The Daily Mirror has unveiled a new Saturday listings magazine, called We Love Telly!, to replace the two Saturday supplements that were axed last month (see Trinity Mirror Closes Saturday Magazines To Cut Costs).The launch is the latest of a series of changes to be implemented following Sly Bailey’s strategic review of Trinity Mirror, which… Continue reading Daily Mirror Unveils New Saturday Supplement
The National Magazine Company is planning to take on rival Condé Nast’s Glamour with the launch of a special travel-sized version of its flagship women’s monthly, Cosmopolitan.The special A5 version of the magazine, which goes on sale on 18 September, will appear at a controlled number of retail outlets, including W.H Smith Travel stores and… Continue reading Cosmo Moves On Glamour With New Travel-Sized Format
Digital television is set to reach half of all homes in the US by 2005, up from 40.6% this year, according to new forecasts from eMarketer. The group predicts that there will be 56.5 million DTV households in two years time, of which 13.3 million (23.5%) will take video on-demand (VOD) services.Also On MediaTel Insight… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Digital TV To Reach 50% Of US Homes By 2005
Indebted advertising network, Interpublic Group (IPG), has remained in the red during the second quarter of the year, reporting losses of $13.5 million on revenues up by less than 1%. In the first quarter of the year, IPG reported a loss of $8.6 million (see Interpublic Not Out Of The Woods After Q1 Loss). Advertising… Continue reading Interpublic Losses Continue In Second Quarter
The addition of new broadband households slowed in the US in the second quarter of 2003 but research from Parks Associates indicates that growing frustration with dial-up is likely to boost high-speed internet take up in the coming months. A survey conducted for the national consumer study, Electronic Living @ Home found that whereas 30%… Continue reading Dial-Up Delays To Drive Broadband Adoption In H2
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has refused to uphold complaints against Selfridges for a series of outdoor and press ads that featured a range of naked body parts.The ads, which were part of a month-long campaign to promote the Selfridges Body Craze event, provoked public complaints on the grounds that they were offensive and in… Continue reading ASA Dismisses Complaints Against Naked Selfridges Ads
Barclay Knapp is stepping down as chief executive of troubled cable operator, NTL, just months after it emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.Knapp, who joined NTL ten years ago, will step down from his current role at the close of business on Friday, but will stay at the company until the end of the year to… Continue reading NTL Welcomes New Chief Executive As Knapp Steps Down
Flextech’s executive vice president of commercial, David Cuff, is stepping down after two and a half years at the company to pursue new challenges.Cuff joined Flextech as commercial director in 2000 and moved into his current role last year. He will leave the company, whose portfolio of TV channels includes Trouble, Bravo and Living TV,… Continue reading Cuff Leaves Flextech Behind To Pursue New Challenges
A recent poll from Horowitz Associates has found that one quarter of urban TV homes in the US get digital cable and there is potential for significant growth despite the competition in the multichannel market.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…US Interactive Adspend To Hit $8.6bn By 2005, Says GartnerG2GartnerG2 says that whilst agencies have so far… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Urban TV Audiences Willing To Go Digital
The underlying rate of UK inflation rose to 2.9% in July, up by 0.1% on the previous month, according to the latest figures from the Office Of National Statistics (ONS).The headline rate of inflation, which includes mortgage interest payments, rose by 0.2% to 3.1% during July and remained well above the Government’s target of 2.5%.According… Continue reading Surprise Surge In UK Inflation During July
