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Media buyers will soon be able to bid for advertising space using a new online business exchange listing a range of press, internet, broadcast and outdoor opportunities.From spring 2005, Myadbase.com will allow media buyers to view and purchase advertising space via an online auction or fixed pricing method similar to that currently used by online… Continue reading Online Auction Site Launches For Media Buyers

ITV has announced the launch of its 24 hour interactive service on Sky Digital, extending its current crop of one-off interactive TV show tie-ins to become a fully fledged, always-on interactive service.Dubbed ITVi 24/7, the service will carry a range of services on both ITV1 and ITV2. Amongst the content available to viewers from launch… Continue reading ITV Boosts Interactive To Run Services Non-Stop

Virgin Radio will burst onto television and cinema screens across the country later this year with the launch of a high-profile advertising campaign to bolster the station’s share of the highly competitive breakfast market.Promoting the station’s popular Pete and Geoff Breakfast Show, the campaign centres around an animated version of the two presenters in a… Continue reading Virgin Launches Campaign To Boost Breakfast Share

Broadband is to this decade what cable television was to the 1980’s, says the latest report from Instat, as cable and DSL figures are expected to climb from 24 million subscribers in 2003 to 50 million by 2008. However, Instat says while growth will remain strong, it will be slowing as the market moves to… Continue reading Broadband Is To This Decade What Cable TV Was To The 1980’s

The market for digital satellite set-top boxes is set to continue to grow over the new few years, says Instat, and by 2008 a total of 71 million devices are expected to be in use worldwide. According to a new report from the high-tech market research firm, the driving force behind the surge in digital… Continue reading Digital Satellite Set-Top Box Market To Grow To 70 Million By 2008

Marketers are constantly looking for new advertising vehicles to reach fickle consumers and a new report from the Yankee group thinks it has the answer in the form of video games. The Marketers Look To Video Games To Drive Their Messages Home report says, although product placement in television programmes and films is common place,… Continue reading Video Game Ads To Generate $260 Million By 2008

New research has revealed that household names are failing to protect their brands online because they are not putting in place appropriate copyright protection. According to brand asset management company, Brandworkz, top 100 global groups with a brand value of over $1 billion, such as Coca Cola, Microsoft and Smirnoff, are being careless when it… Continue reading Top 100 Global Groups Not Protecting Their Brands Online

Marketing budgets continued to rise in the third quarter of this year with little evidence that high oil prices, rising interest rates and economic worries are hampering the recovery. The IPA’s latest quarterly Bellwether report, compiled by NTC research, reveals that the number of UK companies increasing their marketing spend outnumbered those cutting it for… Continue reading Q3 Bellwether: UK Marketing Recovery Still On Track

Although 2004 is turning out to be the best year for the advertising market since the dot-com boom years, according to the author of the Bellwether report, growth in advertising expenditure is likely to slip in the second half of this year. According to Christopher Williamson, economist at NTC Research and author of IPA’s latest… Continue reading Ad Spend Growth May Ease In Q4 2004

Capital Radio saw a rise in share price yesterday, climbing by 0.90% to close at 393˝p. The company has seen a strong performance recently, although details of the proposed merger with rivals GWR have caused a see-sawing of both broadcaster’s share prices.Yesterday saw the release of new data from audience measurement firm GfK placing Johnny… Continue reading Sharewatch: Capital Rises As GfK Puts Vaughan On Top