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Financial Times added to Flipboard

Chloe Smith — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:39:00 GMT

The Financial Times will be available on the mobile app Flipboard as of today, in response to mobile's increasing importance as a channel for driving the FT's traffic and digital subscriptions.

Facebook UK advisory board likely to help trial video ads

Arif Durrani — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:21:00 GMT

Facebook is set to launch video advertising in its newsfeed from July, a move that is likely to be high on the agenda when its newly established UK advisory board convenes for the second time this summer.

Media360 Awards: Who has been the best media agency, leader and advertiser of the decade? You decide...

Arif Durrani — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:30:00 GMT

As Media360 turns 10 years old, we will be celebrating the very best in the business with our Decade of Achievement Awards. Here is your chance to decide who is crowned the media leader, media agency, and best advertiser of the decade, and who wins the best media launch.

Digital helps maintain outdoor growth in Q1

Arif Durrani — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:00:00 GMT

Outdoor advertising revenues were up slightly by 0.1% year on year in the first quarter of 2013, despite tough comparatives to the pre-London 2012 Olympics activity, thanks to digital revenues.

Study finds mobile devices account for 25% of UK search spend

Arif Durrani — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:15:00 GMT

The role of mobile phones and tablets in paid search advertising in the UK now accounts for roughly 25% of total spend and 28% of total clicks, according to the latest data from digital marketing specialist Kenshoo.

Trinity Mirror's Simon Fox: 'We're not big enough'

Arif Durrani — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:00:00 GMT

Trinity Mirror's chief executive, Simon Fox, has admitted the publisher is currently not big enough when it comes to online, and revealed plans to boost the Daily Mirror's website with more multimedia and sports content from its regional newspapers.

My Media Week: Chris Forrester, commercial director, Primesight

Hayley Hayes — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:00:00 GMT

This week, Chris Forrester, commercial director at Primesight, talks gesture recognition cinema screens, meets with major retail advertisers and thwarts a trigger-happy neighbour's attempts to shoot the local squirrels.

Telegraph to launch dual static and dynamic iPad app

Arif Durrani — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:00:00 GMT

Telegraph Media Group is preparing to launch an iPad app that will include static content from its Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers as well as dynamic content updated from its website.

EC clears Virgin Media's £15bn sale to Liberty Global

Arif Durrani — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:23:00 GMT

The European Commission has today cleared Liberty Global's £15 billion acquisition of UK pay-TV company Virgin Media without any conditions.

Tensions mount as Sky accuses BT of 'double standards'

Arif Durrani — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:47:00 GMT

BT has been accused of having "double standards" following its complaints to regulator Ofcom over BSkyB's decision not to run its multimillion pound ad campaign promoting its new sports channels across its own sports portfolio.

IAB figures: Witnessing the rise of mobile

Arif Durrani — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:15:00 GMT

IAB's digital advertising figures for 2012 published today highlight the ongoing momentum behind mobile as a media platform, fuelled by the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, and an increasing number of clients ready to experiment with new ad formats.

Facebook to see big boost in mobile display ads this year

Gordon MacMillan — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:52:00 GMT

On the day that Facebook is expected to announce the Facebook phone, it is being predicted that almost 30% of all mobile display ads will go to the social network this year.