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Advertising in Britain’s national newspapers proved it has at last started to make a slow turnaround when an increase of 113,818 ad pages was recorded for the past year, according to Mediaedge:CIA’s latest Adstats report.This represents a tiny rise of just 0.3% in total advertising pages for the twelve months to February 2004 for both… Continue reading Newspaper Advertising Momentum To Continue In 2004

Satellite TV giant BSkyB maintained a sustained period of growth in share price yesterday, rising by 0.81% to 685˝p. The company was yesterday the target of concern as researchers at Lehman Brothers predicted subscriber levels had plateaued in the third quarter of its financial year (see BSkyB To Announce Drop In Subscriber Rates).Emap also saw… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Continues Rise Amid Subscriber Worries

Advertising in Britain’s national newspapers proved it has at last started to make a slow turnaround when an increase of 113,818 ad pages was recorded for the past year, according to Mediaedge:CIA’s latest Adstats report. This represents a tiny rise of just 0.3% in total advertising pages for the twelve months to February 2004 for… Continue reading UK National Newspaper Ad Volumes Slowly Recovering

High expectations are being set for the digital TV (DTV) market as Instat/MDR says that 93 million sets will be shipped worldwide by 2008. During 2004, 76 million units are expected to be shipped but this will rise by a further 17 million over the next four years. The technology analysts at Instat/MDR say that… Continue reading ‘Great Things’ Expected From DTV Market

Next month BSkyB is set to announce its lowest new subscriber figures for the past year, according to Lehman Brothers forecasts. During the third quarter of its financial year (March – May 2004) Sky is expected to have gained 92,000 customers, taking the total to 7.3 million, predict analysts. The report shows that subscriber rates… Continue reading BSkyB To See ‘Seasonal Slowdown’ In Third Quarter

Magazine and broadcasting giant Emap enjoyed a 1.43% rise in week on week analysys, closing at 885p on Thursday. The company has hit the headlines recently for several reasons, including the poaching of David Pullan from Channel Five to become world-wide managing director of FHM and the continuing speculation surrounding the sale of style bible,… Continue reading Sharewatch: Sale Of The Face Fuels Emap Rise

Magazine giant Emap has refuted allegations made by the Media Guardian that two high-profile magazine launches have been scrapped as part of cost cutting measures across the publishing group.In a report published by the newspaper’s website this morning, Marcus Rich, Emap Performance’s managing director, was named as the man behind the pulling of two forthcoming… Continue reading Emap Denies U-Turn On New Launches

Planning and buying agency Carat has snatched a second lucrative contract from Starcom Motive, clinching the rights to planning and buying business for high street stalwart WHSmith.The account is worth a reported £9 million and comes under Carat’s control from May. The move will come as a bitter blow to Starcom following a decision by… Continue reading Carat Snatches WHSmith Account From Starcom

BSkyB will next month reveal that it saw just 92,000 new subscribers in the third quarter of its financial year, taking the total to 7.3 million, according to the global equity researchers at Lehman Brothers.The report shows that subscriber rates, accounting for a 9.5% churn rate – the proportion of customers that left during the… Continue reading BSkyB To Announce Drop In Subscriber Rates

The Sunday Telegraph has announced its latest specialist supplement with a guide to overseas property entitled France and Spain Unlocked.The latest move will see the 32-page property guide published with the newspaper from April 18th, promoted by a 30 second TV campaign, airing between April 14 and 17, created by Clemmow Hornby Inge.The supplement promises… Continue reading Telegraph Holds Key To Europe With Property Supplement