18 Dec 2007
| by Nikki Sandison
LONDON - The proportion of older people to the overall online population is growing, with the opposite true for under 25s, according to research by Nielsen Online.
18 Dec 2007
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - Independent producer Bullseye Television is expanding its online TV presence on Joost, and is in talks with an unnamed mobile phone operator to launch a Braindead mobile TV channel. The mobile service will feature shorter versions of the programming available to Joost users.
18 Dec 2007
| by Fiona Ramsay
LONDON - TNS has won the contract to measure TV audiences for industry ratings body Barb, taking over the contract from AGB Nielsen.
18 Dec 2007
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - Complaints from viewers against the first betting ad to appear on TV have been rejected by the Independent Council of the Advertising Standards Authority.
18 Dec 2007
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - Match.com has created an application on Facebook that allows consumers to use its dating service directly through the social networking site.
18 Dec 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - Integrated agency Gyro International has acquired specialist healthcare PR firm hsdcommunications for an undisclosed sum.
18 Dec 2007
| by Kunal Dutta
Beattie McGuinness Bungay has scooped the £16 million Thomson business from Krow without a pitch.
18 Dec 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - TUI Travel is to review its £12m media planning and buying account following its merger with First Choice, in a move that will have Walker Media, MPG and Universal McCann pitching for the consolidated business in January.
18 Dec 2007
| by Fiona Ramsay
LONDON – Reuters plans to seal several partnerships with media owners next year to build on the momentum of the launch of a co-branded daily world business report with the International Herald Tribune.
18 Dec 2007
| by Sarah Crawley-Boevey
LONDON - Blinkx, the video search engine, has announced a partnership with production company Handmade TV to offer a range of cookery-themed programming on its service.