Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp may back out of a deal that would see it become the dominant pay-TV operator in Italy, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. News Corp is all set to acquire Italian pay-TV business Telepiù from Vivendi Universal and merge it into its own pay-TV operation Stream (see News Corp… Continue reading Murdoch May Ditch Italian Pay-TV Deal, Says FT
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Despite expectations of the beginning of a recovery in advertising market conditions in the second half of the year, the outlook remains decidedly unclear, according to the Financial Times. The paper says that whilst a number of companies at the Mid-Year Media Review in the US have begun to talk about an improvement in the… Continue reading Advertising Outlook Remains Unclear
The gaming market is set to enjoy its best year ever, with three 128-bit consoles launched in all major markets and with software sales to increase, according to The Dynamics of Games: A Global Boom Industry, a new forward-looking report from Informa Media Group. The report also shows that online, mobile and interactive TV (iTV)… Continue reading Web, Mobiles And iTV Move Into Fast-Growing Gaming Market
Cable TV subscriptions in the UK declined by 2.0% to 3.5 million homes in Q2 2002, according to the latest figures from the Independent Television Commission (ITC). In Q2 2001 the number of homes taking cable TV stood at 3.6 million; in Q1 2002 the figure was also 3.6 million. The drop in Q2 was… Continue reading UK Cable TV Subs Drop As NTL Struggles With Debt
Audience measurement company, Arbitron, has announced plans to work with the US outdoor industry, through the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA), on a research programme that will create the market’s first audience ratings service. Tests beginning this summer will explore methods that will allow the provision of a ratings system that conforms to the… Continue reading Arbitron To Offer US Outdoor Audience Measurements
Advertising revenues at SMG are expected to be up by 4% in the second quarter, following a Q1 decline of 5%, the group’s chairman, Don Cruickshank, told the AGM today. Cruickshank said that the advertising market has now become more stable, following a downturn that has lasted more than 18 months. The World Cup has… Continue reading SMG’s Ad Revenue Shows 4% Growth In Q2
United Business Media (UBM) this morning indicated that overall trading and outlook remain similar to the position outlined at its AGM in May (see Tough Conditions In US Hi-Tech Continue, Says UBM) and at the full year results in March (see UBM Shares Fall As Profits Are Halved By Hi-Tech Ad Slowdown). UBM says its… Continue reading Technology Ads Still Tough For UBM
Advertising revenues at SMG are expected to be up by 4% in the second quarter, following a Q1 decline of 5%, the group’s chairman, Don Cruickshank, told the AGM today. Cruickshank said that the advertising market has now become more stable, following a downturn that has lasted more than 18 months. The World Cup has… Continue reading SMG Sees Beginnings Of Advertising Stability
Online advertising impressions increased by 77% year on year, as the market showed further signs of recovery, according to the latest data from Nielsen//NetRatings. Impressions totalled 94.2 billion in May, a leap from 53.2 billion impressions a year earlier. Retail goods and services was the leading industry advertising on the web, issuing nearly 34 billion… Continue reading Retailers Driving Online Ad Revival, Says Nielsen//NetRatings
Global advertising agency, Interpublic Group (IPG), has indicated that its revenue will be down in the high, single-digit percentages for the second quarter of the year, indicating that the slow recovery may not yet be wide-reaching. IPG had previously forecast that its revenues will be flat year on year for the full year 2002. However,… Continue reading Interpublic Says Ad Revenues Remain Down, Visibility Poor