Newspaper giant Trinity Mirror suffered a dip in share price yesterday, losing 0.56% to close at 622p ahead of a trading update issued this morning reassuring investors that the company is performing in line with expectations to deliver revenue increases across the board.According to the company, group advertising revenues for the 5 months to November… Continue reading Sharewatch: Trinity Down Ahead Of Optimistic Update
American TV distributor Liberty Media has held talks with competitor News Corp about selling the stake it built up in the television and newspaper company this November. Robert Bennett, chief executive of Liberty told investors at a recent conference in New York that “there have been some conversations” between his company and News Corp. Analysts… Continue reading News Corp to Buy Liberty Media Shares
New research from British Telecom indicates that the digital divide in Britain will continue to exclude millions of computer illiterate adults well into the next decade and beyond.According to BT, the number of digitally excluded people will fall from 27 million to 23 million by 2025, with those being excluded risking disadvantage by losing access… Continue reading BT Claims Digital Divide Will Exist For Decades
Emap’s flagship men’s magazine FHM has announced the creation of an online style channel, providing the 2 million daily visitors to its website with the latest fashion and grooming advice to comprise what it claims is the “ultimate style guide to life.”The new section creates a bespoke editorial strand, featuring recommendations and expert advice on… Continue reading FHM Boosts Style Content With Dedicated Online Channel
Commercial radio broadcasters will soon be competing for a new broadcasting licence in the city of Norwich, as media-regulator Ofcom advertised the rights to transmit to the south eastern city and the surrounding area.Ofcom estimates that the winning bid could provide the licence holder with a potential adult audience of 240,000, however, exact coverage will… Continue reading Ofcom Puts Norwich Radio Licence Up For Grabs
The growing proportion of ethnic minorities in Britain’s populace requires the attention of advertisers if they are to create effective campaigns and deliver brand messages to an increasingly powerful demographic, according to Starcom Motive.According to the agency, advertisers should turn to ethnic minorities to stave off the economic effects of an ageing population, tapping into… Continue reading Starcom Calls For Attention on Ethnic Minority TV Viewing
Preliminary results released by specialist magazine publisher Future Publishing yesterday appeared to spark interest from city investors, with the company adding 9.06% to its stock price to close at 69źp.The company’s reported strong performance in the year to to 30 September saw it succeed in a number of acquisitions, as well as a strengthening of… Continue reading Sharewatch: Future Results Spark Price Rise
By the end of the decade, a third of all pay TV subscribers in Europe will be DTH customers, says a new report by Screen Digest. The media researcher predicts there will be around 76.5 million pay TV subscribers in Europe by the end of 2004 and that a further ten million subscribers will be… Continue reading DTH To Account For One Third of Pay TV Market In 2008
Emap Elan has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Association following a complaint from rival IPC over a claim that men’s weekly title Zoo is “The Biggest Men’s Weekly”.IPC’s complaint was that the title’s claim related to circulation and was factually incorrect, as its weekly men’s offering, Nuts, has a weekly circulation 90,000 higher than… Continue reading Emap Finds Size Does Matter In Nuts Contest
Penetration of high definition televisions will be four times greater in Europe than industry forecasts have previously predicted, Sony said yesterday. Chris Deering, European president of Sony said that by 2008, 20 million European households will have high definition television (HDTV). Sony’s prediction sees Europe following the trend of Japan and the US in consumers… Continue reading Sony Sees Vast Expansion For HDTV
