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Sports Revolution, the outdoor advertising and sports stadium specialist, is continuing the expansion of its sales team with the appointment of Steve Philip as head of agency sales.The newly created role sees Philip join from Viacom Outdoor, where he spent five years in charge of high-profile accounts including ZenithOptimedia, Manning Gottlieb OMD and BBJ. He… Continue reading Sports Revolution Expands Sales Team With Agency Role

In-store television improves the customer shopping experience and can increase retailer turnover by at least 1.5%, according to the latest research from media consultancy How And Why.The study was designed to determine the effect of a television Captive Audience Network on the behaviour of shoppers in a retail environment. The results show that there is… Continue reading In-Store Television Improves Turnover By At Least 1.5%

Emap today announced that pre-tax profits were up 12% for the year, spurred mainly by growth in the UK magazine and business to business sectors.Profits at the company reached £196 million for the year ending 31 March 2004, thanks to a strong performance from UK magazine Closer, which Emap describes as its ‘best ever launch’… Continue reading French TV Listings Holding Back Emap Despite Profits Rising

Emap is launching an extensive £1.2 million multi-media advertising campaign to promote a decade of FHM magazine’s flagship 100 Sexiest Women In The World editorial feature.The campaign will run across terrestrial and digital channels with a creative featuring an art gallery exhibition of famous FHM models from the past decade. There will also be extensive… Continue reading FHM Launches 100 Sexiest Women Promotional Campaign

ITV Sales has secured information technology firm BenQ as the exclusive sponsor of its dedicated Euro 2004 website, which will provide news, statistics and free video highlights of the tournament to fans from 27 May.The new website will offer viewers a choice of free 30-second highlights from the day’s matches, or the option to subscribe… Continue reading ITV Nets Tech Firm For Euro 2004 Website Sponsorship

MediaTel Group has appointed, Lucy Shepherd, the former insight and accountability director at Starcom MediaVest, as editorial manager for its new web-based media forecasts product, MediaTel INSIGHT.Before joining Starcom MediaVest, Shepherd was head of CIA UK’s research arm, MediaLab. She has also previously worked at market research agency BMRB and leading systems and software provider… Continue reading Former Starcom MediaVest Director Joins MediaTel Group

The Independent‘s first week as a tabloid-only newspaper helped Independent News & Media rise by 5.71% to 129˝p in week on week analysis. The newspaper’s move has been welcomed by media planners, as the title brings to an end more than twenty years of publishing as a broadsheet (see Media Planners Welcome Independent’s Tabloid Move).Elsewhere,… Continue reading Sharewatch: Tabloid Indy Fuels Share Price Surge

IPC has announced plans to relaunch its long-running Guitar magazine in an attempt to reverse the title’s declining circulation.The revamp coincides with Guitar‘s 14th birthday and comprises a more coherent front section with product and artist news, competitions and letters, as well as album, book and DVD reviews. The magazine will also switch to a… Continue reading IPC Retunes Guitar Magazine To Boost Circulation

The BBC is attempting to get its new director general, Mark Thompson, to take the helm as soon as possible and is believed to be negotiating a deal with Channel 4 to allow him out of his six-month contract early.The BBC announced late on Friday that Thompson has been appointed to succeed Greg Dyke as… Continue reading BBC Steps Up Pressure To Get Thompson On Board

The ongoing obsession with the lives of the rich and famous has prompted cross-media research consortium MediaDNA to start mapping the ‘personalities’ of celebrities alongside traditional brands.The first two celebrities to be included in the profile matching are former Capital Radio breakfast show host Chris Tarrant and his replacement Johnny Vaughan. The image, positioning and… Continue reading MediaDNA Initiative Maps Celebrity Personalities