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Following the breakdown of merger talks between Five and Channel 4 last week, speculation was mounting over the weekend in relation to RTL and United Business Media, owners of Five, who are believed to be considering a merger with Flextech, part of cable company Telewest. There have also been rumours that Channel 4 is now… Continue reading Five Looks To A Flextech Future

Online revenue is outperforming the rest of the advertising market and is set to overtake radio’s share of overall advertising revenue over the next few months. OPera, the new media investment company for the Omnicom agencies, has predicted that online advertising will be worth £699 million in 2005, a growth of 26.2% compared to this… Continue reading Exponential Growth For UK Online Advertising

Satellite TV superpower BSkyB continued to see its share price increase yesterday, inching up by 0.09% to close at 548˝p despite renewed worries over the broadcaster’s slowing subscriber figures.A prediction made yesterday by high street electronics retailer Dixons forecast a slump in spending during the Christmas period. The retail giant expressed concerns that the festive… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Rises Despite Renewed Subscriber Worries

Channel 4 is preparing a request to Ofcom for public funding to support its flagging advertising revenues in the face of increased multi-channel competition, according to reports circulating this morning.The request is expected to be made to the media super-regulator in Channel 4’s submission to Ofcom’s review of public service broadcasting. The move could see… Continue reading Channel 4 To Seek Public Funding To Combat Sliding Share

Search targeted marketing firm Overture has announced the extension of its sponsored search deal with Microsoft, seeing the company’s sponsored search results feature on MSN sites world-wide to June 2006.The deal will see Overture providing the software giant with targeted marketing messages for the next 18 months, and builds on the long-running relationship already built… Continue reading Overture Extends Search Marketing Deal With MSN

New research from mediaedge:cia indicates that the traditional power of television advertising is being eroded by the increased use of the internet by consumers, with a direct transfer in consumption evident from television to the internet.Mediaedge:cia’s research also found that TV campaigns deliver 14% less pressure amongst internet users when compared with their non-surfing counterparts.… Continue reading Internet Usage Eroding TV Ad Effectiveness

The Times has launched a new section of its website to cater for female readers, offering the best in features, fashion and style from the newspaper, as well as specially commissioned material, in a bid to strengthen its readership amongst women.Times Online Women will pull together the best articles from The Times and The Sunday… Continue reading Times Targets Women With Online Expansion

Media regulator, Ofcom, has laid out phase two of its new telecommunications guidelines as the market moves from analogue to digital and has warned telecoms giant British Telecom (BT) that it must let rivals have ‘real equality of access’ to BT phone lines.As BT currently owns the majority of the telephone and broadband lines in… Continue reading Ofcom Urges BT To Open Its Network To Rivals

New research from mediaedge:cia indicates that the traditional power of television advertising is being eroded by the increased use of the internet by consumers, with a direct transfer in consumption evident from television to the internet. Mediaedge:cia’s research also found that TV campaigns deliver 14% less pressure amongst internet users when compared with their non-surfing… Continue reading Internet Usage Eroding TV Ad Effectiveness

Scottish Radio Holdings has this morning reported record results for the past year, as group revenues grew by 14%, beating the group’s expectations of 9%. For the period ending 30 September 2004, turnover was up 15% to £96.3 million, spurred on by strong revenue growth in both the radio and press divisions which was up… Continue reading SRH Exceeds Expectations With Record Results