Bad news for 1,000 as ITV cuts jobs
September 30, 2008
ITV plans to axe up to 1,000 jobs in the next six months, including 430 from regional news, as part of a cost-cutting programme
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Setback for BSkyB over live football rights
September 30, 2008
British Sky Broadcasting suffered a setback when the UK regulator proposed it sell its live football and blockbuster movies to rivals at regulated wholesale price
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Fern Britton returns to Ryvita TV ads
September 30, 2008
This Morning host Fern Britton is to appear in her first TV ads for Ryvita since admitting she had a ‘gastric band’ operation that helped her lose weight. By Mark Sweney
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Video: Watch Fern Britton in a Ryvita Limbos ad
September 30, 2008
See the This Morning presenter in a TV advert for low-fat snack Ryvita Limbos, which is challenging Walkers crisps with a £2m ad campaign
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Outrage as new Phorm trial begins
September 30, 2008
BT begins new test of advertising system that records every site visited by every web surfer
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BT begins trials on web browsing habits
September 30, 2008
UK operator is to go ahead with trials of a technology that targets advertisements based on consumers’ web browsing behaviour amid allegations of breaches of data protection laws
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BSkyB may have to sell more of its ITV stake
September 29, 2008
British Sky Broadcasting may have to sell even more of its stake in ITV than it was expecting after the Competition Appeal tribunal surprised lawyers by saying an original antitrust ruling may not have been tough enough
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Phorm rolls out next BT trial tomorrow
September 29, 2008
When we had the government’s verdict on Phorm’s ad-targeting technology two weeks ago, and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform had decided, in its infinite wisdom, that the service does not breach European data laws and is “legal, appropriate and transparent”.
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Decker defends Google-Yahoo pact: sensible, yes, but too little, too late?
September 29, 2008
With the Justice Department considering whether to look more deeply into the Google/Yahoo search ad pact for potential antitrust violations, Google has been aggressively mounting a public relations campaign defending the tie-up.
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Ad giant Omnicom in talks to buy agency founded by Trevor Beattie
September 29, 2008
Ad giant Omnicom is in discussions to buy Beattie McGuinness Bungay to bolster the firepower of its TBWA\London agency. By Mark Sweney
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