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Connected TV marketing trade body established

Leaders of the advertising, media and entertainment sector have converged in New York, London and Melbourne for the inauguration of the Connected TV Marketing Association (CTVMA), the global industry trade body of the advertising, media and entertainment sector. The CTVMA has been set up to inform and educate the advertising, media and entertainment sector on […]

November 28, 2011By Colin Mann

Portugal: Abolish ads on RTP, close RTP News

The Portuguese Government intends to abolish advertising on the remaining TV channel of public broadcaster RTP, after selling one of its two terrestrial channels, which is expected to occur by the end of 2012. The news was announced by the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Miguel Relvas, during a seminar organised by the Portuguese Association of […]

November 25, 2011From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Freesat sponsorship with Channel 5

UK’s Freesat and Channel 5 have confirmed a marketing partnership, which will see Freesat sponsoring Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers, beginning on November 28th. The deal represents Freesat’s first programme sponsorship and comes one week after the launch of Freesat’s latest TV advertising campaign, which is running on Channel 5 (as well as the other main […]

November 25, 2011

TubeMogul selling real-time ads on connected TVs

TubeMogul, a real-time media buying platform for video advertising, has gone live with new partnerships that enable clients to seamlessly buy targeted video ads on connected TV applications. These applications are similar to smartphone applications, but are accessed via Internet-connected TVs or other Internet-enabled set-top devices. Internet-connected TVs are rapidly entering the mainstream with growth […]

November 22, 2011

Playboy TV hit with £110,000 fine

A channel owned by Playboy TV has been fined a total of £60,000 for “serious” breaches of UK television regulations by Ofcom. Other Playboy-owned channels were fined a total of £50,000 for the same breaches. The channels are Red Light 1 (owned and operated by Just4Us TV Limited, a Playboy TV subsidiary) and Red Light […]

November 21, 2011By Chris Forrester

X Factor advertisers seek discounts

The X Factor final is the biggest weekend of the year for TV advertising – but with audiences down since last year, advertisers are challenging ITV’s right to demand exorbitant rates for next month’s final. ITV1’s show, now into its eighth series, remains the most popular show on British television. But the channel faces a […]

November 21, 2011

VoD advertising works

Advertising in VoD programming offers specific advantages for brand marketers to effectively engage consumers, according to the Phase II study of the Advanced Advertising Media Project (AAMP) – a US industry-wide research initiative to measure the impact of advertising within free VoD. The study, which examined the viewing behaviour of more than 1,000 consumers, revealed […]

November 17, 2011

Freesat commences new ad campaign

Freesat, the free satellite TV service, is launching its new advertising campaign: “Freesat. Satellite TV made easy.” Set to launch during I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here on Monday 21st November, the 30 second commercial runs until January 2012. Viewers will see the return of the Freesat 1 satellite space station orbiting earth and […]

November 17, 2011

BBC World News sponsorship censure

The BBC World News channel has been banned from buying certain programmes and accepting some sponsorship deals, after an investigation found serious breaches of the corporation’s editorial guidelines in shows about subjects including Malaysia and carbon trading. A full investigation was launched by the BBC Trust into programming on BBC World News after it found […]

November 16, 2011

Sharpstream rolls out new Adswizz system

Sharpstream are rolling out the Adswizz intelligent advertising system onto their content delivery network. Adswizz – not available before via a UK distributor – offers ad replacement services and detailed analysis of listener figures for its clients. The technology allows stations to gather lots of information on who is listening and target ads accordingly. It […]

November 15, 2011