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Italy and the UK currently lead the way in the European online advertising market, with market shares of ads placed at 19.1% and 18.9% respectively, according to data from LemonAd. Germany has more online advertisers than the UK (5,424 versus 5,231), but had fewer campaigns and actual ads during the first six months of the… Continue reading Italy And UK Lead European Online Advertising Markets

Channel 4 chief executive, Michael Jackson, has stood up to the opinions of his fellow commercial broadcasters by coming out in support of the BBC’s plans to create more digital channels.Recent weeks have seen increasing pressure on the Government and threats to sue from the commercial TV community, who feel that publicly funded digital channels… Continue reading Jackson Defends BBC’s Digital Plans

Player numbers and revenues for global wireless gaming are set to boom, according to a report to be released by market analysts Datamonitor. According to forecasts from the new report – Global Wireless Gaming – combined revenues from the US, Europe and Asia Pacific markets will grow, from an estimated $950 million in 2001 to… Continue reading Wireless Gaming Revenues And Player Numbers Set To Boom, Says Datamonitor

Pearson Television has announced that it is to rebrand to FremantleMedia with immediate effect.All divisions of the company will take on the FremantleMedia name including Worldwide Production, Pearson Television North America and Pearson Television International and Enterprises.Some local operating companies will rebrand under different names which have become regionally popular. As part of this initiative… Continue reading Pearson TV Rebrands

Last week NewsLine columnist John Harlow of Naked Communications gave his views on how media agencies should face the increasing diversity on offer for advertisers (see What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us?). As ever, we asked readers to let us know what they thought. Here’s what Dan Matthews of BJK & E Media… Continue reading NewsLine Reader Response

The ABC has taken the decision to change its rules after the sale of millions of copies of Hello! and OK! for 1p led to abnormally high circulation figures for both magazines.The auditing body has abolished the rule allowing publishers to sell magazines at a minimum price of 1p, increasing the amount to 20% of… Continue reading ABC Amends Minimum Price Rule

Tessa Jowell has had to withdraw from addressing the Edinburgh Television Festival this weekend following a family bereavement.Jowell, appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport earlier this year (see Smith Replaced By Jowell Following Labour Landslide) was due to outline her plans for the future of UK broadcasting, including approval for the BBC’s… Continue reading Jowell Cancels Edinburgh Speech

Global advertising and communications group, WPP, has this morning posted interim financials in line with expectations, at the same time confirming a 555p per share offer for UK-based media and communications group Tempus (see Tempus Confirms WPP Offer). Pre-tax profit at WPP rose by 80% to £247.6 million, whilst revenues rose by 65% to £1.997… Continue reading WPP Posts Strong Interims

According to the latest figures from Jupiter, over 33 million people in the UK used the internet between April and June of this year. The home PC remained the most popular means of access but it was games consoles and set top boxes which have seen the greatest increase in usage. WAP phones are not… Continue reading 60% Of UK Now Online

US newspaper advertising revenues for the second quarter of 2001 totalled $11.1 billion, a decline of 8.4% year on year, according to preliminary estimates from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). This compares US newspaper’s highest Q2 growth ever last year of 6.8%. Retail advertising showed the smallest decline in the second quarter, off 2.2%… Continue reading US Newspaper Revenues Down 6.5% In First Half