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The Institute of Practitioners in Advertisers (IPA) has launched a Valentines message board raising money for NABS, the charity for the marketing communications industry, providing support for anyone working in advertising, design direct marketing, media planning, buying and sales, public relations and sales promotion.Media folk can post a message on the IPA website for £5.00… Continue reading IPA And NABS Gear Up For Valentines

Internet provider AOL is the latest British internet service provider (ISP) to double the speed of its broadband products without charging online customers more. The following six months will see the company rolling out the upgrade to its 750,000(ish) UK broadband users.The increase of speed in the online technology coincides with AOL UK’s new distribution… Continue reading AOL To Double Broadband Speed At No Extra Cost

Government regulatory body, Ofcom, has announced that ITV will be allowed to reduce its non-news regional output, allowing the commercial broadcaster to concentrate on more revenue-generating commercial programming.The long awaited review of the Public Broadcasting report, published by Ofcom today, has given ITV a new remit that, once the digital switchover begins, will require just… Continue reading ITV To Cut Non-News Broadcast By Half

The preview issue of Emap’s much anticipated first UK women’s weekly Grazia, was launched today, offering its readers a mix of fashion, news and celebrity gossip in a fast weekly format, contending with the larger monthly glossies.Advertisements are, in the main, of an aspirational nature; Giorgio Armani, Tod’s, Dolce & Gabbana and Versace all grace… Continue reading Emap’s Grazia Hits Shelves

Channel 4 has welcomed the Government media watchdog Ofcom’s strong endorsement of the channel’s public service role and future strategy, as stated in the much anticipated Public Service Broadcasting Review, published earlier today.Responding to the report, Andy Duncan, chief executive of Channel 4 said: “This report contains everything that Channel 4 was asking for. Ofcom… Continue reading Channel 4 Welcomes Ofcom’s Support

International media group, Pearson’s flagship publication, The Financial Times has announced that it will launch its annual Lunch with The FT promotion this Saturday, 12 February.The national promotion, sponsored by British Airways, involves 150 ‘hand-picked high quality restaurants offering special lunches for £12.50 or £15 and is part of a special 16 page colour food… Continue reading Financial Times Launches Lunch Promotion

Media and communications group, Aegis has announced the appointment of Robert Lerwill as chief executive, taking over from Doug Flynn who has held the position since 1999.Lerwill, who will take over the role in late March, is currently a non-executive director of Aegis, joining the Group’s board in 2000. Prior to working at Aegis, Lerwill… Continue reading Aegis Announces Successor To Flynn

Golden Wonder is teaming up with the leading provider of SMS marketing services, Text Marketer, to launch one of the biggest ever prizes via an on pack SMS competition, offering Golden Wonder customers the chance to win one of 25 Beetle convertibles.The competition called “Crack the Keycode” will see consumers play to win one of… Continue reading Golden Wonder And Text Marketer Team Up To Offer SMS Competition

Cable and Wireless owned broadband provider, Bulldog is introducing the first pay as you go 4 Megabits per second broadband plus service, enabling users to pay only for the time they spend online.Bulldog has introduced two new services, Start@ctive and Call@ctive, which are specifically designed for the budget conscious home user, offering the benefits of… Continue reading Bulldog Introduces Fastest Pay As You Go Broadband Service

The online sister publication of Hello magazine, hellomagazine.com has forged two new partnerships with broadband providers ntlworld.com and tesco.net, to provide celebrity news to millions of additional internet users.The new partnership with ntl, which also provides virtual internet service provider provision for tesco.net, will allow users to receive celebrity news on their most visited pages.… Continue reading hellomagazine.com Strikes Deal With ntlworld and tesco.net