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BT Group has secured a wide-ranging deal with British Airways that will see wireless broadband access offered to thousands of business travellers in airports around the world.The agreement will see a number of BT Openzone access points installed in executive lounges across the UK and other international destinations from April this year, in a move… Continue reading BT Secures Wide-Ranging WiFi Deal With British Airways

Capital Disney, the digital radio station for 8-14 year olds, has secured a cross-platform content and advertising deal to promote the latest movie release from Twentieth Century Fox, Cheaper by the Dozen.The venture between the Capital Radio Group and Twentieth Century Fox is the first of its kind and features online advertorials, as well as… Continue reading Capital Disney Secures Deal With Twentieth Century Fox

Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier today posted increased pre-tax profits for 2003 but said it expects growth to slow in the coming year as the continued economic downturn takes its toll.Pre-tax profits were up 9%, from £927m to £1.01 billion. Reed said the figure would have reached 10% if adjusted at full year currency rates… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Sees 2003 Profits Rise But Predicts Dip

BSkyB is understood to have poached Five’s deputy chief executive, Nick Milligan, to take up a newly created role at its advertising sales operation.Unconfirmed reports suggest that Milligan, who has occupied a number of senior positions at Five, is set to take up a high-level role at Sky Media overseeing such operations as the sale… Continue reading BSkyB Poaches Five’s Milligan To Join Sales Division

Beleaguered cable operator Telewest has announced the resignation of its group managing director, Charles Burdick, after less than two years at the company’s helm.Burdick, who steps down with immediate effect, will stay on as a consultant to the company until the completion of its financial restructuring, but will then relinquish his directorship to pursue other… Continue reading Burdick Steps Down As Telewest Managing Director

ITV Sales has announced the appointment of Gary Knight as head of sponsorship and branded content following the completion of Carlton and Granada’s multibillion pound merger earlier this month.Knight takes up the position at the newly created company with immediate effect after having moved from Granada Enterprises, where he has been executive director of commercial… Continue reading ITV Sales Appoints Knight To Lead Sponsorship Division

Proposals by Ofcom to introduce a range of new community radio stations across the UK are being met with criticism from commercial radio companies and industry bodies.The new super-regulator plans to launch a number of not-for-profit stations that will be funded by Government grants and advertising revenue. The community radio projects will provide services for… Continue reading Ofcom Out Of Tune Over Community Radio Proposals

Media super-regulator Ofcom has cleared the British Heart Foundation’s latest anti-smoking television campaign of being distasteful, despite complaints from more than sixty viewers.The campaign, created by Euro RSCG London, aimed to shock people into quitting by depicting the blocked artery of a thirty year-old smoker and cigarettes dripping with the fatty substance that causes heart… Continue reading Ofcom Clears Hard Hitting Anti-Smoking Campaign

Britain’s annual rate of inflation increased slightly during January, but still remained well below the Bank of England’s 2.0% target, according the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics.The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s new measure of inflation, the Consumer Price Index, rose by 0.1% point to 1.4% last month on the back of bank… Continue reading UK Inflation Inches Up During January

Media stocks rose yesterday following an announcement by Reuters of underlying profits ahead of market expectations (see Reuters Results Beat Expectations As Profit Returns).The company jumped 18.41% higher to close at 429źp and other media companies followed. Emap rose 2.79% to 920p and Pearson, owner of the Financial Times, climbed 3.33% to finish at 605p.Regional… Continue reading Sharewatch: Reuters Results Fuel Media Stock Upsurge