Australia & NZ

Ad Industry Roundup: DVRs; Online Ad Prices; Starcom MediaVest; Platform-A - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 13 May 2008 06:55 AM PST

-- DVR viewers watch online ads, but don’t pay attention: Google-owned DoubleClick’s research arm, Performics, recently completed a survey of DVR owners that acknowledges wide ad-skipping. But the study makes…

Australian Marketing Shop Photon Buys UK Media Planner Naked For $33.1 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 05 Feb 2008 06:30 AM PST

Australia’s Photon Group has acquired London-based media planner Naked Communications for an initial payment of $33.1 million (A$36.7 million) in cash. Future payouts are contingent on Naked hitting a set…

Australian Digital Media Firm Destra Acquires Rock Music Site Mess+Noise - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 21 Jan 2008 05:44 PM PST

Destra, the Australian digital music and media firm, has bought out local rock music website Mess+Noise, for an undisclosed sum. The rock site also has a bi-monthly companion magazine. Mess+Noise…

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Updated: Lachlan Murdoch In Deal To Take Australia’s Consolidated Media Private—Sans News Corp. - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 20 Jan 2008 09:01 PM PST

Updated below: The two-year wait for Lachlan Murdoch’s major media move is finally over. The Australian newspaper is reporting that he’s crafted a $1.75 billion (AUS$2 billion) deal to take…

Australia’s News Digital Buys Stake In Asian Travel Search Site Bezurk - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 15 Jan 2008 10:40 AM PST

News Digital Media, the digital arm of Australia’s News Limited (part of News Corp.) has acquired a minority stake in Asia-Pacific travel search engine, Bezurk.com. The site is based in…

Australian Social Net Tilefile Takes Investment From Motorola - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 15 Nov 2007 10:24 AM PST

Tilefile, a Sydney, Australia-based social network, has taken an unspecified investment from Motorola Ventures. The company’s previous investor is Japanese venture firm ngi group (formerly Netage). The company, which offers…

Updated: NWS-DJ: Murdoch: ‘We Expect’ WSJ.com Will Go Free; Have To ‘Modernize’ DJ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 13 Nov 2007 08:04 AM PST

Updated below: Last week, Rupert Murdoch told analysts and investors on the News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) earnings call that he was still considering whether to switch to a free WSJ.com,…

Behavioral Targeter AdKnowledge Buys Online Ad Network Media Run - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 07 Nov 2007 03:24 PM PST

Adknowledge, a Kansas City, MO-based behavioral targeter, has acquired the UK and Australian divisions of online ad network Media Run for an undisclosed sum. In those areas, Media Run will…

News Limited Australia Buys Local Comparison Shopping Site Getprice - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 24 Oct 2007 08:04 AM PST

News Limited, the Australian media arm of News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), has bought comparison shopping search engine Getprice, for an undisclosed amount. Getprice was founded in 2005...it also has a…

Turmoil At Yahoo7 With Exec Shuffle - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 10 Oct 2007 05:56 PM PST

Yahoo7, the JV between Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Australian broadcaster Channel 7, is in a bit of an upheaval following falling visitor numbers and not enough ad growth. AustralianIT was…

BBC Worldwide Buys Travel Guide Company Lonely Planet - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 30 Sep 2007 11:58 PM PST

From paidContent:UK: BBC Worldwide, the international commercial arm of BBC, has bought Lonely Planet, the travel information group founded in Australia in 1972, for an undisclosed sum. Founders Tony and…

Australian Regulatory Body Begins Scrutinizing Google-DoubleClick Merger - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 11 Sep 2007 08:40 AM PST

Following on the heels of the European Commission’s early examination of Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) pending $3.1 billion acquisition of online ad network DoubleClick, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is…

Broadband Content Bits: Top Gear, E Online, Rockworld.tv - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 19 Jul 2007 02:46 AM PST

- Top Gear: BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s overseas commercial arm, is responding to the online popularity of Top Gear with a push in the U.S. Although it is a U.K.…

Australian Antitrust Watchdog Takes Google To Court Over Sponsored Links - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 12 Jul 2007 09:48 AM PST

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Google to court over its core search marketing business, claiming the behemoth does not properly distinguish between sponsored links and organic…

Kiwi Network TVNZ Partners With YouTube, Adds Own Branding To Channel - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 26 Jun 2007 06:30 AM PST

New Zealand’s TVNZ is the latest television network to sign a partnership deal with YouTube. As with YouTube’s earlier BBC partnerships, TVNZ will add to a branded channel program excerpts…

New Zealand Herald Cancels Premium Online Subscription After Two Years - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 28 May 2007 08:05 PM PST

A little more fuel for the anti-premium fire ... APN’s New Zealand Herald is dropping the premium subscription service started by nzherald.co.nz in late 2005. The site relaunched last December…

Coketunes NZ Closes As Digital Downloads Included In Charts - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 23 May 2007 09:49 PM PST

Starting next week New Zealand’s Recording Industry Association will include digital downloads in its music charts—a move which is expected to have a significant effect on the singles chart but…

Murdoch Praises Times Online - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 10 May 2007 07:38 AM PST

Rupert Murdoch is happy with his company’s online efforts, particularly the London Times. “The outstanding example is the London Times. In good months it has 10 million unique users and…

Lack Of Australian Broadband Costing Online Content Industry - 2 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 18 Apr 2007 09:55 PM PST

Australian media groups could lose AU$500 million (US$416 million) over the next three years due to the lack of availability of faster broadband speeds, reports the Australian IT, although the…

Telstra Fails To Stop Fox Showing NRL Footage - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 18 Apr 2007 09:14 PM PST

In Australia, Telstra has failed to win an injunction against Fox Sports to stop its website showing clips of National Rugby League (NRL) matches, with a judge deciding that “Telstra’s…

Telstra Suing Partners Over Digital Rights - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 03 Apr 2007 04:54 PM PST

Australian incumbent telco Telstra, which signed a sponsorship deal with the National Rugby League (NRL) for AU$90 million (US$72 million) back in March, is suing Fox Sports for showing too…

Fairfax To Launch ‘Business Day’ Service In Australian Papers, Online - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 13 Mar 2007 04:05 AM PST

Australian publisher Fairfax Digital has announced it will launch Business Day online and in print on March 19th, with the goal of expanding its national audience of executives and investors.…

Asians Keen On Ad-Supported Content, Mobile Music: Survey - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Sun 04 Mar 2007 06:12 PM PST

A survey by MindShare Asia Pacific Insights across the Asia Pacific region shows a strong demand for advertising-supported content and mobile music, according to ADIO Magazine. The survey of 250…

Fairfax Australia’s Online Revs 13.7 Percent of Overall Earnings - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 11 Feb 2007 04:20 PM PST

Fairfax, Australia’s second-biggest newspaper publisher, has reported its half-yearly results, and it earnings declined 2.7 percent on weak ad demand in its major markets. Earnings fell to A$121.4 million in…

Australia’s Fairfax Digital Buys Parenting Website Essential Baby For About $3.15 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 23 Jan 2007 07:47 PM PST

Updated: The Thomson deals database says the deal value was worth about USD$3.15 million. Fairfax Digital, the digital arm of Australian media giant Fairfax, has bought parenting website Essential Baby,…