Consumer magazine publisher Future Network was seen in focus yesterday with shares rising by 0.88% to close at 56˝p after revealing plans to launch at least nine new magazines over the next twelve months as part of a vigorous expansion programme.The company said that it hopes to launch two new US magazines in 2005, Future… Continue reading Sharewatch: Future Network Boosted By Expansion Plans
Although Europe has nearly twice the number of television households as North America, it is dragging behind its US cousins in terms of digital penetration, however that might be about to change, says a new report. By 2010 there will be nearly 238 million television households in Europe with just 53% subscribing to a cable… Continue reading Free Terrestrial TV Holding European Digital Penetration Back
Five has secured Midway Games as the exclusive broadcast sponsor of it new factual entertainment show, Boxing Academy, which launches on the channel later this year.The deal runs from 18 October to 15 November and sees Midway promote its new fighting game, Mortal Kombat: Deception, through a package of five-hour long programmes and a live… Continue reading Five Secures Sponsor For Boxing Academy Show
ITV Sales is increasing its attempts to introduce a more customer focused approach to business with the appointment of specialist consultancy, The Foundation.Launched by former DFGW managing director Charlie Dawson five years ago, The Foundation will work alongside senior members of the ITV Sales team to help develop a new culture based around the needs… Continue reading ITV Sales Moves To Strengthen Client Focus
Outdoor advertising heavyweight Maiden saw an unexpectedly poor day’s trading yesterday, losing 0.43% to close at 231˝p, despite the company announcing two new account wins to strengthen its burgeoning rail advertising business (see Maiden Expand Rail Business With New Account Wins).The contract wins with the Go Ahead Group’s New Southern Railway and Thameslink subsidiaries should… Continue reading Sharewatch: Maiden Dips Despite Rail Wins
New forecasts from the Digital Radio Development Bureau predict a massive boom in popularity for DAB digital radio, rising by a staggering 1200% from around one million sets currently in British homes to 13 million by 2008.The DRDB’s Five-Year DAB Digital Radio Forecast predicts that around 29% of British homes will posses a digital radio… Continue reading Third Of UK Homes To Have Digital Radio By 2008
Maiden Outdoor has further strengthened its rail advertising business with two new account wins with the Go Ahead Group’s New Southern Railway and Thameslink subsidiaries.The two-and-a-half year deal with New Southern Railway begins immediately and covers key commuter stations such as East Croydon, Brighton and Balham. The Thameslink deal also starts straight away and gives… Continue reading Maiden Expand Rail Business With New Account Wins
The city of Durham will get its own dedicated FM radio station under new proposals being put forward by media super-regulator Ofcom.Potential bidders have been invited to pitch for the FM licence, which is expected to air for the first time in midway through next year. The adult population of the area is believed to… Continue reading Ofcom Advertises New FM Licence For Durham
The number of WAP pages being viewed by mobile phone users is still on the increase with August’s figure climbing by 22.7% compared with the same period in 2003, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association.Allowing for seasonal differences, the August figure takes the MDA’s cumulative recorded WAP page impressions to over… Continue reading Wap On The Rise As Olympics Boosts Multimedia Services
Hachette Filipacchi has appointed Annabel Brog as editor of its market leading teenage magazine Sugar ahead of a planned relaunch of the title next year.Brog, previously deputy editor of Emap’s teen glossy Bliss, takes up her new position at the start of next month, replacing Nick Chalmers who is moving on oversee new magazine ideas… Continue reading Sugar Appoints New Editor Ahead Of Redesign
