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New research from Thinkbox has revealed that UK adults spent more time watching broadcast TV in May than the equivalent month 10 years ago.Thinkbox said that viewers are spending an increasing amount of time watching commercial TV, with figures released by BARB showing that UK adults have consistently increased their TV viewing time over the… Continue reading TV Viewing On Increase Says Thinkbox

The structure of agencies and the creativity of advertising for newspapers were brought into question at the ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar held by MediaTel Group in London yesterday, with panellists urging agencies to become more integrated.Stuart Taylor, commercial director at Guardian News and Media, said that agencies are “too structured separately”. He conceded that… Continue reading Agencies Must Consider Restructure For Digital Age

The commercial radio trade body, the Radio Centre, has called on communications regulator Ofcom to set out a road map for the future of radio, insisting the watchdog needs to take a more radical approach to deregulation.Unveiling the details of its 70-page submission to Ofcom in response to the regulator’s ‘Future of Radio’ consultation (see… Continue reading Radio Centre Urges Ofcom To Be Bold

The jury is still out on afternoon freesheets, according to Stuart Taylor, commercial director at Guardian News and Media, panellist at today’s MediaTel Group seminar on the future of newspapers.Taylor said that whilst morning free paper Metro has now formed strong relationships with readers, the same cannot yet be said of the afternoon titles.He added:… Continue reading Jury Still Out On Afternoon Freesheets

Mark Thompson, director general of the BBC, has accused commercial rival ITV of plagiarising successful television programme formats such as Any Dream Will Do and The Apprentice.Speaking at the launch of the BBC 2007 annual report, Thompson attacked the “copycatting” policy of rivals, which he said was flattering but showed that the BBC was leading… Continue reading BBC Director General Accuses ITV Of Plagiarism

Current director of strategic insights at ZenithOptimedia, Andrew Green, will leave the agency to join Ipsos Global Media as chief marketing officer next week.At Ipsos, Green will focus on developing the Ipsos Media approach to ROI, engagement and mobile.Before his role at ZenithOptimedia, Green previously held senior positions at OMD and Zenith in the US… Continue reading Green To Join Ipsos From Zenith Next Week

Channel 4’s managing director of digital content, Andy Grumbridge, has been appointed director of digital media at Virgin Radio.Grumbridge replaces James Cridland to lead Virgin Radio’s in-house 13-strong digital team.Virgin Radio has been at the forefront of digital, becoming one of the first stations in the world to broadcast online in 1996.Grumbridge will be expected… Continue reading Grumbridge Leaves Channel 4 For Virgin Radio

The newspaper industry must work harder to promote itself, increasing marketing and research to change the primarily negative perception of the sector that has developed since the influx of digital technology.This was the view of panellists at this morning’s ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar, held in London by MediaTel Group. The selection of top industry… Continue reading Newspaper Industry Must Focus On Marketing Itself To Succeed

emuse absolutely has been appointed as a supplier of next-generation interactive advertising services for BT Vision, BT’s digital TV service.emuse absolutely and BT will jointly develop, promote and operate the service, working with major brands and their advertising agencies to deliver interactive advertising and other interactive applications on BT Vision.BT Vision’s interactive advertising will offer… Continue reading BT Signs Interactive Ad Service Deal With emuse

Sky is reportedly in discussions with Microsoft about making its proposed digital terrestrial pay-TV service available via PC.Sky is planning to take its three free-to-air channels from Freeview and replace them with a pay-TV service available through a new specification set-top box (see New Sky Service To Lure Consumers From Free TV).According to a report… Continue reading Sky Could Make Pay-TV Service Available Via PC