More Uncategorised articles

Groupe Bollore has announced that it has raised its stake in media and communications company, Aegis, to 25.05%, just above the 25% mark that allows a blocking minority in the company.According to industry reports, Vincent Bollore’s group bought 735,223 shares in Aegis on Friday, giving the French entrepreneur the largest shareholding in the UK media… Continue reading Bollore Raises Aegis Stake To Over 25%

A raft of high profile programmes failed to secure victory for ITV on Saturday, as the broadcaster continually failed to top the BBC’s audiences for established prime time favourites.ITV secured victory later on in the evening, however, as the results of its earlier programmes topped those of the BBC.ITV’s X Factor was the first show… Continue reading ITV Trades Blows With BBC In Saturday Showdown

Consumer broadband adoption is increasing at its fastest rate across most of Europe, with new research from Datamonitor expecting penetration to settle at around 60% in terms of household penetration in advanced markets.Broadband has enjoyed a surge in popularity over recent years and is now central to many service providers’ strategies, aggressive marketing techniques and… Continue reading Europe Sees Surge In Broadband Adoption

Newspaper giant Trinity Mirror has acquired Paldonsay Ltd, the parent company of High Street Direct and owner of SecsintheCity.com, for £3.3 million, giving the company control of the leading internet recruitment site for secretarial and administrative jobs.The acquisition builds on Future’s growing online recruitment portfolio, following the company’s purchase of the UK’s second largest online… Continue reading Trinity Continues Online Recruitment Acquisitions

Text messages sent during October yet again beat records, with new figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA) revealing that a staggering 2.9 billion messages were sent during the month, with an average of 93.5 million sent per day.Person-to-person texts sent across the UK network operators last month showed an increase of 25.7% on the… Continue reading October Text Messages Continue Recording Breaking Performance

Digital TV and broadband provider, HomeChoice, has announced the appointment of Alex Langley as its new head of new media, increasing the company’s focus on online marketing and its consumer website.Langley joins the firm from the Friday-Ad, the largest Independent publisher in the UK, where he was also head of new media.The new role will… Continue reading New Media Boss To Boost HomeChoice’s Online Focus

GCap chief executive Ralph Bernard – who last week announced a series of measures designed to re-invigorate and rebrand GCap stations; to target the BBC’s audience; and to maximise digital opportunities – will be on the panel for MediaTel Group’s Digital Radio and Beyond conference, held in association with MediaGuardian.The radio boss joins Simon Cole,… Continue reading Bernard Joins Radio Seminar As GCap Focuses on Digital Future

Share of viewing for non-terrestrial channels is now over 30% for the for the first time, with 60% of households having digital television in various forms, according to the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising’s (IPA) latest Trends in Television Viewing Report.Figures for the third quarter of 2005 show that digital TV reception remains the fastest… Continue reading Multi-Channel TV Viewing Share Hits 30%

ITV enjoyed a strong audience last night, with I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here and Doc Martin both attracting healthy audience figures.I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here saw an average of 7.4 million adult viewers tune in to its first showing at eight, gaining an extra 145,000 for the later slot, with 7.6… Continue reading ITV Wins With Strong Programming

Search engine giant, Google has announced that it is testing a new product, which gives consumers a free and immediate way to speak to advertisers on the Google search results page.The new initiative will allow users to click on the phone icon in the results page and then enter in their phone number. Once the… Continue reading Google Tests Click-To-Call Service