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WPP worldwide revenues were up 17% for the first five months of the year on a reportable basis, with a growth of over 13% in constant currencies. The trading update was provided at the group’s AGM today by Philip Lader, chairman of WPP. The United Kingdom was the only region not to show double-digit revenue… Continue reading WPP Reports Growth For First Five Months of 2006

GCap Media has shelled out £2.6 million in severance payments to ousted directors, and chairman of the company’s remuneration committee, Alastair Ross Goobey, has apologised to shareholders. The non-executive issued an unprecedented statement offering a full explanation for the sums paid to David Mansfield, the former chief executive, and other former colleagues. Mansfield left the… Continue reading GCap Media Says Sorry To Shareholders

UBC Media Group has reported revenue of £19.4m for the year to March 31, up 21.8%, with most of the growth coming from advertising revenues from networked programming, which rose 45.8% year-on-year to £11m. The company also announced a 13.9% increase in revenue from its digital software business and a 5.1% boost in its digital… Continue reading UBC Media Group Announces £19 Million Revenue

Independent News & Media (INM) has forecast that its group advertising revenues will be up by over 3.5%, in its trading update for the six month period ending 30th June 2006. The trading report said that group revenue is expected to be ahead year-on-year by over 3%, with group circulation revenues forecast to be up… Continue reading INM Advertising Revenues Forecast To Grow

Advertising expenditure in the UK rose by 2.6% to nearly £19 billion in 2005 when measured at current prices (i.e. before accounting for inflation) according to newly released figures from the World Advertising Research Center (WARC) on behalf of the Advertising Association (AA). After adjusting for inflation the rise means a 0.6% increase in real… Continue reading Advertising Expenditure Almost £19 Billion In 2005

Text messaging achieved an all time high in May, reaching 3.3 billion messages, according to latest figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA). Person-to-person texts sent across the UK GSM network operators last month increased by 26% on the total sent during the same period in 2005, beating the previous record of 3.2 billion… Continue reading UK Txt Msgs Reach 3.3 Billion For May

Digital radio listeners read and use information from the scrolling text on their DAB sets, according to the latest findings from the RAB Platform Survey. 69% of listeners read the text, whilst 42% actually used web addresses or phone numbers on the display, offering advertisers a new channel of communication to connect through to consumers.… Continue reading DAB Text Display Is A New Avenue For Advertisers

Cartoon Network will make its first foray into bespoke broadband content with the imminent launch of its new paid-for broadband television service.SuperCartoonNetwork.co.uk will be launched by the end of the year, with the network’s parent company Turner Broadcasting Systems partnering with digital rights company Premium TV.The move sees Cartoon Network following the likes of the… Continue reading Cartoon Network To Move Into Broadband TV Market

England’s gripping win against Ecuador brought in a massive 16.1 million adult viewers for BBC1 yesterday afternoon, as Beckham’s battlers overcame the South Americans.An average of 12.6 million adults watched the game (giving BBC1 a 74% audience share) and were treated to a tense affair which England did just enough to win. An average of… Continue reading England Win On BBC1

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily newspaper market continued to see readership decline for the six-month period from November 2005 to April 2006, with a substantial total downturn of 5.4% year on year, signalling further trouble for the sector.There were some success stories amidst the depression however, with the Independent pushing its readership up by a massive… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2006