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The US market for set-top boxes with integrated PVRs (personal video recorders) will grow six-fold between now and 2008, according to new data from Park Associates. The standalone PVR market will be supplanted by set-top recorders provided by television service operators, along the lines of Sky+ in the UK and will reach 25 million US… Continue reading Integrated PVRs To Boom In The US As The UK Market Takes Off

Anglo-Dutch publisher Reed Elsevier dropped 3.23% yesterday to rest at 450p ahead of financial results due to be released today and concerns that the weaker dollar and declining revenue from education and business titles may affect earnings.Meanwhile, Reuters dropped 4.48% after Tuesday’s announcement that underlying profits for the full year which are significantly ahead of… Continue reading Sharewatch: Reed Elsevier Dips Ahead Of Results

BT Group has secured a wide-ranging deal with British Airways that will see wireless broadband access offered to thousands of business travellers in airports around the world.The agreement will see a number of BT Openzone access points installed in executive lounges across the UK and other international destinations from April this year, in a move… Continue reading BT Secures Wide-Ranging WiFi Deal With British Airways

Capital Disney, the digital radio station for 8-14 year olds, has secured a cross-platform content and advertising deal to promote the latest movie release from Twentieth Century Fox, Cheaper by the Dozen.The venture between the Capital Radio Group and Twentieth Century Fox is the first of its kind and features online advertorials, as well as… Continue reading Capital Disney Secures Deal With Twentieth Century Fox

Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier today posted increased pre-tax profits for 2003 but said it expects growth to slow in the coming year as the continued economic downturn takes its toll.Pre-tax profits were up 9%, from £927m to £1.01 billion. Reed said the figure would have reached 10% if adjusted at full year currency rates… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Sees 2003 Profits Rise But Predicts Dip

Channel 4 will this week relaunch its trade marketing website, the in4mer, with a promotional campaign targeting media agencies and advertisers.The new-look extranet will feature upcoming programme information, the latest research and audience data, as well as a range of sponsorship and advertising information.Channel 4 has recruited Bo Selecta star, Avid Merion, to feature on… Continue reading Channel 4 Relaunches Trade Website For Advertisers

Business press advertising expenditure in the US rose by 1.1% during November, although page volumes were down by 3.7%, according to the latest data from American Business Media (ABM). In the year to date spend was up slightly by 0.6% and pages were down by 3.5%.Also on MediaTel Insight Today…Global Mobile Shipments Jump 23% In… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: US Business Press Advertising Nudges Up

Media super-regulator Ofcom has cleared the British Heart Foundation’s latest anti-smoking television campaign of being distasteful, despite complaints from more than sixty viewers.The campaign, created by Euro RSCG London, aimed to shock people into quitting by depicting the blocked artery of a thirty year-old smoker and cigarettes dripping with the fatty substance that causes heart… Continue reading Ofcom Clears Hard Hitting Anti-Smoking Campaign

Britain’s annual rate of inflation increased slightly during January, but still remained well below the Bank of England’s 2.0% target, according the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics.The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s new measure of inflation, the Consumer Price Index, rose by 0.1% point to 1.4% last month on the back of bank… Continue reading UK Inflation Inches Up During January

Further signs of an improving advertising economy emerged yesterday as Omnicom Group, the world’s largest agency network, announced that its net income jumped by 10% to $221.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2003. The group, which owns BBDO Worldwide and TBWA, said that worldwide revenues were up by 18.3% to $2.5 billion. Revenue growth… Continue reading Omnicom Posts 18% Revenue Rise As Markets Improve