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Arqiva and Viacom Team for Digital Ad Network

An eight-year deal between broadcast provider company Arqiva and Viacom Outdoor will provide for a content delivery network throughout the London Underground, Arqiva has announced.

Arqiva will install advertising technologies such as digital escalator panels and large format digital LCD screens, and will enable Viacom Outdoor to create the U.K.’s largest single digital advertising network, writes mad.co.uk. The plan is part of a legacy project for the London Underground in the run-up to the Olympics which will be held in that city in 2012.

Arqiva will provide Viacom Outdoor with hosting and support services, and will manage the content from the point of digital delivery to the point of display.

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Spanish Radio Still Peeved about PPM

The Spanish Radio Association says Arbitron still has not addressed its concerns and research questions regarding the PPM and how “Hispanics are recruited and represented, and how the PPM panel is maintained.”

The SRA has been working with Arbitron in…

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‘Chicago Tribune’ Readies Relaunch for Sept. 29

The Chicago Tribune’s new design will launch on Sept. 29, Tribune Co. chief operating officer Randy Michaels says. No details on the redesign have been released; the paper has already been decreasing its editorial pages to create a more even split…

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Teens Not a Great Demo for Mobile Advertising

Teens are not the best demo to target with cell phone advertising, according to a new study from comScore. Though they are cell phone-savvy, most of them - 70 percent - have their phones paid for by parents, which means…

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CNN Wins Second Night of Cable DNC Coverage

CNN won its second night of coverage of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday. The network averaged 3.41 million viewers in the 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. time slot, despite the fact that Fox drew nearly even for the night.

Fox…

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Widely Held Attitudes about Various Generations Studied

Generation Y is the most self-indulgent, Generation X is the most innovative, and Boomers are the most productive, while the “Silent Generation” and the “Greatest Generation” are the most admired, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive, writes MarketingCharts.

Conducted for…

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Retailers Busting out Extreme Back-to-School Discounts

To encourage shoppers to buy more back-to-school items, retailers often implement “loss leader” strategies: that is, selling items at a loss or even giving them away in hopes that the reductions will attract shoppers who will then buy other, more…

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