French television broadcaster, TF1, last night reported weak advertising revenues, with Q2 dropping by 4.1% to E419.2 million – an underlying decline of 11.0% when the World Cup effect is excluded, according to estimates by Lehman Brothers. TF1 is heavily reliant on advertising as a source of profit. The poor performance has led Lehman to… Continue reading TF1 Posts Weak Q2 Ad Revenues
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Almost half of all UK internet users, some 9 million people, made an online purchase during 2001, according to the Which? Online annual internet survey (See One-Third Of The UK Now Online). Which reports that one in five adults now visit retail sites on a regular basis and with the range of goods increasing and… Continue reading Future Of Online Shopping Is ‘Rosy’, Says Report
The latest European magazine and newspaper advertising growth forecasts from Zenith Media, compiled by Merrill Lynch, are shown here. European magazine adspend has been revised down to -2.2% for 2002, from the December forecast of 0.8% growth. For 2003, the forecast has been reduced from 2.9% to 2.5%. Newspapers have been cut back from 1.0%… Continue reading European Press Advertising Forecasts From Zenith Media
Consumer magazines have weathered the advertising downturn better than any other UK press sector, with revenue growth for the industry virtually unchanged since 2000. According to Advertising Association statistics, consumer magazines ad revenue actually grew by 3.9% in 2001, whilst all other press media were experiencing the depths of the fall-out. National newspapers and business… Continue reading UK Press Advertising Forecasts: Consumer Mags Remain Stable
The number of households in the United States with digital video recorders (DVRs) is set to rise from the the current customer base of approximately 1 million to 15 million in 2007. However the Leichtman Research Group, which has produced a new report on the digital video marketplace, downplays the impact of the new technology… Continue reading DVRs Yet To Capture The Public Imagination
Media and information group, Reuters, has this morning posted a pre-tax loss of £88 million, with profits hit hard by losses at Instinet, the company’s electronic securities trading division. The figures cover the six months to 30 June 2002. Instinet saw operating losses of £5 million on revenues down by 38% year on year; the… Continue reading Reuters Tumbles Into H2 Loss, Hit By Instinet
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has cleared Clear Channel UK’s acquisition of Scottish Radio Holdings’ outdoor advertising business, Score Outdoor, it was announced this afternoon. The deal was agreed in May for an initial price of £33.5 million cash (see Score Outdoor Sale To Create Third Force In UK Market).
Jean-René Fourtou, the new chief executive of Vivendi Universal, yesterday met with senior management for a strategic review amid speculation that he is planning to sell off parts of the debt-ridden media group. Vivendi is some E16.7 billion in arrears and talks over a financial rescue package are ongoing. Nonetheless, the FT reports that the… Continue reading Vivendi Assesses Break Up Options
US interactive spending by the consumer and business-to-business sectors is set to double in the next four years, according to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA). Spending on direct marketing with interactive media is set to reach $8.4 billion in 2006, an increase from the projected $4.04 billion for 2002. In the meantime, interactive media sales… Continue reading US Companies Turning To Interactive Marketing, Says DMA
Advertising and sponsorship on the internet is being allocated higher budgets by a majority of UK marketers in the second quarter of 2002, according to an analysis of data released by the Institute Of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) last week in its Bellwether Report (see Insight Analysis: Bellwether May Show Slowly Returning Confidence). In the… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Internet Remains A Very Small Proportion Of UK Marketing Budgets