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GCap Media is to launch a late night quiz show with no advertisements which will be funded entirely by premium rate phone calls, according to reports in the press.In a first for a commercial radio venture, the show will be almost entirely uninterrupted, with no advertisements and just three songs played during its two hour… Continue reading GCap Media To Launch Ad-Free Quiz

Mark Chippendale will move to News International to head up advertising sales for the Sun and News of the World after less than a year at Yahoo!Chippendale will report to News group managing director Mike Anderson, the former managing director of The Evening Standard. Anderson is keen to push the NG brand across other media… Continue reading Chips Leaves Yahoo! For News International

A new audience measurement system that will enable the measurement of television viewing figures on the internet, mobile phones and even in bars, is being planned in the US by TV audience tracker Nielsen Media Research and sister company Netratings.The move could bring major changes to the television and advertising industries as people increasingly watch… Continue reading New System To Measure Out Of Home TV Viewing

Sky One will broadcast the first ever UK live music broadcast in high definition with a Robbie Williams concert in Leeds on 9 September.The broadcast will be shown simultaneously on Sky One in standard definition and Sky One HD for subscribers. Viewers of the concert in Roundhay Park will also be able to access interactive… Continue reading Sky One To Show First HD Live Music Broadcast

Almost eight-and-a-half million adults tuned in to see Germany’s much deserved 1-0 win over Poland last night, giving BBC1 a 33% adult audience share.Corrie was the game’s only real rival, which managed over seven million adult viewers during the match preamble. Channel 4 put up a reasonable fight with Deal Or No Deal taking 11%… Continue reading German Win Is Victory For BBC1

Google researchers have outlined plans for a revolutionary system that could offer advertisers unparalleled insight into the mass media audience and see the online behemoth extend its dominance into television and radio.In the paper ‘Social and interactive television applications based on real-time ambient audio identification’, Google researchers Michele Covell and Shumeet Baluja propose using ambient… Continue reading Google To Revolutionise TV For Advertisers

Development opportunities for BBC programming online and on mobile phones have received a boost with the appointment of Simon Danker as director of digital media at BBC Worldwide.Danker, who is currently director of the UK and Ireland global television sales division, will be involved in the development of the BBC Worldwide iPlayer, a commercial version… Continue reading Boost For Digital Media At BBC Worldwide

Emap Advertising has finalised its new cross-media specialist team, with the appointment of Rob Tomalin as head of strategy at Emap².Tomalin previously held the position of cross-media group account director at Emap Advertising and will now head up the nine-strong Emap² strategy team. He will report to Carrie Barker, sales director of Emap².The team includes… Continue reading New Appointment Finalises Emap2 Team

Nielsen Media Research has updated its TV costings and methodologies, a process it began in January of this year, in order to both improve the way it works and to stay on top of the rapid changes occurring in the media industry.Over the past three years Nielsen Media Research discovered that digital costs for ITV… Continue reading Nielsen Media Research To Release Amended TV Costings

Some of the UK’s biggest television advertisers have called for an end to the CRR, saying it is in danger of destroying ITV.Procter & Gamble has called on Ofcom to consider the wider impact of the CRR, such as the exodus of advertising from ITV. Advertising revenues for the broadcaster are predicted to be down… Continue reading CRR May Destroy ITV Say Advertisers