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Media and advertising organisations entered the New Year in a positive frame of mind following a number of encouraging pronouncements from doyens of the industry. Global adspend is predicted to grow by around 5% in 2004 with the US leading the way and Europe again showing signs of competitivemess. Definitive figures for last year will… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – December 2003

Hachette Filipacchi has poached IPC’s Rita Lewis to become publishing director of its flagship women’s titles, Red and B.Lewis, who takes up the positive with immediate effect, will assume responsibility for driving forward the Red brand as it attempta to increase its circulation and looks to expoit opertunites in foreign markets.She will also work with… Continue reading Hachette Poaches IPC’s Lewis For Key Publishing Role

The US broadband audience grew by 27% between May and November 2003 as high-speed internet access became a desirable resource in American homes. Nielsen//NetRatings reports that 49.5 million, or 38% of all home internet users now access the web using broadband. The number is up from 39 million in May. Narrowband connections remained flat at… Continue reading US Broadband Population Approaches 50 Million

Encouraging sales of magazines should enable Future Network, the international publisher, to post an increase in revenues for 2003, the company said today.Future stated that trading patterns had remained positive in the final months of the year and annual turnover is expected to exceed that for 2002 by 11%.In a statement today, the group said:… Continue reading Future Network Stays On Track With Trading Update

Multichannel television now reaches more than half of UK homes, according to the most recent figures from the Independent Television Commission (now incorporated into the communications regulator Ofcom). The Q3 2003 report, released just before Christmas, shows that multichannel TV is now received by 51.2% of all homes, up from 49.8% in Q2 (see INSIGHTanalysis:… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: More Than Half Of UK Receives Multichannel TV

Granada Enterprises has secured Learndirect to extend its sponsorship of ITV1’s This Morning to include a new interactive service being launched to enhance the daytime entertainment programme.From next Wednesday, This Morning viewers will be able to access a new interactive zone allowing them access to a range of information including featured recipes, celebrity gossip and… Continue reading This Morning Secures Sponsor For New Interactive Zone

Encouraging sales of magazines should enable Future Network, the international publisher, to post an increase in revenues for 2003, the company said today. Future stated that trading patterns had remained positive in the final months of the year and annual turnover is expected to exceed that for 2002 by 11%. In a statement today, the… Continue reading Future Network Stays On Track

News International’s decision to follow in The Independent‘s footsteps with the launch of a tabloid edition of The Times appears to be proving successful. The latest ABC circulation figures for December show that the move helped boost circulation at the paper by 2.3% month on month to 636,331.The compact version of The Times hit the… Continue reading Tabloid Launch Boosts Circulation At The Times

The Government is facing significant opposition to its plans to switch off the analogue television signal by the end of the decade with more than one in ten householders refusing to join the digital revolution.New research carried out by the Generics Group warns that Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, risks angering millions of viewers when she… Continue reading Government Faces Backlash Against Analogue Switch-Off

Associated Newspaper-owned Metro UK has formed a partnership with Swedish-based Metro International to offer advertising opportunities to brands looking to target commuters across Europe.The joint sales initiative, thought to be the first of its kind, covers free-sheet newspapers in twelve European countries and lets advertisers reach a combined daily audience of around 10.4 million consumers.A… Continue reading Free-Sheet Publishers Combine For Advertising Deal