JCDecaux has appointed Yan Huybrechts as its new director of special projects with responsibility for developing the company’s expansion outside of its core billboard, street furniture and airport operations.Huybrechts joins the company from Network Rail’s property estates department where he was commercial advertising manager. Prior to that he was board director at MediaVest where he… Continue reading JCDecaux Appoints New Director Of Special Projects
Reuters said today that revenue declines at the company have slowed and management is satisfied that the period of contraction is over. The global information company saw revenues fall by around 11% last year as demand for subscription services slumped (see Reuters Results Better Than Expected). However, the decline is expected to be no more… Continue reading Reuters Sees Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Conrad Black’s position at Hollinger has become even more precarious following the resignation of a key executive this week. Peter Atkinson has stepped down from his role as a director and officer, becoming the latest in a line of board members to quit since a controversy over unauthorised executive payments erupted (see City News). It… Continue reading Prominent Director Quits Hollinger Post
The long awaited ITV merger looks almost certain to go ahead unchallenged after shareholders gave the deal their unanimous support in a series of extraordinary general meetings held yesterday. Almost all of Carlton and Granada’s investors voted in favour of the £5.4 billion merger that will see the creation of a single ITV company controlling… Continue reading ITV Merger Receives Final Green Light From Shareholders
The media sector was lifted yesterday by news that the long awaited merger of Carlton and Granada would go ahead unchallenged after shareholders gave the deal their unanimous support. The ITV partners were seen up by 5.18% and 4.81% respectively (see ITV Merger Receives Final Green Light From Shareholders).Renewed talk of advertising budgets recovering from… Continue reading Sharewatch: Carlton And Granada Rise On Merger Approval
Granada Enterprises is currently in negotiations with Cadbury Trebor Bassett to prevent the confectionery giant ending its £10 million sponsorship of Coronation Street after almost a decade.Cadbury’s contract came up for renewal at the end of last year and the company is understood to have been in negotiations with ITV sales executives over the terms… Continue reading ITV Negotiates To Keep Coronation Street Sponsor
IPC has secured a number of high-profile advertising partners for the £8 million launch of its new men’s lifestyle magazine, Nuts, which is being trialed among one million potential readers from today.The title, which has been in development since November 2002, hits the news-stands next week with a mix of sport, news, television and women… Continue reading Advertisers Get On Board As IPC Unleashes Nuts
Advertisers are being warned that too many newspaper campaigns are failing to deliver the required results due to poor quality creative work.Ongoing research carried out by the World Association Of Newspapers claims that the impact of creativity is often underestimated. It calls on advertisers to work harder to ensure the quality of their marketing messages… Continue reading Too Many Newspaper Campaigns Fail To Deliver
Evidence of growth in the European digital TV market is reflected in interim results from Pace Micro Technology which show the company to be operating profitably again.A slump in sales of set-top boxes resulted in pre-tax losses of £16 million in the last financial year (to May 31 2003) but business picked up in the… Continue reading Pace Micro Technology Rides The Digital Wave
Conrad Black’s position at Hollinger has become even more precarious following the resignation of a key executive this week.Peter Atkinson has stepped down from his role as a director and officer, becoming the latest in a line of board members to quit since a controversy over unauthorised executive payments erupted.It was announced yesterday that Atkinson… Continue reading Prominent Director Quits Senior Hollinger Post
