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Global advertising network, Havas, yesterday said that there has been a return to growth in Europe, with the exception of the UK. Posting an organic revenue decline of 3.8% for the fourth quarter (up from a 6.4% drop in the first half), the group said that trading in the UK remained in the negative. Across… Continue reading Havas Growth Underperforms In 2003, Q4 Stronger

US magazine advertising revenues continued their upward trend in January this year, rising by 10.4% year on year, according to the latest figures from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). However, whilst revenues were decidedly up, page volumes remained weaker, showing a decline of 0.3%. “The data show the magazine industry holding its own against a… Continue reading US Magazine Advertising Jumps 10% In January

The proportion of Western European households receiving digital television (DTV) is expected to rise from 19% in 2003 to 42% by 2008, according to a report from IMS Research. The group says a more positive outlook for the European DTV market is now beginning to emerge, despite past failures of digital terrestrial pay-TV services and… Continue reading European Digital TV Market Recovery Underway, Says IMS

The pay-TV sector in Western Europe was worth almost â‚Ź20 billion in 2003 and is expected to grow by 23% to â‚Ź24 billion by 2006, according to a report from Screen Digest. The European Digital Pay TV Revenues report forecasts that during the same period the number of pay-TV subscribers will rise by only 10%,… Continue reading Western European Pay-TV Revenue To Rise 23% By 2006

BSkyB was seen in focus yesterday rising by 1.17% to close at 776p as investors welcomed a significant rise in interim net profits and plans to resume dividend payments for the first time in five years (see BSkyB’s Good Run Continues With First Half Results).WPP was also in the spotlight, recovering early loses to climb… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Buoyed By Rise In Interim Net Profits

Today’s consumer magazine ABCs for the six months to December 2003 are expected to show the huge growth sector of recent times – celebrity weeklies – began to slow down in the last half of the year.Volumes across the sector – which includes stalwart Hello and Northern & Shell’s upstart New – are expected to… Continue reading ABCs Expected To Show Slowdown For Celebrity Titles

After 12pm today the concurrent release of ABC’s consumer magazine figures for the period July to December 2003 will be available to subscribers in MediaTel’s Press database. During Thursday 12 and Friday 13 February NewsLine will feature a series of sector reports based on these figures. The following notes refer to the criteria used to… Continue reading Important Notes: ABC July – December 2003

Dennis Publishing has announced the launch of a new men’s lifestyle magazine dedicated entirely to gambling.The first issue of Inside Edge goes on sale on 11 March with an initial print run of 55,000. It targets an upmarket audience of 28 to 55 year-old men with high disposable incomes and an interest in gambling as… Continue reading Dennis Launches Monthly Gambling Magazine For Men

The pay-TV sector in Western Europe was worth almost €20 billion in 2003 and is expected to grow by 23% to €24 billion by 2006, according to a report from Screen Digest.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…European Digital TV Market Recovery Underway, Says IMSThe proportion of Western European households receiving digital television (DTV) is expected to… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Western European Pay-TV Revenue To Rise

Difficult market conditions for European outdoor advertising were revealed in JCDecaux’s financials this morning, as full-year revenues dipped by 2.2%.The Paris-based global outdoor contractor said that street furniture revenues were down 0.4%, whilst revenue from billboard and transport advertising fell by 3.4% and 5.3% respectively. However, the overall 2.2% fall was better than the company… Continue reading JCDecaux Revenues Dip In 2003, But Beat Expectations