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Unilever sponsors Vevo summer festival programme

Sarah Shearman — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:32:00 GMT

Unilever has struck a deal with Vevo, the online music video service, which makes Lynx the first brand to become the exclusive sponsor of the 'Vevo Summer Six' festival tour.

Vevo claims 23% user growth one year after launch

Sarah Shearman — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:24:00 GMT

Vevo, the online music video service, has revealed video streaming on the site has increased 120% since it launched a year ago, reaching 177 million streams in January 2012, with mobile and tablets driving growth.

My Media World: Martin Galvin

Staff — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:06:00 GMT

Martin Galvin, director of agency sales for Specific Media, reminisces about his former life as a DJ at an indie club in Aberdeen, getting too drunk in Dublin with Atlantic 252, and why he would insist that people always bring an omelette to any meeting he has.

Sky Media could sell Zeebox ads against BBC shows

Maisie McCabe — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:42:00 GMT

Zeebox's chief has declared the second screen is "entirely free to be commercialised", as Sky Media prepares to start selling ads to partner BBC content such as 'Top Gear' and Wimbledon on the social TV app.

Zeebox strikes major investment deal with Sky

Daniel Farey-Jones — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:20:00 GMT

Zeebox, the social TV app, has sold a stake in the company to BSkyB who will integrate Zeebox into its own customer apps and exclusively sell its synchronised ad inventory.

Zeebox launches iPhone app

Mark Banham — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:49:00 GMT

Social media and online television platform Zeebox has launched an iPhone app to compliment the iPad app launched in October.

Immediate Media promotes Matt Teeman

Maisie McCabe — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:57:00 GMT

Immediate Media, the new home of BBC Magazines, has unveiled its new management structure and promoted BBC Magazines sales director Matt Teeman to the new role of managing director, advertising.

VivaKi strikes exclusive ad deal for Xbox entertainment apps

Sarah Shearman — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Microsoft has struck an exclusive deal with VivaKi to offer Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia clients pre-roll advertising inventory within entertainment apps on its gaming and entertainment platform Xbox Live.

My Media Week: Lucy Banks

Hayley Pinkerfield — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:38:00 GMT

This week, Lucy Banks, executive creative director at Bauer, spots actor Gabriel Byrne in the Covent Garden Hotel, rumbles the EMI A&R department, courts Channel 4, and has to deal with an unexpected potty incident.

Radio is the most common way people listen to music, research claims

Maisie McCabe — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:11:00 GMT

Radio remains the most common way people listen to music, despite increased competition from other formats including MP3 players, TV music channels, and internet video sites such as Vevo, according to new research by Bauer Media among its key audience.