Thousands of radio listeners were deprived of BBC services this morning after a power cut caused a thirteen minute black out at Radio 4 and Radio Five Live.The power failure interrupted a Today programme interview with Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, who had to be moved to another studio as transmission was temporarily lost between 7.53am… Continue reading BBC Blackout Deprives Thousands Of Radio Listeners
A feature of the agency landscape over the coming few years will be a return to slow, more stable revenue growth, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. Looking ahead, agencies are expected to concentrate more on organic growth and less on acquisitions, not least because there is little room left for continued consolidation via major… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT: Agencies To Return To Slower Stable Growth
A feature of the agency landscape over the coming few years will be a return to slow, more stable revenue growth, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. In an advertising and marketing services reports, the broker says that agencies will turn to slower, but more stable organic growth to build their revenues. Agency holding companies… Continue reading Agencies To Return To Slower Stable Growth, Says Broker
US newspaper advertising expenditure rose by 1.5% to $10.9 billion during the third quarter of the year, according to preliminary estimates from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). National advertising led the way with an 8.2% rise to $1.9 billion, boosted by gains in telecommunications and computer equipment. Retail advertising spending edged up 0.8% to… Continue reading US Newspaper Advertising Rises 1.5% In Q3
US advertising spend increased by 5.7% year on year in the third quarter of 2003, with ten out of twelve media categories reporting growth, according to new figures from Nielsen Media Research. Nielsen Monitor-Plus, which tracks trends in the media, claims that expenditure has been growing througout 2003. Adspend climbed by a modest 1.5% in… Continue reading US Adspend Continues To Grow, Says Nielsen
Online Christmas shopping is at least four times faster than high street shopping, according to the Interactive Media in Retail Group. This festive shopping season is set to be the biggest yet for online sellers and the e-retail industry is going to great lengths to promote the benefits of internet shopping. The IMRG estimates that… Continue reading Go Online For Xmas Shopping, Says IMRG
ITV partners, Carlton and Granada, were seen in the spotlight again yesterday with shares surging by 6.31% and 7.17% respectively after both announced rising profits and the hope to realise cost savings of £100 million from their imminent merger (see Granada And Carlton Reveal New Savings Target).The savings are double original estimates by the ITV… Continue reading Sharewatch: Carlton And Granada Rise On Positive Noise
Daily Mail & General Trust has reported a increase in profits of 1.6% for the full year despite difficult trading conditions for many of its businesses.The company said that pre-tax profits in the twelve months to 28 September came to £185.5 million, up from £182.5 million a year earlier. Group turnover fell by 0.6% to… Continue reading Daily Mail & General Trust Upbeat On Improved Results
Wireless Group chairman, Kelvin MacKenzie, will make one final attempt to persuade RAJAR to endorse the electronic measurement of radio audiences before he begins legal proceedings against the research body next month.Speaking at the Media Research Group Conference yesterday, MacKenzie claimed RAJAR’s recent decision not to endorse the electronic measurement system he has been funding… Continue reading MacKenzie Sets Date For RAJAR Court Battle
Media Research is excluding significant sections of the consuming public because the tools used by agencies don’t reach them or encourage their participation, according to Jennie Beck, head of NFO Research.Speaking at the Media Research Group Conference yesterday, Beck claimed that most existing media research surveys use just one method to reach all consumer demographics,… Continue reading Media Research Excludes Certain Types Of Consumer
