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ITV’s Chairman, Sir Peter Burt, today announced that the group is continuing to perform satisfactorily and advertising revenues for April and May are expected to rise by 2.5%.A statement of the first ITV Annual General Meeting shows that ITV1 advertising revenues in quarter one 2004 remained unchanged from the same period last year. ITV2 had… Continue reading ITV Chairman Claims To Be Satisfied At First AGM

ITV has launched nation-wide auditions for a new Pop Idol-style search for Parliamentary candidates as part of a new television contest entitled Vote For Me.The show is open to every one of Britain’s eligible voters provided they have no affiliation with any political group currently qualifying for party election broadcasts. An independent panel will judge… Continue reading ITV Launches Parliament Idol Reality Contest

Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP told the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) conference that the group’s results for ‘January, February and March were quite lively’, reports Reuters. He also told the 86th AAAA management conference that the softer business segments such as public relations and public affairs were showing ‘some signs of life’.… Continue reading Sorrell Reports First Quarter Results As ‘Quite Lively’

The global advertising agencies are expected to report upbeat quarter one results says equity research group, Lehman Brothers. The report shows that Paris based, Publicis Groupe is expected to report the highest organic revenue growth of 4% but total revenues will decline by 7% to â‚Ź866 million. WPP and Havas are expected to see Q1… Continue reading Positive Quarter One Results For Global Ad Agencies

The digital cinema market could be worth more than $100 million a year to projector manufacturers by 2005 says a new report by Dodona Research. The report Digital Cinema Factbook says that in response to the emergence of industry standards and innovations it expects digital cinema screens to rise to over 5,000 worldwide by the… Continue reading Digital Cinema To Reach £100 Million A Year

US magazine advertising revenues registered a 6.7% year on year rise during March, as the Financial, Insurance & Real Estate category showed a return to strong growth. According to the latest data from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB), revenues in March reached $1.8 billion, whilst page volumes declined by 1.9% to 20,947. In the year… Continue reading US Magazine Ad Revenues Rise 7% In March

By 2007, 110 million European homes – 67% – are expected to have a DVD player or recorder, according to a new report from Screen Digest. It took the video recorder almost 20 years to achieve this. In the five years since DVD players were launched in Europe, sales have been out performing all expectations.… Continue reading DVD To Grow Twice As Quickly As VHS

The Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB) has revealed that digital radio sales have increased by a staggering 229% year on year for the last twelve months. By the end of February 2004, the dramatic growth of digital audio broadcast (DAB) in the UK had pushed penetration to 509,000 units. Record sales of DAB products were… Continue reading Digital Radio Sales Hits Record Number In Last Year

Figures released by The Advertising Association shows that the national press recovery continued in February with ad revenue being up 3.2% year-on-year. The key drivers were Telecoms, Motors and Government advertising. Expenditure on popular dailies display rose by 10.8%, this was the single biggest category increase, excluding on-line recruitment. Popular Sunday’s also saw improvements in… Continue reading February’s National Press Expenditure Results

ITV shareholders look set to vent their anger today at the three former Carlton directors who authorised the controversial £15 million payment to the broadcaster’s ousted chairman designate Michael Green.Reports suggest that up to 40% of shareholders in the newly merged company could vote against the re-election of the directors who approved the pay-off which… Continue reading 19.04.04