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Freedom Media has appointed Mark Wood, former commercial director of Sky Media, to its management team, holding the same job title and working to boost the company’s client offering, which already spans strategic planning, TV production, event management and talent negotiation.The move will see Wood join Freedom’s founder Robert Dodds, with whom the new commercial… Continue reading Freedom Media Signs Former Sky Media Boss

The FA Premier League has awarded three of the six live television rights packages to BSkyB, announcing that a second round of bidding for the remaining three will now take place.The second bids will decide which broadcasters can air the remaining 50% of Premier League coverage, although Sky remains eligible to bid, and could scoop… Continue reading Sky Scoops Half Of Premier League Rights

Newspaper heavyweight Trinity Mirror has appointed Sir Ian Gibson, CBE, as its new chairman, replacing Sir Victor Blank, who is to step down next month.Blank will relinquish his post immediately after the company’s Annual General Meeting on 4 May, with Gibson taking control from that date.The new chairman currently holds non-executive directorships at GKN and… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Ends Search For New Chairman

Channel 4’s pledge to push video on-demand content has taken a further step forward, with the broadcaster securing the rights to deliver hit series Lost and Desperate Housewives using the technology.The landmark deal is The Walt Disney Company’s first on-demand licensing in Europe and will enable Channel 4 to screen the entire first series of… Continue reading Channel 4 Signs First On-Demand Distribution Deal

Nickelodeon is to launch its second pre-school kids’ channel next week, with Nick Jr 2 aiming to extend the influence of the original brand, rather than simply offering a time-shifted version of current programming.The new channel will feature favourite programmes from the Nick Jr stable, including Dora the Explorer, Bob the Builder, Lazytown and Backyardigans,… Continue reading Nick Launches Second Pre-School Channel

ITV1’s detective drama, Murder City, saw off competition from all comers last night, securing prime time victory with an average adult audience of 4.3 million, despite stiff competition from BBC Two’s The Apprentice, which drew 4.2 million.ITV also saw success earlier in the evening, with The Bill, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, outperforming all terrestrial competition… Continue reading Murder City Tops The Apprentice To Slay Competition

BBC Magazines has announced the sale of Origin Publishing to a management buy-out team led by current managing director, Andy Marshall.The move marks the completion of a streamlining programme undertaken following a commercial review in 2004, which saw all non-BBC related titles marked for disposal by the publisher (see Origin Titles Next On List For… Continue reading BBC Offloads Origin In Management Buyout

New research from the Newspaper Marketing Agency (NMA) claims the medium is an effective one for building brands, with the findings culled from an exhaustive two year study.Conducted in partnership with brand and communications research agency Hall and Partners, the NMA’s research shows that, with an investment of over £14 million, newspapers can provide a… Continue reading Newspaper Ad Study Shows Strong Brand Awareness

IPC Advertising has appointed Keith Yonish as its new director of creative solutions, poaching the award-winning ad boss from his previous position as creative director at Independent Solutions.Yonish will take responsibility for all advertorial, sponsorship and special projects across the publisher’s weekly magazines, as well as working toward a cross-company brief to drive creative thinking… Continue reading IPC Appoints Yonish As New Creative Director

Outdoor advertising group, JCDecaux, has enjoyed a strong start to 2006, reporting an increase of 16.5% in revenues for the first three months of the year.Revenues reached €442.2 million in the first quarter of 2006, compared to €379.7 million in the same period last year.JCDecaux’s street furniture division increased revenues by 7.4% to €227.5 million… Continue reading JCDecaux Sees Strong Start To 2006