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Satellite heavyweight, BSkyB, is believed to have appointed Boston Consulting Group to review the company’s efficiency and costs ahead of possible job losses as the company’s marketing costs continue to rise.The broadcaster announced stronger than expected subscriber growth earlier this month, with uptake of its services in the third quarter of 2004 up by nearly… Continue reading Financial Review Hints At Job Losses At Sky

The nation’s commercial radio broadcasters saw revenues rise as a whole at the beginning of the year, with the Radio Advertising Bureau reporting a year on year rise of 2.8% in the first quarter of 2005.The RAB’s figures, published today, show that total commercial radio revenue reached £162.0 million between January and March, while national… Continue reading Radio Adspend Grows As Sponsors Leads The Way

MTV has become the latest youth-orientated brand to use SUBtv’s network of university-based plasma screens to target the typically evasive student demographic.SUBtv’s services currently reach 1.2 million students every week, through large plasma screens installed in student unions and across campuses nation wide. The screens currently operate in 77 student unions in 65 universities across… Continue reading MTV Signs SUBtv For Student-Centric Campaign

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant will make a welcome return to Xfm’s Saturday schedule later this month, as the pair return from filming new BBC comedy, Extras, to boost the station’s weekend profile alongside their producer turned sidekick Karl ‘The K Man’ Pilkington.Gervais and Merchant will host their weekend show for six weeks from 28… Continue reading Gervais Rejoins Xfm To Boost Saturday Schedules

Five has appointed Vanessa Brookman, Channel 4 and E4’s deputy editor of US series, as its new deputy director of acquisitions, paving the way for more high-profile American imports to bolster the broadcaster’s schedule.Brookman is to join Five next month, reporting directly to Jay Kandola, the broadcaster’s recently appointed director of acquisitions.Commenting on the appointment,… Continue reading Five Raids Channel 4 For New Acquisitions Boss

Telewest Broadband is transforming its television service, aiming to give consumers greater access to, and control over, digital programmes, hoping to complete national rollout of television-on-demand (TVOD) to over one million digital TV customers by early 2006.The company will also be widening the range of on-demand programming available, boosting its existing movie service and including… Continue reading Telewest On Demand To Reach 1 Million By 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketApril saw the nation’s quality compact titles continuing to buck the trend for decline amongst national newspapers, with the Times and Independent increasing their circulation by 1.8% and 0.2% respectively year on year, according to the latest figures from ABC.Six-monthly analysis reveals even larger circulation increases for the six months to April, with… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – April 2005

Haymarket’s Philip Smith, currently editor-in-chief of Direct Mail and New Media group, has been appointed as the new editor of Media Week, just days after its purchase from Quantum Business Media.Smith will fill the shoes of Tim Burrowes, leaving the title after nearly three years to launch Campaign Middle East.Smith has risen through the ranks… Continue reading Smith Settles In As New Media Week Editor

Compact quality newspapers continued to buck the trend for circulation decline in April, with the Times and Independent increasing by 1.8% and 0.2% respectively year on year, in the face of declines by every other national newspaper title.Six-monthly analysis reveals even larger circulation increases for the six months to April, with the Times adding 4.3%… Continue reading Compacts Buck Trend For Decline In National Newspapers

Compact quality newspapers continued to buck the trend for circulation decline in April, with the Times and Independent increasing by 1.8% and 0.2% respectively year on year, in the face of declines by every other national newspaper title.Six-monthly analysis reveals even larger circulation increases for the six months to April, with the Times adding 4.3%… Continue reading Compacts Buck Trend For Decline In National Newspapers