England’s World Cup adventure encouraged fans to notch up record text messaging figures last month, according to new data released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA). The MDA figures show that 112 messages were sent on average per day throughout June in the UK, with the total monthly figure topping 3.37 billion. Person-to-person texts sent… Continue reading Record Text Message Figures For June

About 9 million US web users (6% of US adults) have downloaded a podcast in the past 30 days, according to the new research, The Economics of Podcasting, a report released today by Nielsen Analytics, part of VNU’s Media Measurement & Information Group. The survey, carried out at Nielsen Entertainment Television testing facilities in Las… Continue reading US Podcast Downloading Continues To Grow

US Online advertising will grow to represent 9% of overall advertising spend by 2011, according to the latest study from JupiterResearch, US Online Advertising Forecast, 2006 to 2011. The study shows that online advertising in the US will reach $25.9 billion in revenues by 2011, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11%… Continue reading US Online Advertising To Reach 9% Of Ad Spend In 2011