Emap Performance has appointed Vikki Timmons as head of marketing for television, across its portfolio of seven digital music channels.Timmons, who takes up the role next month, will be responsible for all aspects of affiliate and consumer marketing across Emap’s range of television channels, which includes cross-media brands such as The Box, Smash Hits, Kiss,… Continue reading Emap Appoints New Head Of Marketing For TV
Although consumer awareness of hot spots is now relatively high, the market for these services has not progressed beyond the business travel community, according to a white paper from Parks Associates. The research firm offers consumer perspectives on public Wi-Fi hot spots based on a recent survey which features in a new report, Public Hot… Continue reading Executive Travellers Drive Hot Spot Market
BSkyB’s in-house advertising unit has created a TV campaign to promote the launch of National Magazine Company’s new title, Shop!.The campaign, which is the first to be produced by Sky’s creative agency for an external client, will see a series of 10 second spots air across Channel 4, Five, E4 and Sky media channels during… Continue reading Sky Launches First In-House Ad Campaign For NatMags
Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) has appointed former Barclays marketer Belinda Furneaux-Harris as its new marketing director.The company, which publishes The Sun and News Of The World, has been without a senior marketer since Nick Canning left last year. He was temporarily replaced by promotions director, Andy Agar, who resigned in March to set… Continue reading News Group Appoints New Marketing Director
The number of WAP page impressions viewed in the UK increased to 784 million during June, up 12% on the previous month, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).The figures from GSM network operators O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone, take the daily average for June to 26 million, a significant increase… Continue reading WAP Usage Continues To Rise During June
The UK had the largest cinema market in Europe in 2002, accounting for over 20% of the continent’s box office takings, according to a new study from analysts Dodona Research.The report, Cinemagoing Europe, found that 1.03 billion Europeans visited cinemas last year, an increase of 6.5 million on the 2001 total. UK admissions were up… Continue reading Cinema Goes From Strength To Strength
There is substantial evidence from the US of an increased demand by advertisers for media inventory, a trend which could lead to the return of media inflation, according to communications consultancy Media Audits Group.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Paid Search Will Boost Modest US Online Ad GrowthThe huge success of the paid search advertising market will… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: UK TV Sees Media Deflation, US Set For Inflation
Profits at United Business Media made a surprise jump of 12% in the first half of the year as a result of a stabilisation in revenue trends and improvements in some markets in the US.The group said that revenues in the US have been broadly stable in the last four quarters and this coupled with… Continue reading UBM Profits Rise 12% In H1, Ahead Of Expectations
The web is the most popular medium among teenagers and young adults in the US, according to a recent study commissioned by Yahoo! and Carat North America. A survey carried out in June by Harris Interactive and Teenage Research Unlimited found that people aged between 13 and 24 spent an average of 16.7 hours per… Continue reading Young People Spend More Time Online Than Watching TV
Telewest shareholders can expect to receive only 1.5% of the firm’s equity once restructuring is completed, the cable company has announced.Following in-depth negotiations, it has been agreed that bondholders will get 98.5% of Telewest shares. A deal by which they would have received 97% of the equity was previously rejected as insufficient.“Telewest confirms that it… Continue reading Telewest To Reduce Shareholder Stake
