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The BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, has announced record profits of £55 million for 2004/05, notching up a year on year increase of 50% due to exceptional performances by its TV sales business, increases in magazine circulation and record DVD sales.The Corporation’s TV sales business saw record profits of £31.7 million as BBC Worldwide sold… Continue reading BBC Worldwide Sees Surge In Profits

Advertising monitor, Thomson Intermedia, has secured deals with the Northcliffe Newspaper Group and Johnston Press to add more than 350 regional titles to its database of advertisement placements, providing increased accountability and analysis.Thomson’s system enables planners and buyers to check whether advertisements have run, recover lost advertising spend and analyse marketing activity by competitors.The newly… Continue reading Thomson Signs Northcliffe and Johnston For Ad Data

Donovan Data Systems (DDS) is set to lose two more of its senior management team, following last month’s announcement that media director Jeff Eales is to leave the company to head BSkyB’s Systems and Development division.Mathilde Sanson, managing director of DDS UK & Ireland, is understood to be returning to the USA at the end… Continue reading DDS Suffers More Management Departures

Outdoor specialists Poster Publicity and Portland end months of speculation today with the official launch of their combined entity, Kinetic.The launch represents the first stage in the company’s drive to become the world’s “foremost agency at communicating with people on the move”, creating a worldwide network which will focus on advertisers’ needs in the changing… Continue reading Kinetic Goes Public As Portland Joins Poster Publicity

Dominic Lawson has stepped down as editor of the Sunday Telegraph after ten years, handing the reigns to Sarah Sands, the newspaper’s current deputy editor, who will take up the post immediately.Commenting on the departure of 48-year-old Lawson, who had held the position since 1995, Murdoch MacLennan, chief executive of the Telegraph Group, said: “We… Continue reading Lawson Steps Down As Sunday Telegraph Editor

IPC Country & Leisure Media (CALM) has announced the next phase of its internet development strategy, appointing Kim Hollamby as its first head of electronic media.The position will see Hollamby taking overall responsibility for the strategic development of CALM’s internet operations, overseeing a leading portfolio of 41 web brands, including countrylife.co.uk, decanter.com, horseandhound.co.uk and webuser.co.uk.As… Continue reading IPC Appoints Hollamby As Head Of Electronic Media

Channel 4 is closing in on ITV’s lucrative 16-34 year old audiences, with figures showing the gap between the two broadcasters to have almost halved within a year.Monthly viewing figures show ITV to have lost 3.9 million viewers from the young adult category over the last six months, dropping from 21.88 million in November 2004… Continue reading Channel 4 Narrows Gap On ITV’s Young Audiences

Speculation surrounding Britain’s weekly men’s magazines has arisen over the weekend, with several reports claiming that at least one of the titles is to publish twice-weekly, putting yet more pressure on tabloid newspapers and cannibalising an increasingly large proportion of young readers.The threat presented by titles such as Nuts and Zoo is being taken most… Continue reading Men’s Weeklies To Put More Pressure On Tabloids

Britain’s broadband uptake is continuing apace, with the nation now the fastest growing market for high-speed internet connections, according to the latest research by broadband analysis company, Point Topic.Britain has increased its broadband connections by over 20% in the last quarter, reaching almost five million lines, according to new figures, while globally digital subscriber lines… Continue reading UK Fastest Growing Broadband Market

A dark cloud has settled over ITV’s proposed merger with digital multiplex operator SDN, as the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) prepares to investigate the deal, worth £134 million, amid suspicion that it may be uncompetitive.The merger, announced in April, looked set to further ITV’s growth into the digital arena (see ITV Pays £134 Million… Continue reading OFT To Investigate ITV Over Multiplex Acquisition