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Highbury House has announced the appointment of Michael Peter Alan Frey as its new chief operating officer with immediate effect, promoting the magazine boss from his previous position as managing director of Highbury Entertainment.Frey joined the company as managing director of Highbury Entertainment in September 2004, with 20 years of experience in magazine publishing, beginning… Continue reading Highbury Appoints Entertainment Boss As New COO

French entrepreneur Vincent Bollore has increased his stake in Aegis to “close to 9%”, further fuelling industry speculation that he will enter the bidding for overall control of the firm.Bollore, chairman of rival agency Havas told a French news conference: “Maybe Aegis will be a long-term shareholding one day, but for the moment it is… Continue reading Bollore Raises Aegis Stake To 9%

Internet search icon Google is to begin streaming television broadcasts over the internet after signing up American broadcasters and holding negotiations with the BBC over the possibility of British content.According to reports, the search giant hopes to amass an online library of programmes which can be searched and viewed online from any computer.The service has… Continue reading Google To Host Online TV Service

David Elstein, former chief executive of Five and current chief executive of Hallmark, has lashed out at the Government’s plan for digital switchover, branding the exercise “almost completely unnecessary” and claiming it is designed purely to “reinvent spectrum scarcity.”Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme, Elstein said: “Digital switchover for me an amazing… Continue reading Switchover ‘Completely Unnecessary’ Says Elstein

MediaTel Group has confirmed former Flextech boss Adam Singer as the third panelist at this year’s Media Question Time.Before taking up his current post as chief executive of the MCPS-PRS Alliance – the alliance of UK societies that collect royalties for composers and songwriters – Singer was chief executive of Telewest, and chairman and CEO… Continue reading Adam Singer Joins Panel For Media Question Time

Emap’s Q magazine will publish with two special edition covers next month, commemorating John Lennon’s 65th birthday with the special issue and free 14 track CD of Lennon covers.The collector’s edition will hit newsstands on 1 October, with covers featuring either a young John Lennon or one the Beatle later in life.The Lennon Covered CDs… Continue reading Q Prints Double Covers For Lennon’s Birthday

Emap is to hold free seminars to promote understanding of the imum generation, building on its research with QuickWise Brand Research and provide fresh insights into the UK’s changing parenting market.The research, carried out in partnership with Emap’s Mother & Baby and Pregnancy & Birth brands, seeks to create a continuous research programme into Britain’s… Continue reading Emap Seminars Offer Insight Into Parenting Sector

Pay per call marketing looks set to become the next “big idea” in online marketing, according to industry experts, with a potentially massive advertiser base of those companies currently without an online presence.Speaking at yesterday’s Ad:Tech London conference, Stuart Veale of venture capitalist firm Beringea explained that 75% of businesses in Britain are currently without… Continue reading Pay Per Call The Next ‘Big Idea’ In Online Marketing

August saw the nation’s box offices doing roaring trade, with family audiences flocking to see director Tim Burton’s remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which grossed a massive £26 million in the month.The film helped Britain’s cinemas enjoy a second consecutive month of family film success, following on from July’s successful performance to become… Continue reading Family Films Fuel Successful August At Box Offices

Mobile phone handset providers are finding it increasingly hard to up their market share, with penetration of the market rising at an alarming rate and forcing vendors and operators to look towards new features and supported services to rekindle growth over the next five years.In its new report, Informa Telecoms & Media predicts handset sales… Continue reading Increasing Mobile Phone Penetration Causing Providers To Deepen Content