Granada has warned of dire consequences for ITV and ONdigital if the changes to media ownership rules are delayed for at least another two years, as is likely following the opening of Parliament last week. In a leaked correspondence published in this weekend’s Sunday Times, Granada chairman Charles Allen and CEO Steve Morrison told the… Continue reading Granada Warns Of ‘Potential Disaster’ For ITV

Regional newspaper publisher, Johnston Press, this morning said that trading for the first five months of the year has been better than expected, with like for like advertising revenues up 3% on the same period last year. In its pre-close period trading statement, Johnston said that despite the prevailing mood of economic uncertainty, it expects… Continue reading Johnston Press Sees Positive Second Half

According to the reports in the German press, US group Liberty Media is looking to boost its interests in the German cable market (see Insight Analysis: Deutsche Telekom Sells Cable Franchises To Liberty Media) by acquiring a stake in Tele-Columbus, the cable TV service owned by Deutsche Bank. The FT also suggests that Liberty is… Continue reading Liberty Media To Acquire Further German Cable Operators

Today’s trading statement from global advertising and communications group, WPP, has indicated a slowing of organic growth from within the company, according to analysts at ABN Amro. The broker points to a fall from 6% revenue growth in the first quarter, to ‘almost 4%’ for the first five months of this year. This indicates a… Continue reading Underlying Growth Slows At WPP

Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, has unveiled electronic tearsheets for advertisers, providing an alternative to the costly and time consuming process of physically sending newspaper copies to advertisers to confirm that ads have run. Dow Jones has developed the system in partnership with Engage Inc, a marketing software and interactive media company.… Continue reading WSJ Pioneers Electronic Tearsheets

Despite the disheartening adspend totals released by CMR this month (see Forecasts), AOL Time Warner CEO, Jerry Levin, announced this week that advertising revenues at the company have started to stabilise. Speaking at the global ad execs knees-up in Cannes, Levin told Reuters that advertising revenue had stopped falling and that AOL was on track… Continue reading AOL Confident That Adspend Slowdown Has Arrested

The FT reports this morning that media agency Zenith is following in the footsteps of many other analysts and brokers by downgrading its 2001 ad revenue forecasts. Three months ago, Zenith forecasts adspend growth for the year at 3.6% but have now amended this figure and are forecasting a drop in adspend for the year… Continue reading ITV Revenues Will Suffer First Annual Fall For 10 Years, Says FT

A new survey by iLogos reveals that 88% of Global 500 companies currently incorporates online recruitment into typical hiring procedures via its corporate website. By 2002, iLogos Research expects that nearly 100% of the Global 500 will be utilising corporate Web sites for recruiting. Corporate Web Site  1998  1999  2000  2001  Corporate Web site Recruiting… Continue reading Most Large Firms Now Recruit Online

New figures from Content Intelligence reveal worrying trends for print newspapers and examines the factors affecting readers’ decisions as to what form their daily news consumption takes. Those with most useage and experience of the internet relied less on newspapers for information, as John McIntyre, managing editor for Content Intelligence points out. “The Internet is… Continue reading Newspapers Will Lose Out To Internet As Usage Increases

Nearly 500m homes worldwide will have personal video recorders (PVR’s) by 2010, according to research published today. A survey carried out by Informa media, which publishes reports on the sector, predicts that there will be around 1m PVR homes in the UK by the end of this year. By 2002, when PVR technology will be… Continue reading PVR Homes To Hit 500m By 2010