23 Dec 2010
| by Calvin Lau
Asda looks past Christmas with Boxing Day deals on TVs, advertising in the Daily Mail, The Sun, the Daily Mirror, the Daily Telegraph and The times.
Morrisons is running full-page ads to emphasise its British credentials, assuring readers that its beef, pork, lamb and poultry are all 100% British ...
22 Dec 2010
| by Sara Kimberley
in the UK.
BSkyB was formed by the merger of Murdoch's Sky Television with rival British Satellite Broadcasting in 1990, after both satellite TV companies suffered huge losses. ...
21 Dec 2010
| by Arif Durrani
A merged News Corporation and BSkyB is unlikely to link up its TV and newspaper ad sales due..., News Corp's refusal would not have a significant impact on subscription rates in the pay-TV market ...
of advertisements in News Corp's print newspapers to the purchase of advertisements on BSkyB's TV channels given ...
21 Dec 2010
| by Arif Durrani
of British and Irish pay TV operator BSkyB by News Corporation, a global media and communications company...The proposed transaction will bring together BSkyB, the leading pay-TV operator in the UK and Ireland, with News Corp, one of the six major Hollywood film studios (20th Century Fox), a TV channel producer (such ...
and The Times) and a leading pay-TV operator in Italy (Sky Italia) as well as in Germany and Austria (Sky ...
21 Dec 2010
| by Arif Durrani
The EC has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of British and Irish pay TV operator BSkyB by News Corporation after concluding the transaction "would not significantly ...
, and Sky demands 80% of the pay TV market.
News Corp notified the EC about its intention to buy ...
21 Dec 2010
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
Miniclip.com has 3.2 million UK unique users according to ComScore and is ranked first on Google for the search term "games". SunChaser will take over the account on 1 February, adding Miniclip to the two other publishers it represents, The Student Room and Justin.tv. The sales house launched ...
20 Dec 2010
| by Arif Durrani
Product placement will be allowed in UK TV programmes from 28 February 2011, sponsorship rules have...will be allowed in films (including dramas and documentaries), TV series (including soaps), entertainment shows ...
be advertised on television, such as weapons or escort agencies. All these prohibitions are reflected in Ofcom ...
, or be featured in an unduly prominent way within programmes.
The TV rules reflect new UK legislation ...
20 Dec 2010
| by Katherine Levy
Delaney said he was leaving to pursue "new opportunities" and intends to publish his third book and work on a new television show for Comedy Central.
He was appointed editor in September last year, replacing Julian Linley , who moved to the new role of creative director (TV) at Bauer Media in the same ...
20 Dec 2010
| by Arif Durrani
'. The resulting two-hour programme averaged 8.3 million viewers and a 32.2% share of the total TV audience ...
17 Dec 2010
| by Sarah Johnson
for festive TV overload with several guides promised at the weekend....Sky advertises the "world 3D premiere" of Avatar on TV across the papers, as it prepares ...
Christmas TV guide tomorrow, as do The Sun and the Daily Mail.
Freeview promises customers won't miss out on Christmas TV with a box that can record programmes.
Tesco takes out an ad in the Daily ...