Past Idols Perform in Christmas Present – Kelly Clarkson is Set to Conquer the World, According to Intertops.com – It’s a Truly Global Affair as the First Season’s Winners Compete for the Title of World Idol Staged in London in two parts, Christmas Day and New Years Eve, shown in several countries around the world,… Continue reading US Set To Triumph In World Idol
Emap Performance is expanding its Kerrang! brand into the West Midlands with the launch of a new digital radio station early next year.The Kerrang! DAB service will act as an appetiser to rock music fans in advance of the launch of the first Kerrang! FM radio station, which goes on air in the West Midlands… Continue reading Kerrang! Launches Digital Station In West Midlands
Channel 4 has secured the Travel Inn to sponsor its latest reality-TV show, Shattered, which will challenge twelve participants to stay awake for an entire week.The sponsorship deal begins with the live hour long launch show on 4 January and sees Travel Inn branding appear on the nightly 10pm elimination shows, the nightly 11pm shows… Continue reading Channel 4 Secures Travel Inn For Shattered Sponsorship
US advertising spend rose by 7.0% during the first three quarters of the year, to reach $89.6 billion, according to the latest figures from TNS Media Intelligence/CMR.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…World DSL Lines Exceed 55m In Third QuarterThe number of DSL lines worldwide topped 55 million in the third quarter of this year, an 80%… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT: US Adspend Rises 7% In First Three Quarters
IPC’s SouthBank’s monthly interiors magazine Livingetc has joined forces with fashion title InStyle to launch a special Celebrity Homes supplement.The 36-page stand alone supplement, InStyle Celebrity Homes with Livingetc, will feature five glamorous celebrity homes and will be covermounted with February’s edition of Livingetc.The supplement has been designed to bridge the narrow divide between the… Continue reading Livingetc And In Style Join For Celeb Interiors Special
BSkyB was seen in focus yesterday after its long running monopoly over top-flight English football was brought to an end by a new deal with the European Commission designed to bring live Premiership matches back to terrestrial channels (see BSkyB Loses Premiership Monopoly In Football Shake-Up).However, the satellite broadcasters saw stock rise by 2.66% after… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Rises On Rights Decision
ABC Electronic has agreed to begin auditing digital editions of magazines and newspapers following an industry-wide consultation programme.The auditing of e-publications has become an important issue in light of the growing number of digital editions being launched. In response to this burgeoning market the ABC council has formed a working group to address the issues… Continue reading ABC Electronic To Start Auditing E-Publications
Granada Enterprises has announced that Standard Life is launching its first foray into television advertising and is to sponsor a variety of major dramas on ITV1 over the next year.The package will see the assurance company become the exclusive sponsor of the next series of William and Mary, Fat Friends and a new series called… Continue reading Granada Secures Standard Life For Drama Sponsorship
United Business Media (UBM) says that trading conditions in the US have improved during its second half and there has been a greater than expected recovery in Asia, which was hit by the SARS virus during the first half of the year.UBM says that its UK publishing and events businesses both continue to perform strongly.… Continue reading UBM Sees Improved Trading In Second Half
Kelvin MacKenzie’s talkSPORT has seen its weekly reach almost treble under the latest unofficial radio listening figures to be released as part of GfK’s National Broadcast Survey.The survey, which is being backed by MacKenzie’s Wireless Group, puts talkSPORT’s weekly reach at just over 1.5 million, which is almost three times greater than the 500,000 listeners… Continue reading Speech Stations See Audiences Increase Under GfK Survey
