28 Feb 2006
| by by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - Digital television take-up continues to grow apace in the UK with 1m new households being added in the first three quarters of 2005.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - T-Mobile is investing £10m in a new campaign to promote its flexible tariffs and will feature the first interactive TV ad made for Freeview.
24 Feb 2006
| by by Staff
LONDON - Mobile marketing firm Sponge has been bought by US firm NeoMedia Technologies in a deal worth up to $17.4m (£9.9m).
23 Feb 2006
| by by Staff
LONDON - Thomson Directories' business information unit has appointed Keith Pelling as business development manager for database licensing.
21 Feb 2006
| by by Joe Gill
LONDON – Workers in the City of London will be able to access the internet from anywhere in the Square Mile once a new wi-fi network goes online within the next six months.
20 Feb 2006
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON - Jamster, the brand behind the hyped and annoying Crazy Frog ringtone, has appointed former Siemens and Vodafone consultant Tobias Brinkhorst as its new director of marketing for the UK, Ireland and Australia.
17 Feb 2006
| by by Larissa Bannister
LONDON - The Energy Saving Trust, the government- and private-sector-backed body that promotes energy efficiency, has handed its digital advertising account to Grand Union.
17 Feb 2006
IGA Worldwide, a provider of in-game advertising, has secured $12 million in backing from venture capital companies. The ad group, which specialises in offering advertisers content in computer and videogame titles, is being backed by a group of investors, led by the New York-based Easton Capital Group.
17 Feb 2006
M&C Saatchi India has won three new accounts and has appointed new creative directors to work on them.
LONDON - Price comparison service SimplySwitch will have to amend its advertising after the ad watchdog sided with a reader who complained that its claims about being independent and saving money were misleading.