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The Daily Telegraph has announced it will continue to co-sponsor the Daily Telegraph House & Garden Fair at London’s Olympia, continuing its eight-year long association with the event and underlining the Telegraph’s coverage of homes and garden events.Under the sponsorship deal the Telegraph will have a significant presence with one of the largest stands of… Continue reading Telegraph Extends Garden Show Sponsorship

Internet service provider Wanadoo, formerly Freeserve, has been ordered to make it clear that some of the search results on its website are paid for by advertising following complaints from consumers.The Advertising Standards Commission ruled that internet users had been mislead by the fact that sponsored links on the Freeserve site, which has now been… Continue reading Wanadoo Rapped Over Misleading Search Advertising

Newspaper publisher Johnston Press saw a dip in share price yesterday, sliding 0.85% to 555źp despite positive forecasts for the first half of the year. Yesterday the publisher announced that results will be well ahead of expectations, revealing a growth in advertising revenue of around 5.8%.According to Johnston Press, all categories of advertising have seen… Continue reading Sharewatch: Johnston Press Dips Despite Positive Forecasts

The creation of community radio stations looks increasingly likely as legislation has been laid before Parliament, despite fevered opposition from many commercial broadcasters claiming the new stations will cannibalise their listenership and advertising revenue.The legislation, dubbed the Community Radio Order, must now be agreed by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords… Continue reading Community Radio Edges Closer Despite Opposition

The runaway success of Freeview shows no signs of slowing and the latest figures from the BBC show that the digital terrestrial service is now available in an estimated 4 million homes across the UK.The continuing popularity of Freeview, which launched less than two years ago, means that BBC’s digital television channels, radio networks and… Continue reading Freeview Now In An Estimated 4 Million UK Homes

New research published by Euromedia has predicted that by 2013 the number of multi-channel television receivers in European homes will double to 213 million, with almost half being digital terrestrial television (DTT) receivers.In ten years time 8.3 million subscribers will be generating an annual revenue of €1.12 billion and using 102 million DTT receivers, which… Continue reading DTT Set To Reach Half Of Europe’s Multi-Channel Homes

Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail & General Trust has pulled out of the race to take control of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph at the eleventh hour as bids for the titles approach the £700 million mark.The media group admitted this morning that the price for the titles had now risen too high for it and… Continue reading Daily Mail Pulls Out Of Race For Telegraph Titles

Big Brother saw ratings surge last night as almost 7 million viewers tuned into to watch Emma and Michelle return to the main house after five days in the secret Big Brother bedsit.Unofficial overnight figures from BARB show that a peak of 6.9 million reality-TV fans watched the so-called ‘bedsit babes’ return to the Big… Continue reading Almost 7 Million Watch ‘Bedsit Babes’ Return To Big Brother

Virgin Radio has secured Carlsberg in a six-figure promotion of Euro 2004 during the Pete & Geoff breakfast show, broadcasting live from Lisbon throughout Euro 2004 and offering listeners the chance to join the action in Portugal.Carlsberg will be promoted as the official beer of the England football team in a deal that marks a… Continue reading Virgin Radio Secures Carlsberg For Euro Promotion