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The MRG Cricket XI pulled off a narrow eight run win in the closely contested final game of the annual Tashes series against a joint BMRB/Ipsos team. After a 3-0 series win last time around, this result gave the MRG a 1-1 draw this year (with one game rained off).After last time’s washout, the teams… Continue reading MRG Maintain A Hold On Their Tashes After Nerve-Jangler

Emap Advertising has signed Virgin Mobile as the exclusive £1 million sponsor of Kiss 100’s Bam Bam Breakfast Show, running for a full year and featuring unprecedented coverage for the mobile phone giant.The deal will see Virgin integrated closely with the breakfast show’s content, providing on-air promotions, tactically linked news and gossip tags, weekly listener… Continue reading Emap Signs Virgin For Kiss Breakfast Show Sponsorship

Supermarket giant Tesco has fired the latest salvo in the increasingly fierce cut-price broadband war with the launch of a new service costing less than £20 per month to complement its existing dial up, mobile and home telephone products.The high-street stalwart’s 512k service, pitched at entry level broadband users, ranks behind its rivals in terms… Continue reading Tesco Enters Cut-Price Broadband Market

Five’s director of programmes, Dan Chambers, on a possible merger with Channel 4: “At the moment there are so many dogs sniffing so many bottoms nobody knows what will happen. There’s so much flirtation going on between channel bosses – it looks as if the foreplay will go on forever.”Veteran BBC broadcaster, John Humphrys, on… Continue reading Television Titbits From The Edinburgh Festival

The Daily Telegraph has secured Clinique Skin Supplies for Men to sponsor a series of weekly feature spreads focusing on streakers, bad refereeing decisions and dodgy facial hair.The innovative six-figure campaign begins in the Telegraph‘s sport section on 6 September and runs until 4 October with an emphasis on memorable sporting moments and a focus… Continue reading Telegraph Scoops Clinique For Sporty Skincare Promotion

RTL, the owner of television broadcaster Five, yesterday tried to avoid adding further fuel to the rumours surrounding a merger with Channel 4, by saying it had to decide how to develop its multi-channel strategy first before any discussions take place. At a presentation to unveil the group’s interim results, chief executive, Gerhard Zeiler, refused… Continue reading RTL Boss Deflects Talks Of Five/Channel 4 Merger

The majority of media stocks suffered a decline in share price yesterday, with only a handful of companies nudging into positive growth. Radio group Chrysalis was the day’s best performer with shares rising by 1.57% to close at 177žp.The radio group recently announced plans to increase the adspend for its Heart 106.2 station by around… Continue reading Sharewatch: Chrysalis Strong In Slow Day For Media Stocks

CNBC Europe, the financial and business television news channel, is set to launch a live video streaming service which will allow mobile phone users to watch programmes on their handsets. According to CNBC, the rollout, which covers 17 European countries, is the first to allow a whole channel to be streamed 24/7 to a mobile… Continue reading CNBC Launches Video Streaming To Mobile Phones

Classic FM has announced the promotion of Giles Pearman to the role of marketing director as it gears up for the next stage of its million pound advertising campaign, utilising 33 fully-branded taxis in and around London.Pearman, who joined Classic FM from FMCG giant Unilever in 1999, will now become the station’s first dedicated marketing… Continue reading Classic FM Appoints Marketing Chief Ahead Of Ad Drive

Analogue switch-off by the ‘new’ revised target date of 2012 is unlikely unless the government is prepared to invest some money in to making it happen, says The Independent’s Raymond Snoddy.Speaking as the host of the Alternative MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Snoddy said: “Talk of analogue switch-off is completely academic while… Continue reading MGEITF 2004: ‘I Wouldn’t Bet On Analogue Switch-Off’, Says Snoddy