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Global advertising group, WPP, has pulled out of the bidding war to land France Telecom SA’s marketing brand management account. According to industry speculation, one of the reasons behind WPP’s decision to step down from the £200 million contract could be France Telecom’s definition of what it considered to be a client conflict. If WPP… Continue reading WPP Withdraws From France Telecom Pitch

Outdoor advertising group, JC Decaux, has bought one of the UK’s oldest independent advertising companies, Allam, Group in a multi-million pound deal. Allam brings with it a UK wide portfolio of large format advertising to JC Decaux, located in key areas across the UK’s major cities. JC Decaux has enjoyed a marketing arrangement with Allam… Continue reading JC Decaux Aquires Allam Group

The UK economy looks set to stage a modest recovery in 2006, with the latest forecasts from the National Institute Economic and Social Research (NIESR) projecting gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 2.3% in 2006, rising to 2.7% in 2007. The NIESR attributes the economic pick-up to domestic demand as investment, government consumption and… Continue reading Modest Recovery For 2006 UK Economy

Viacom Outdoor has announced an expansion of its national rail business following new contract wins with FirstGroup plc. The new contracts will see Viacom Outdoor manage all poster sites at stations operated by First Greater Western and First Capital Connect, franchises of FirstGroup. The FirstGroup contract was previously held by poster specialist, Maiden Outdoor, which… Continue reading Viacom Outdoor Wins Rail Contract From Maiden

Internet advertising in Europe is growing rapidly, with eMarketer revealing that internet adspend in the five largest nations in Western Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK reached €1,863 million in 2005. According to the analyst’s new Europe Online Advertising: Spending Trends & the Target Audience report there will be 154.1 million internet users… Continue reading Europe Online Adspend Sees Strong 2005

The recruitment advertising industry enjoyed a strong 2005 in both online and print adverts, with even the newspaper industry enjoying double digit gains in help-wanted classified. According to a new study from Borrell Associates, new trends emerging in the recruitment industry look set to make 2006 an interesting and prosperous year for the market. The… Continue reading Online Recruitment Advertising Forecast To Rocket

Viacom Outdoor has announced an expansion of its national rail business following new contract wins with FirstGroup plc.The new contracts will see Viacom Outdoor manage all poster sites at stations operated by First Greater Western and First Capital Connect, franchises of FirstGroup.The FirstGroup contract was previously held by beleaguered poster specialist, Maiden Outdoor, which is… Continue reading Viacom Scoops Rail Contract From Maiden

BBC Two scored a surprise victory over rival terrestrial broadcasters last night, as genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are trumped the competition, including MP George Galloway’s spectacular exit from Channel 4’s Celebrity Big Brother.The family history show, featuring Stephen Fry tracing his grandfather back to modern-day Slovakia, drew an average adult audience of… Continue reading History Beats Hysteria As BBC Two Tops Big Brother

ITV saw its revenues fall for the second month running in December, with a 4.6% drop year on year, leaving the channel with revenue of £122.6 million for the month. The broadcaster announced that the ITV News Channel will close in January, allowing airspace on the Freeview platform for a new ITV channel, such as… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – December 2005

BBC1 and ITV1 both lost nearly 1% point from their viewing share during December, whilst multichannel viewing increased at a similar rate year on year.In digital homes, however, all terrestrial broadcasters displayed increases in viewing share, as strong Christmas programming dominated the December schedules.All ViewingDecember saw the two main terrestrial broadcasters lose viewing share to… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – December 2005