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The Daily Telegraph will begin its run up to the Olympic Games next week with the publication of an eight-page preview guide to the event, underlining its commitment to quality sports coverage.In addition to the Olympics coverage, the Telegraph will publish a supplement previewing the Premiership on 14 August featuring articles by Alan Hansen and… Continue reading Telegraph Bolsters Sports Coverage In Olympic Run-Up

Cable and satellite entertainment giant UKTV is preparing to update its interactive channel guide, allowing viewers to search programme listings and receive text alerts to their mobile phone when a programme is about to begin.The new service is being created in partnership with the Digital Interactive Television Group and Broadsystem, forming an extension of UKTV’s… Continue reading UKTV Revamps Interactive Scheduling Services

GWR’s Local Radio Group has today announced it will purchase the remaining 67% stake of Two Boroughs Radio Limited from Johnston Press, to become sole-owner of the Burnley based operation.The total purchase price, which includes the previously acquired 33% share of Two Boroughs Radio, is reported to be just over £2.2 million.In June, the Local… Continue reading Local Radio Group Snaps Up Remainder Of Two Boroughs

Worldwide free newspaper, Metro International, has remained the world’s most-read newspaper as sales increased by 50% in the first half of 2004 to reach 14.5 million readers a day.The jump in sales spurred profits at Metro to reach $145 million from January to June 2004, with the group reporting its second quarterly net profit since… Continue reading Metro International Remains World’s Most Read Newspaper

Consumer spending in the United States fell by 0.7% in June – the largest drop since September 2001, according to figures published by the Commerce Department.As reported in the Financial Times, US government statisticians have estimated that the economy grew slower than expected, up only 3% during the second quarter, owing to a 1% growth… Continue reading US Spending In June Matches Decline Of 2001

The quarter two 2004 Bellwether Report revealed that the final data from 2003 showed the steepest rise in marketing spend since the survey began in 2000. From April to June 2004, the survey results, which are drawn from a panel of over 250 UK marketing professionals and act as a barometer of the relative health… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – July 2004

Cable operator NTL yesterday announced that customer expansion and revenue growth has helped narrow year-on-year profit loss for the second quarter of 2004.Revenues from April to June 2004 jumped £28.3 million on the same quarter last year to £397.8 million, driving profit loss down to £7 million from £51 million in 2003.The New-York listed group… Continue reading NTL Losses Down As Customer Base And Revenues Grow

Local internet advertising in the United States has turned in to a full-fledged boom, says Borrell Associates, and as a result estimates that newspaper-owned internet sites will generate a staggering $1.14 billion this year. When the forecast is compared to the $811 million revenue from newspaper based web-sites produced last year, it’s easy to see… Continue reading Online Revenue Is The ‘Botox’ Of Newspaper Industry

Mobile phone users on the O² network will soon be able to access the UK’s first free-to-air advertiser funded video channel, broadcast direct to their handsets, screening ad-funded programming and commercials from a consortium of content providers, advertisers.The channel is being created by O², Warner Brothers, IPC and advertising consultancy Unanimis. Unlike other video content… Continue reading Mobiles Get Video Streams In Latest Advertiser Push

Almost 8 million people tuned in to Channel 4 last night to watch Big Brother contestant Stuart Wilson leave the house in a surprise eviction just two days before the series finalé.Unofficial overnight figures from BARB show that a peak of 7.7 million reality-TV fans watched the youngest housemate get evicted after receiving the least… Continue reading Surprise Big Brother Eviction Draws 7.7 Million To Channel 4