The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called on shareholders to vote against the election of James Murdoch as a non-executive director of BSkyB.The TUC has claimed that Mr Murdoch cannot be seen to be a sufficiently independent director of a company of which his father, Rupert Murdoch, is chairman.The move is the latest in a… Continue reading BSkyB Faces Pressure From The TUC
Contrary to received wisdom, advertising revenues are becoming a less significant factor in the financial performance of global advertising and media agencies, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley. In an industry overview report, the broker advises investors that agencies have become decoupled from the advertising revenue cycle. This is a result of changes in the… Continue reading Agencies Decoupled From Ad Revenue Cycle, Says Morgan Stanley
Free digital TV and radio service Freeview has celebrated its first year of sales by revealing that between 1.7 and 2.1 million households now receive the service.Since January this year sales of Freeview boxes have been running at an average of 100,000 boxes per month, making it among the fastest-growing consumer electronics product ever.The success… Continue reading Freeview Celebrates 1st Birthday With Record Sales
The mobile games market will be worth â‚Ź1.65 billion in 2006, up from just â‚Ź0.46 billion in 2003, according to a new study from the Wireless World Forum (W2F). The forecast is at the conservative end of the range of recent figures from other groups, which have predicted revenues as high as â‚Ź38.1 billion over… Continue reading W2F Produces Conservative Mobile Gaming Forecasts
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) has joined forces with the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA) to launch the first standardised European online ad formats.The new standard sizes are designed to increase the efficiency of planning and executing online ad campaigns across Europe.In order to encourage consistency and transparency the IAB and the EIAA have agreed… Continue reading IAB Unveils Standardised Ad Formats
Profits at Richard Desmond’s media group, which publishes the the Daily Express and Daily Star, fell by more than 50% last year, according to accounts filed at Companies House.It is reported that pre-tax profits at Desmond’s holding company, RCD1 slumped to £8.9 million in 2002 from £20.8 million the year before.Margins were affected by the… Continue reading Profits Down At Richard Desmond’s Media Group
Channel 4 has unveiled its new winter schedule which places a heavy emphasis on entertainment and factual programmes with a number of new commissions.The channel has also confirmed that from 5 November its long running teen soap, Hollyoaks, will be shown five nights a week to replace Brookside, which will have its last peak time… Continue reading Channel 4 Announces Details Of New Winter Schedule
Worldwide revenues from on-premise web conferencing are set to rise from $361 million in 2003 to $1.5 billion by 2007, according to a new report from the Radicati Group.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Industry Bodies Herald Standard Online AdsThe standardisation of online advertising formats came a step closer today as the European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA)… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT: Web Conferencing Revenues To Rise Fourfold
Revenues at outdoor advertising group JCDecaux fell by 2.7% in the third quarter, as conditions in Europe remained weak. However, the company is seeing some signs of an advertising recovery in the US. This is in line with first half comments made in September (see Weak Europe Mutes JCDecaux’s First Half). Revenues from billboard advertising… Continue reading JCDecaux Revenues Dip In Q3 As Europe Remains Tough
BSkyB was seen in focus with reports that shareholders are preparing to register a protest vote against Lord St John of Fawsley at the satellite broadcaster’s forthcoming annual meeting over his role as the company’s senior non-executive director. The stock was up by 1.26% yesterday.Meanwhile, WPP remained in the spotlight up by 2.32% after reporting… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Could Face Shareholder Unrest
