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Outdoor advertising revenue broke new records in 2004, with the gross figure for the last quarter of 2004 reaching £234.95 million, a 2.7% increase on 2003, according to the latest figures released by the Outdoor Advertising Association (OAA). Commenting on the data, Alan James, chief executive of the OAA said: “It is the highest quarterly… Continue reading Outdoor Advertising Breaks Records In 2004

Outdoor advertising revenue broke new records in 2004, with the gross figure for the last quarter of 2004 reaching £234,95 million, a 2.7% increase on 2003, according to the latest figures released by the Outdoor Advertising Association (OAA).Commenting on the data, Alan James, chief executive of the OAA said: “It is the highest quarterly revenue… Continue reading Outdoor Advertising Breaks Records In 2004

class=”article”>Internet piracy has long been associated with music, but Ben Coppin, COO of leading Internet monitoring company, Envisional, explains that internet piracy of TV programmes is beginning to shape the future of the television industry in much the same way as early music sharing networks did for record companies….The online distribution of music, films and… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Watching The Programme Pirates

The UK publishing arm of German consumer magazine publisher, Hubert Burda Media is entering into the competitive women’s weekly market, with the launch of Full House.The celebrity and entertainment magazine will offer readers a combination of real life stories, celebrity interviews and entertainment, in a new, bright and breezy format, with the first issue set… Continue reading Full House To Launch In Women’s Weekly Market

BBC radio listeners tuned in to a record 4.2 million hours of content via the internet during January, the Corporation has revealed, with nearly 7 million unique users visiting its radio websites in the same period, a rise of 70% year on year.The BBC’s digital-only services spearheaded the increase in online listening, with 1Xtra, 6… Continue reading BBC Breaks Internet Radio Listener Records

The MediaTel Group Sports Quiz has reached the halfway stage and Russell Budden of BMRB International – TGI is the current leader.The most recent question asked ‘who would win the Carling Cup?’ and Chelsea did just that on Sunday. 55% of entrants predicted the correct answer, including the top 12 placed entrants. This was a… Continue reading MediaTel Group Sports Quiz Reaches Halfway Mark

ITV Sales has joined forces with BBC Broadcast and interactive media research company iBurbia to promote interactive TV commercials, offering to demonstrate ways to make the medium more effective and convey its business benefits to creative agencies.The three companies have already approached London’s top ten agencies with offers of help and demonstrations on making their… Continue reading ITV Joins BBC To Boost Interactive Ad Effectiveness

Magazine publisher IPC has intensified its competition against rival Highbury House with a redesign of its top-selling home interest title, Homes & Gardens, coinciding exactly with Highbury’s overhaul of its home interest portfolio.IPC’s title will be given what the company claims is a “fresh, vibrant new look” along with a new format from its April… Continue reading IPC Challenges Highbury On Home Front

Morris Tabaksblat, non-executive chairman of publishing group Reed Elsevier, has announced his retirement from the firm, and the instalment, subject to his appointment to the board, of Jan Hommen as his successor. Tabaksblat, who has been chairman since 1999, is reducing his business commitments for personal reasons and will step down from the role following… Continue reading Reed Chairman Retires

The UK’s broadband networks have failed to deliver the Governments promise to beat other G7 countries to become the most competitive provider of high speed internet connections by this year.A new report from telecoms research specialist Ovum, commissioned by the Department for Trade and Industry, states that British Telecom’s dominance of the nation’s phone networks… Continue reading UK Misses Government Broadband Targets