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Magazine and radio group, Emap, has announced that it expects full-year results to be in line with its expectations, predicting a 1% increase in like for like revenues for the year ending 31 March 2005. In a statement to the City this morning, the company forecast group revenues to rise by 2%, and is looking… Continue reading Emap Reveal Positive Trading Statement

The Wireless Group (TWG), has announced a year on year rise of over 50% in adjusted operating profits for 2004, showing revenue for the first quarter of 2005 to be up 9.9% on the same period last year. Total turnover for the Group was £39.7 million, up 22% from £32.6 million in 2003, while like… Continue reading TWG Enjoys Rise of Over 50% In Operating Profits For 2004

The BBC has reported a surge in popularity for its newly re-launched Radio Player service, offering users on-demand listening of almost all of its radio output for up to seven days from the original broadcast.According to the Corporation, the service, which re-launched at the end of January to include additional audio feeds and on-demand functionality,… Continue reading BBC Sees On-Demand Radio Listening Surge In February

Magazine and radio group, Emap, has announced a strong performance in its UK consumer magazine division, with consumer magazine copy sales revenues growing by 5% on an underlying basis.In an upbeat pre-close trading statement, the group revealed that its consumer magazine advertising division has enjoyed a 4% year on year rise for the year ending… Continue reading Emap Sees Rising Revenue From Magazines

The battle for London Underground’s £1.2 billion advertising contract is between ten key players, reports this morning suggest, with the incumbent Viacom Outdoor going head to head with rival outdoor advertising heavyweights Clear Channel and JC Decaux.Others reportedly bidding for the contract include SMG’s Primesight, Spanish advertising group, Cemusa, KBH Transport Media, Media Initiatives Group,… Continue reading Ten Firms To Contest Underground Ad Contract

More than seven times more text messages were sent on Valentine’s Day than cards this year, with 92 million texts sent compared to 12 million cards, according to new figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA).Text messaging performed strongly during February 2005, with 2.19 billion person to person text messages being sent across the… Continue reading Texts Outweigh Cards On Valentine’s Day

Digital TV will rule the airwaves in the Welsh villages of Ferryside and Llansteffan tonight as the Government takes its first step towards creating a digital-only television service for Britain, switching off the analogue signal to nearly 500 homes.The move will place the two small villages on a par with Berlin as the only areas… Continue reading First Welsh Villages To Drop Analogue TV Tonight

Mobile phone operator, Nokia, and international design and lifestyle publication, Wallpaper*, have joined forces to create Wallpaper* to go…, a mobile site for design, interiors, lifestyle, fashion and travel tips and trends.The new site coincides with the availability of Nokia’s new fashion-orientated collection of mobile phones, with each model sporting a colour screen and GPRS… Continue reading Nokia And Wallpaper* Create Mobile Design Site

Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has issued a upbeat pre-close statement prior to the end of its half-year, showing group revenues for the first six months of the financial year to be 11% up on last year, while like for like revenues are predicted to have increased by a healthy 4%. Radio revenues for the group… Continue reading SRH Reveal Strong Performance For First Half Of Financial Year

Radio giant Chrysalis has vowed to continue its search for acquisitions and merger opportunities, despite having its initial approaches to Guardian Media Group rebuffed last week.In a statement this morning to the City, Chrysalis stated that it would “continue to review acquisition opportunities in the radio sector” which would be “complementary” to its existing radio… Continue reading Chrysalis Unperturbed By GMG Takeover Rebuttal