Advertisements on the London Underground train network will be included in the POSTAR survey following the accreditation of the Tube Research Audience Classification (TRAC) system by POSTAR’s management.Helen Tridgell, managing director of POSTAR, announced today that the move is the first step towards unified out of home media measurement, expressing delight at the inclusion of… Continue reading POSTAR Expands To Include Tube Advertisements
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Pay-TV provider Top Up TV has signed Setanta Sports to its portfolio of channels, initially offering the channel to its Scottish customers, but giving the channel the potential to reach more than five million Freeview households.Setanta, the exclusive live broadcaster of Scottish Premier League, will begin broadcasting to Top Up TV customers in the Scottish… Continue reading Top Up TV Brings Setanta To Scottish Freeview Homes
ITV Sales has begun taking bookings for interactive ad campaigns on the broadcaster’s newest digital channel, ITV3.The entertainment and drama-focused station will begin broadcasting interactive content within its ad breaks from 1st August, marking an extension of ITV’s interactive portfolio and offering a variety of new features to advertisers.To celebrate the launch, ITV is promoting… Continue reading ITV3 Celebrates Interactive Ads With Cut-Price Fees
ITV has signed Yahoo! UK & Ireland to provide search technology, sponsored search and contextual advertising on its network of websites, including microsites for high-profile shows such as I’m a celebrity…Internet users visiting any site within ITV.com, such as the broadcaster’s Soaps, Motor or Football pages, will be presented with a Yahoo branded search box,… Continue reading ITV Signs Yahoo! For Search Solutions
Innovative advertisers can take advantage of the impending growth in personal video recorder (PVR) take-up, with new research from media agency Starcom showing that fast forward technology allows adverts to be seen in an uncluttered environment, resulting in a greater ‘share of mind,’ making them more likely to be recalled.Previous industry opinion was that PVRs… Continue reading Strong Creative Helps Negate PVR Ad Avoidance
Global legal music downloads have tripled in 2005 as file sharers take heed of changes in downloading laws, with figures from industry body, IFPI, showing that the number of tracks obtained legally from the internet reached 180 million in the first half of this year.According to the IFPI, legal downloads in the first six months… Continue reading Legal Music Downloads Triple In First Half Of 2005
IPC’s flagship men’s magazine, Loaded, has launched its September issue with the dual publication of two covers, celebrating the “double trouble” of covergirls Jordan and Carmen Electra.The special issue sees Loaded bring together the “best babes from both sides of the pond,” pairing Jordan and Carmen Electra in a two-girl photo shoot for the first… Continue reading Loaded Doubles Frontage For Special Edition
United Business Media (UBM) has this morning reported half-yearly results ahead of expectations, predicting further growth in the second half of the year and standing optimistic in the face of a “tough market” for print titles.The company, which sold its 35.4% shareholding in Five for £247.6 million earlier this month, saw profits rise by just… Continue reading UBM Optimistic After Strong First Half
The Government has published its report on the trial digital switchover which took place in Wales earlier this year, hailing the exercise a success in preparation for a national switchover by 2012.The report focuses on the cessation of analogue broadcasts in the Welsh villages of Ferryside and Llansteffan, which took place in March, a move… Continue reading Trial Switchover A Success Says Government
FMCG heavyweight Reckitt Benckiser has signed a wide-ranging sponsorship deal to cover ITV’s six-night-a-week soap, Emmerdale.The new deal gives the household goods manufacturer, which sells products such as Cillit Bang and Mr Sheen, broadcast sponsorship of all episodes of Emmerdale on ITV1, ITV2 and ITV3, as well as online branding, licensing, off air promotions and,… Continue reading ITV Signs FMCG Giant For Emmerdale Coverage
