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Clear Channel Outdoor UK has won the five-year contract to operate large format outdoor advertising displays on Leeds City Council land.Clear Channel Outdoor has held the Leeds contract for the last six years, and it currently covers 71 key 48-sheet and 96-sheet displays in Leeds, including the 96-sheet Monopole Special on the M621, for which… Continue reading Clear Channel Outdoor Wins Leeds Contract

Emap Consumer Media has created the new position of digital development director for radio, appointing Jonathan Turpin to the role.Turpin has a wealth of experience and insight into the launching and running of digital businesses, having held the CEO role at the Fish4 group alongside a series of commercial, development, management and strategy roles at… Continue reading Emap Appoints New Digital Development Director For Radio

Universal McCann has brokered a deal with GCap Media to create the UPS Local Business Awards, utilising all 42 stations in the One Network in a three month deal starting April 16.The awards will run across multiple platforms including promotional airtime, created by GCap Media’s CANVAS, online, experiential, PR and CRM.New digital technology will also… Continue reading The One Network Signs £1 Million Deal

Arqiva, owned by Macquarie Bank, has completed the acquisition of National Grid Wireless for £2.5 billion.National Grid Wireless, which is headquartered in Warwick, comprises a national communications infrastructure network that provides broadcast transmission services for BBC television and radio, hosts wireless sites for major mobile network operators, and owns and operates two Freeview digital TV… Continue reading Arqiva Acquires National Grid Wireless

People in the 15-34 age group are sticking with radio as a media format despite the new media explosion, according to results from Emap Advertising and Chrysalis Radio’s first joint insight project.Radio has been revealed as providing young consumers with a social currency to communicate with friends, acting as a driver and inspiration for their… Continue reading Radio Still Relevant For Young People

Emap’s Magic 105.4 has announced a six-figure advertising campaign to promote the return of its breakfast show music quiz, Music Is Money.The first two weeks of the campaign will see a series of promotional bus sides and entrance paddles at underground stations to encourage London to tune into Magic for their chance to win.Returning to… Continue reading New Ad Campaign For Magic 105.4 Music Quiz

The return of Doctor Who to BBC One’s Saturday night schedule easily outperformed ITV1’s repeat showing of family film Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets. The opener to the third series of the popular sci-fi drama attracted an adult audience of 6.94 million, compared to 4.02 million for Chamber Of Secrets.Elsewhere, the start of… Continue reading Dr Who Fights Off Potter

Richard Hammond is to present a series of four music-based Bank Holiday specials for BBC Radio 2.The star of BBC One’s Top Gear will present four music based shows for Radio 2 during the Easter, Spring, August and Christmas/New Year bank holidays.Hammond said: “My first job was in radio, it’s where my media career began.… Continue reading Hammond Returns To Radio

Each week, NewsLine brings you a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.Thise week, ITV announced that ITV1’s net advertising revenue dropped from £1.4 million in 2005 to £1.2 million in 2006 (Full Story).Meanwhile, the Interactive Advertising Bureau released figures which showed that search engine giant Google claimed 43% of… Continue reading Media In The City

Virgin Media has launched a digital TV service to consumers living in non-cabled areas, giving users over 40 free to air TV channels and over 25 digital radio stations.The service uses the digital terrestrial television platform (DTT) and a new set-top box to offer consumers the free channels. Other features of the service include an… Continue reading Virgin Media Launches New Free To Air DTT Box