Channel 4 reveals 2005 line-up
22 Dec 2004 | by MediaWeek
Channel Four has unveiled its programming schedule for 2005, with kitchen sink drama Shameless expected to make a controversial return to television screens.
Global media group Aegis will expand its Isobar digital division and lay out around £25m over the next two years after snapping up top US internet search marketing agency iProspect.
Channel Four has unveiled its programming schedule for 2005, with kitchen sink drama Shameless expected to make a controversial return to television screens.
FC Business, a football magazine aimed at managers and club bosses, is to launch fully as a monthly title after what bosses claimed was “overwhelming” feedback following a pilot edition.
LONDON – Channel 4 has bagged presenter Kirsty Gallacher, one-hit-wonder Chesney Hawkes and 'Red Dwarf' actor Craig Charles to star in third series of 'The Games'.
LONDON – Aegis has acquired US internet search marketing agency iProspect.com in a deal that could net the founders of the firm $50m (£26m).
Guy Sellers, joint managing director of Total Media, says the industry came of age in 2004, as strategic communications and ROI became more than buzzwords to represent individual media agencies.
LONDON – Media regulator Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading will not stand in the way of the £700m merger between Capital Radio and the GWR Group, the two said today.
Media regulator Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading will not stand in the way of the merger between radio groups Capital and GWR.
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LONDON - Advertising revenue across ITV, Channel 4, Five and multichannel increased by 6% in 2004 as audiences grew, according to Starcom's media market report.