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The BBC has announced today that information technology group, Siemens, which acquired the BBC’s technology division in July, has been awarded a 10 year deal which will see the German based group delivering the Corporations technology services for the next ten years. The £2 billion two-part deal, which covers the purchase of BBC Technology and… Continue reading Siemens Wins £2bn Deal From BBC Technology

ITV’s talk-show stalwart, Trisha Goddard, is leaving the network after more than six years at the centre of its daytime schedule to join rival commercial broadcaster, Five.Goddard, who has had her own show on ITV since 1998, has agreed a two-year deal with Five that will see her join the channel in early 2005 to… Continue reading ITV Talk-Show Stalwart Jumps Ship To Five

Grey Global, WPP’s two week old acquisition, has lost one of its leading advertising accounts – food and confectionery maker Mars – however, this wasn’t enough to worry investors yesterday, as the share price in the world’s second largest marketing group rose from 2.5p to 514.5p. According to today’s Financial Times, although the announcement was… Continue reading Grey Loses Top Client Just Weeks After WPP Take-Over

Centaur Holdings, publisher of Money Marketing and Marketing Week, has experienced strong revenue growth during the second half of this year, pushing pre-tax profit to £3.4 million.The group, which was AIM listed in March this year, has saw turnover increase by 9% to £68.3 million for the year ending 30 June 2004, while advertising revenue… Continue reading Centaur Encouraged By Revenue Recovery

Contrary to positive reports on the speed of digital television (DTV) take-up in homes across the US, the Digital Transition Coalition (DTC) has spoken out and said ‘DTV has a long distance to go before it becomes a reality.’ The DTC, which was formed by a wide range of companies and public interest groups who… Continue reading US Feeling The Pressure Of Digital Switch-Over Target

The popularity of text messaging in the UK continued to grow during August, despite this traditionally being a quiet period as schools break-up and families head-off on holiday.The latest official figures from the Mobile Data Association show that a total of 2.19 billion person to person text messages were sent across the UK’s four GSM… Continue reading No Summer Break For Text Messaging Growth

UK advertising expenditure is expected to rise by 4.4% next year with online media owners expected to be the main beneficiaries.The latest forecasts from the Advertising Association predict continued growth during 2005 after the industry saw total spend accelerate during the first half of this year, due to increased spend on brand promotions and better… Continue reading UK Adspend Expected To Grow By 4.4% Next Year

IPC Media has secured a ground-breaking deal with Freeview that will see banners promoting its What’s On TV magazine appear on the television platform’s electronic programming guide.The first phase of the deal, secured in partnership with specialist agency Durkin Media, will see What’s On TV take banner advertising on the EPG in set-top-boxes produced by… Continue reading What’s On TV To Advertise On Freeview Programming Guide

Capital and GWR saw their stock market value decline yesterday as investors digested trading updates alongside details of their proposed £711 million merger to create the UK’s largest commercial radio company with a combined turnover of around £243 million.Capital saw shares dip by 3.01% yesterday to close at 416źp after reporting a 4% year on… Continue reading Sharewatch: Capital And GWR Dip On Merger News

The BBC has indicated that it would rather pursue partnerships or joint ventures for its commercial arm Worldwide rather than sell it or see it floated on the stock market, as previous reports have suggested. Speaking at a Royal Television Society dinner yesterday, the BBC’s director-general, Mark Thompson, confirmed the publicly-funded broadcaster was reconsidering ownership… Continue reading BBC Prefers Partnership Deals For Worldwide, Says Thompson