Pan-European broadcaster, RTL Group, is proposing to cancel the admission of its shares to the official list of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange. In a statement released to shareholders this morning, the group said it expects that the delisting in London will become effective on 31 December 2002.

Vivendi Universal’s third quarter results show revenues down by 2% at E14.6 million, whilst consolidated operating income was up 7% at E1.2 million. The results are slightly below expectations, although the outlook was not negative, with a number of disposals helping to ease the group’s debt. Vivendi is currently in a battle with Vodafone to… Continue reading Vivendi Revenues Dip 2%, Disposals Ease Debt

Carlton Communications has reported continuing pre-tax profits up by 76% to £53.3 million, although losses after tax and including discontinued operations stood at £156 million, down 60% year on year. The majority of losses came from the closure of the ITV Digital business, jointly owned with Granada. The company also indicated that advertising conditions are… Continue reading Carlton Sees Improving Ad Trading As Loss Hits £156m

There were further indications of a mini-recovery in the US advertising market yesterday as Nielsen Monitor-Plus revealed that spend for the first nine months of 2002 had increased by 3.8% year-on-year. Total expenditure for the year to September rose to $69.3 billion from $66.7 billion in 2001 as eight of the eleven media sectors measured… Continue reading US Adspend Up 3.8% Through Q3, Says Nielsen

The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) has unveiled a wide-ranging plan which aims to double the size of the online advertising market in two years. According to IAB’s managing director, Danny Meadows-Klue, there is a vast disparity between the share of advertising budgets spent on the internet and the size of internet audiences. In an attempt… Continue reading IAB Plans To Double Internet Ad Spend In Two Years

Advertising volumes at United Business Media’s (UBM) US technology publishing division, CMP Media, fell by 20% in October, after a 3.6% increase during September (see Hi-Tech Publishing Ad Decline Eases Slightly In September). However, the decline is exaggerated given that there were five weeks in October during 2000 and 2001, but only four weeks this… Continue reading CMP Figures Show Continuing Weakness In Hi-Tech Advertising

UK television is currently undergoing fundamental change as it is forced to react to the advance of technology and twenty-first century viewing habits. Predicting the future is no easy task but a new report has outlined some of the challenges faced by the industry and speculates on how the broadcasting landscape will look in the… Continue reading Insight Analysis: TV Industry Looks To The Future

A strong out-performance of the market has led Chrysalis Radio to move back in to profit in the year to 31 August 2002. Results released this morning show that the group achieved a pre-tax profit of £5.8 million, up from a pre-tax loss of £16.8 million last year and well ahead of internal budgets. Chairman… Continue reading Chrysalis Surges To Profit Following Strong Market Out-Performance

Radio content and station operator, UBC Media, has this morning said that the advertising outlook for the remainder of the year remains depressed, with little sign of any improvement in sentiment. This bleak prognosis comes as UBC announces its half-year results. Turnover rose by 21.3% to £5.0 million, whilst gross profits were up by 26.6%… Continue reading UBC Paints Bleak Outlook For Radio Trading

Carlton Communications and Granada may report a combined loss of £300 million in their full-year results, due to be released later this week. According to the press speculation, Carlton will show heavier losses than Granada. Both groups have been hit by write-downs following the collapse of the joint ITV Digital venture. Further strain has come… Continue reading ITV Giants Set To Unveil £300m Exceptional Losses