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Starcom has beaten heavy competition to scoop the COI radio buying account from incumbent OMD, bringing an end to an intensive five-way tussle for the account, worth an annual £20 million.The win will dash the hopes of Carat, Mindshare and ZenithOptimedia, who also pitched for the business, following an unnerving delay by the COI in… Continue reading Starcom Scoops COI Radio Account As TV Boss Swaps Sides

Media and communications group, Aegis, has revealed in its annual general meeting, that trading for the year to date is in line with expectations, with revenues for the first quarter up 12.5% year on year and organic revenue growth up 5.8% compared with 4.8% in 2004. Aegis Media has seen continued growth in client spending,… Continue reading Aegis Trading In Line With Expectations

The US online economy continues to perform well, with retail e-commerce sales for the first quarter of 2005 totalling $19.8 billion, up from $15.49 billion in quarter one 2004, according to new figures from the US Department of Commerce. This strong growth is attributed by analyst eMarketer to an increasing trend for consumers to shift… Continue reading US Online Shopping To Reach $84.5 Billion In 2005

Demand for Personal Video Recorder (PVR) products increased hugely in 2004, with unit shipments rising to over 11.4 million in 2004, up from 4.6 million in 2003, signalling an increase in consumer awareness of the concept of time-shifting television programming. According to research firm, In-Stat’s new report, TV Time-Shifting on the Rise: Worldwide PVR Unit… Continue reading Consumers Demand For PVRs More Than Doubles In A Year

Media and communications group, Aegis, has revealed in its annual general meeting, that trading for the year to date is in line with expectations, with revenues for the first quarter up 12.5% year on year and organic revenue growth up 5.8% compared with 4.8% in 2004.Aegis Media has seen continued growth in client spending, with… Continue reading Aegis Trading In Line With Expectations

Media Group, Carat, recently appointed Dominic Williams to the newly-created position of press director, building on the agency boss’s eight-year career with the firm. He explains the significance of the new role, and his plan to put press at the top of the table in the coming months…Since being promoted to become Carat’s Head of… Continue reading Pressing Ahead With Print

Emap has revealed a 5% rise in pre-tax profit to £205 million, boosted by a strong performance in its consumer magazine division, with new magazine Grazia achieving its targets in terms of both sales and audience profile.Turnover for the group was up by 2% to £1,068 million, Emap reported, while total group operating profit enjoyed… Continue reading Emap Sees Strong Performance In Magazine Division

Outdoor advertising specialist, Maiden Group, has shown an overall increase of 4% in revenues in April and a 5% rise for the first four months compared to last year, despite challenging market conditions in the second quarter.A statement given by the group’s chairman, Martin Boase, at the annual general meeting, revealed uneven growth across Maiden’s… Continue reading Maiden Enjoys 4% Rise In Revenues During April

Independent banner contractor, bigFX, has appointed former Megaposter sales and marketing director, Ian Bohn, as the exclusive sales agent for its national banner portfolio as the company moves to disrupt the current duopoly in large-scale poster advertising held by blowUP and Clear Channel.Bohn worked for Megaposter UK until its acquisition by blowUP Media last year,… Continue reading BigFX Moves To Compete With Banner Market Leaders

Speaking at the Westminster Media Forum this morning, BBC Chairman, Michael Grade stated that the licence fee would be even more valid in a digital world, and that the BBC was strongly opposed to the Government’s proposal to consider “top-slicing” the £2.8bn fee in future.Top-slicing was pitched by Tessa Jowell as an area to be… Continue reading BBC Rejects Sharing the Licence Fee