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Niche magazine giant Future Publishing is making its first foray into the highly competitive hair and beauty sector with the launch of a new monthly title targeting well groomed consumers.Hair Style & Beauty magazine enters a fierce marketplace dominated by a few key titles. However, it has the potential to perform well, with Future Publishing… Continue reading Future Grooms New Hair And Beauty Title For Success

ITV has dropped two high-profile shows from its peak-time schedules amid ongoing fears that a dip in viewing could force the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster to pay as much as £100 million to advertisers.The last few months have seen ITV become ruthless in axing peak-time programmes that under-perform after the Competition Commission ruled that it… Continue reading ITV Drops Peak-Time Shows To Avoid Viewing Slump

Commercial radio group GWR saw healthy growth of 4.35% yesterday, pushing the company’s share price to 240p as it unveiled the name of its Edinburgh-based radio station which will compete for an FM licence on the region.107 FM The Rock will be submitted by GWR against rival bids by Chrysalis Radio, the Scottish Media Group… Continue reading Sharewatch: GWR Rises As Rock Station Unveiled

Channel 4 has announced a massive boost of £20 million to its programming budget in a move that clears the way for more high-quality drama and entertainment series to be shown this year, rather than in 2005 as had originally been planned.The increased investment raises the broadcaster’s forecast annual programme budget for 2004 to a… Continue reading Channel 4 Boosts Programme Budget By £20 Million

A strong day’s trading saw Aegis rise by 1.87% yesterday as the company unveiled the UK’s largest online buying point with the launch of a new digital media agency to replace the ageing Carat Interactive brand. The global advertising group closed at 82žp as investors warmed to the new Diffiniti brand, which has been created… Continue reading Sharewatch: Investors React Well To New Aegis Agency

Radio audience measurement body RAJAR is considering plans to release its quarterly listening figures earlier in the day following enquiries from a number of commercial radio stations.A number of large market-listed broadcasters are understood to have pointed out that under the current system they receive the data at 6:00 am, five hours before it goes… Continue reading RAJAR Ponders Timing Of Quarterly Data Release

Another bidder has emerged for US advertising group, Grey Global, as reports suggest that the firm is keen to tie-up firm offers by early September.According to Reuters, Providence Equity Partners is considering making a bid for Grey, emerging as the third private equity firm, along with Blackstone Group and Hellman & Friedman, to show an… Continue reading New Bidder Emerges For Grey Global

BSkyB has agreed to have its three main websites, Sky.com, Sky News Online and Sky Sports, audited on a monthly basis by ABC Electronic, in a move that marks a significant step forward for supporters of industry agreed standards for the reports in web traffic.The online audits begin immediately and will provide ABC Electronic with… Continue reading ABC Electronic Bags BSkyB For Web Traffic Audits

Commercial radio group GWR has this week revealed the name of its proposed station for Edinburgh, unveiling 107 FM The Rock as the format it hopes will win over both listeners and advertisers in the area.GWR’s Edinburgh Chooses project asked residents of Edinburgh for advice on what they would like from a new local station… Continue reading GWR Prepares To Rock Edinburgh With Licence Bid

Websites dedicated to this year’s Olympic Games in Athens have seen a massive 400% increase in the number of visits from UK internet users over the last week, according to the latest data from web-statistics firm Hitwise.The research group has revealed that visits to Olympics websites have increased four-fold since the start of the games,… Continue reading Research Shows UK Surfers Warming To Olympic Websites