Interim results released from Telewest Communications today show that the group’s financial restructuring plans are beginning to bear fruit as operating income rose to £39 million for the first half of 2004, up from £5 million on the same period last year. The group said that growth in both customers and revenues, coupled with reduced… Continue reading Customer And Revenue Growth Driving Profits At Telewest

GWR, owner of Classic FM, has today announced that the first half of this year has got off to a strong start as second quarter analogue revenues, which account for 92% of the group’s total income, jumped by 5% year-on-year. Speaking at the annual general meeting (AGM), chairman Ralph Bernard said that from the three… Continue reading Trading At GWR ‘Remains Encouraging’

Advertisers are rapidly adapting to the next generation of personal video recorders and are coming to see new interactive media, such as computer games, as an important marketing channel, according to new research from OMD Snapshots.The research, entitled The Living Room Of The Future, questioned marketing directors on their attitude towards new technology and the… Continue reading Advertisers Are Adapting To PVRs And Interactive Media

MSN UK is redesigning its website for the first time in almost three years in an attempt to attract more big-brand advertisers to the internet.The new-look homepage, which attracts nearly 16 million internet users each month, launches this week with a range of larger advertising options that can be tailored to need the specific needs… Continue reading MSN Redesigns Homepage For Advertisers

Advertisers are rapidly adapting to the next generation of personal video recorders and are coming to see new interactive media, such as computer games, as an important marketing channel, according to new research from OMD Snapshots. The research, entitled The Living Room Of The Future, questioned marketing directors on their attitude towards new technology and… Continue reading Advertisers Are Adapting To PVRs And Interactive Media

Online advertising in the US is set to nearly double to $16.1 billion by 2009, according to a new report from market research firm JupiterResearch, but not at the expense of traditional advertising medium. As well as an increase in revenue, online can expect to increase its share of marketers’ budgets from 3.5% last year… Continue reading US Online Advertising Set To Double By 2009

A high-tech market research firm has forecast that the number of worldwide wireless mobile phone subscribers will grow to 2.5 billion by 2009. According to a new report from In-Stat/MDR, subscribers to services such as wideband code-division multiple-access (WCDMA), one of the main technologies for the implementation of third-generation (3G) cellular systems, will experience robust… Continue reading Growth Returns To Mobile Phone Market

Online advertising in the United States is set to overtake advertising in the magazine sector, according to a new report from market research firm Jupiter Media. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the study said online advertising spend by 2008 will surpass paper magazine spending by over half a billion dollars and the distance… Continue reading US Online Advertising Will Surpass Magazines By 2008

The global advertising recovery is slower than expected said a new report from Merrill Lynch and predicted a global advertising growth forecast of up to 5% in 2005, with Europe lagging behind both the worldwide average and the US with an expected 3% – 4% growth. In the latest Advertising and Marketing Services report, Merrill… Continue reading Europe Lags Behind 2005 Worldwide Ad Recovery Forecast

Havas, the French advertising group, has said it is interested in bidding for American rivals, Grey Global Group, starting with an offer of over $1 billion (£550 million). Chairman and chief executive officer of Havas, Alain de Pouzilhac, told French newspaper Le Figaro that he was interested in buying Grey and had secured financial backing.… Continue reading Havas Chairman Confirms Interest In Bidding For Grey