JanuaryDigital radio got off to a flying start in 2003 with figures from the Digital Radio Development Bureau showing that sales of DAB digital radios increased by 165% in 2002 and look set to more than double in the coming months (see Sales Of DAB Digital Radios Boom In 2002). Meanwhile, Virgin Radio announced plans… Continue reading NewsLine End Of Year Round-Up: Radio
The vast majority of US consumers are happy with their online buying experiences judging from a pre-Christmas survey carried out by Shop.org and BizRate.com.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Major Media Buyer Upbeat On 2004Aegis Group, the media and market research firm, predicts that global adspend will climb 4.7% this year, compared to 3.2% in 2003.Subscribers to… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Consumers Sing Praises Of Online Shopping
The media market got off to a positive start in 2003 with WPP seeing shares increase by 2.57% over the festive break. The world’s third largest communications group recently announced that revenues exceeded £1 billion in the third quarter as the global advertising recovery gathered momentum (see WPP Enjoys Healthy Third Quarter).Carlton and Granada also… Continue reading Sharewatch: New Year’s Optimism Lifts Media Stocks
JanuaryFigures from Thomson Intermedia provided something of a sobering start to the new year by showing that television adspend dropped by 5.7% during 2002 to just over £3.7 billion as the difficult economic conditions continued to cast their shadow over the industry (see More Than £3.5bn Spent On TV Advertising Last Year). Things were more… Continue reading NewsLine End Of Year Round-Up: Television
Aegis Group, the media and market research firm, has said that trading is in line with expectations and anticipates further progress will be made in 2004. Europe’s largest advertising buyer claims that turnover, revenue and operating profit improved in 2003 and there is cause for New Year cheer given the upturn in the advertising and… Continue reading Aegis On Track To Deliver Strong Growth This Year
Aegis Group, the media and market research firm has said that trading is in line with expectations and anticipates further progress will be made in 2004.Europe’s largest advertising buyer claims that turnover, revenue and operating profit improved in 2003 and there is cause for New Year cheer given the upturn in the advertising and marketing… Continue reading Aegis On Track To Deliver Strong Growth This Year
IPC has confirmed its intention to challenge Emap in the men’s weekly magazine market with the launch of a new title, called Nuts, with the backing of an extensive £8 million marketing campaign.The magazine, which has been in development since November 2002, will offer readers a mix of sport, news, television and women in a… Continue reading IPC Launches Nuts To Crack Men’s Magazine Market
London’s blue chips hit a 16-month high yesterday as investors faced Christmas with seasonal cheer following strong US consumer confidence data.Media stocks benefiting from the surge included Emap, which rose 1.74% and Chrysalis which rose 2.30%.Elsewhere, investors surveyed the burgeoning crisis at Hollinger Inc after the accounting firm KPMG resigned as auditor of the group,… Continue reading Sharewatch: FTSE Rises On Christmas Cheer
JanuaryViacom Outdoor began the new year on a positive note by releasing research which showed that advertising on the London Underground directly influences tube travellers to buy products (see Underground Ads Influence Tube Travellers). Adshel was also at the fore after claiming to be able to provide clients with a quantifiable estimate of the extra… Continue reading NewsLine End Of Year Round-Up: Outdoor
The year began with good news for the industry with figures from the Cinema Advertising Association revealing that cinema admissions for January reached 16.3 million, which equates to an average of 3.67 million visits a week. Admissions were up by 8% year on year, making January 2003’s total the largest recorded for that month since… Continue reading NewsLine End Of Year Round-Up: Cinema
