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Vincent Bollore continued his relentless acquisition of Aegis shares this morning, buying up a further 2 million at a cost of £2.6 million to push his combined stake in the media buying firm to 20.67%. The purchase is the latest in a long line made by Bollore’s company, Financiere Du Loch, which have sparked rumours… Continue reading Bollore Continues Aegis Share Creep

Phil Quartly, former managing director of radio sales house SIRS, is to become commercial director at UTV Radio.The move sees the radio sales boss part company with Emap, which secured his services in the takeover of SIRS’ parent company, Scottish Radio Holdings, in August (see Emap Takeover Of SRH Cleared).The new role will see Quartly… Continue reading Former SIRS Boss Joins UTV Radio As Commercial Head

Outdoor advertising group, JCDecaux has revealed a 5.4% year on year increase in revenue for the first nine months of 2005, reaching €1,227.6 million, with organic revenues seeing a rise of 3.8% in the same time. In the third quarter of this year, the group enjoyed growth of 5.2% year on year, hitting €393.9 million.… Continue reading JCDecaux Sees 5.4% Revenue Increase

Vincent Bollore continued his relentless acquisition of Aegis shares this morning, buying up a further 2 million at a cost of £2.6 million to push his combined stake in the media buying firm to 20.67%.The purchase is the latest in a long line made by Bollore’s company, Financiere Du Loch, which have sparked rumours that… Continue reading Bollore Continues Aegis Share Creep

IPC Advertising has announced plans to merge the creative advertising departments of IPC SouthBank and IPC tx/Connect under the combined banner of IPC Creative.The move will create a central resource for generating bespoke advertising solutions across IPC’s women’s portfolio, enabling agencies and clients to tap into a single department for innovative ad campaigns and promotions.The… Continue reading IPC Combines Creatives For More Bespoke Ad Solutions

Outdoor advertising group, JCDecaux has revealed a 5.4% year on year increase in revenue for the first nine months of 2005, reaching €1,227.6 million, with organic revenues seeing a rise of 3.8% in the same time.In the third quarter of this year, the group enjoyed growth of 5.2% year on year, hitting €393.9 million. Despite… Continue reading JCDecaux Sees 5.4% Revenue Increase

Vincent Bollore continues to raise his presence in media and communications group Aegis, with the latest reports showing the French entrepreneur having increased his stake to 20.48%. Bollore purchased 3 million shares at around 125 pence, pushing his hold in the company up from the 20.22% announced yesterday (see Bollore Raises Aegis Stake Further). The… Continue reading Bollore Keeps Pushing Aegis Stake Up

Vincent Bollore continues to raise his presence in media and communications group Aegis, with the latest reports showing the French entrepreneur having increased his stake to 20.48%.Bollore purchased 3 million shares at around 125 pence, pushing his hold in the company up from the 20.22% announced yesterday (see Aegis Appoints New CEO As Bollore Passes… Continue reading Bollore Keeps Pushing Aegis Stake Up

Cable firm ntl has announced details of its own-branded PVR designed to go head to head with BSkyB’s Sky+ system, featuring high definition capability and the ability to record three programmes simultaneously.Other features on the device, which was unveiled over the weekend, include a 160GB hard drive, matching the highest capacity Sky+ box. The set-top… Continue reading NTL Preps PVR To Tackle Sky+

BBC One came out on top in a head to head with ITV last night, competing with its rival in a night of soap excitement as the Mitchell brothers returned to Eastenders‘ Albert Square.The return of lovable thugs Phil and Grant drew a massive 11.4 million viewers to BBC One between 8-8:30pm, with a peak… Continue reading Mitchell Brothers’ Return Boosts BBC