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
Almost 40% of companies are planning to increase their marketing and sales operations as business confidence returns to Britain, according to new research from the Chartered Institute Of Marketing (CIM).The latest Marketing Trends Survey suggests the economy has enjoyed a powerful boost since the end of the war in Iraq, with businesses predicting that a… Continue reading Survey Shows Business Confidence Is Returning To Britain
The number of mobile phone subscribers in the UK is set to hit 53 million by 2007, reaching 88% of the population, according to forecasts from The Research Room. This will place the UK mobile market as the third largest in western Europe, behind Germany with 67.6 million users and Italy with 54.1 million. The… Continue reading Almost 90% Of UK Population Will Use A Mobile By 2007, Says Report
The Outdoor Advertising Association has today launched its biggest ever advertising campaign to promote the medium.The Proving Outdoor Works campaign, which has three executions all carrying the line ‘For Impact Posters Are Invincible’, has been created by AMV BBDO to demonstrate the power and effectiveness of outdoor advertising.The six-figure campaign is supported by the largest… Continue reading New Campaign Uses Pop Art To Promote Outdoor
US radio advertising revenues continued to show growth during June, with combined national and local spend rising by 4% year on year, according to the latest forecasts from the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). National expenditure jumped by 16% in the month, whilst local remained flat. Across the whole of the first half, national revenues are… Continue reading US radio advertising revenues continued to show growth during June 2003
ITV came out on top on Saturday night in the battle of the reality TV talent shows, as Pop Idol peaked with more than 2 million more viewers than its rival Fame Academy on BBC1.Audiences for the first instalment of the new series of Pop Idol, which saw the latest batch of hopefuls attempt to… Continue reading Pop Idol Comes Out Top Of Reality TV Talent Shows
The latest NRS figures for the six months to June 2003 reveal a less than impressive period for the Daily Mirror, which saw readership decline year on year to just below the 5 million mark.Trinity Mirror recently announced a raft of job cuts across the Daily Mirror‘s editorial division and closed its M and Look… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – June 2003
Trinity Mirror has rejected a fresh approach from Candover Investments, the private equity house, for its national newspapers, according to weekend press reports.The Observer claims that Candover, which made an informal offer for the titles late last year, has returned with a new proposal since the appointment of Sly Bailey as Trinity Mirror chief executive.However,… Continue reading Candover Rebuffed In Latest Bid For Trinity Titles
