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Highbury Housee Communications shareholders have approved the group’s £32 million acquisition of video game magazine publisher, Paragon Publishing (see Highbury House To Buy Paragon Publishing For £32m). Highbury says that the deal will create one of the UK’s leading special interest consumer publishers and the third largest publicly-quoted consumer magazine publishing group. As part of… Continue reading Shareholders Approve Highbury’s £32m Paragon Acquisition

The increasing popularity of Freeview is helping to boost the share of viewing for digital and cable-only channels, according to the latest Trends In Television report from the IPA.The figures show that non-terrestrial broadcasters are gaining ground in the battle for ratings, with their combined share of viewing rising to almost 24% in the second… Continue reading Freeview Helps Boost Multi-Channel Viewing

Big Brother has long been heralded as Channel 4’s cash cow and is undoubtedly its biggest TV event of the year, providing advertisers with highly sought after access to the elusive 16 to 34 year-old audience. However, the fourth series of the reality TV extravaganza failed to hit the highs achieved in previous years and… Continue reading What’s The Big Deal About Big Brother?

National homeless charity, Shelter, has harnessed the popularity of Channel 4’s Big Brother, with an ad campaign to raise awareness of the plight of the homeless.The campaign, designed to emphasise exactly what eviction means in the real world, ran across Channel 4’s official Big Brother website and SubSites.co.uk to coincide with the end of the… Continue reading Shelter Uses Big Brother Hype To Highlight Homelessness

First quarter underlying revenues at GWR Group were up by 0.4% year on year, driven by a good performance at the Local Radio Group (LRG). Strong national spend helped push LRG’s Q1 revenues up by 8%. At Classic FM, however, advertising has remained volatile, with a 16% dive in Q1 revenues, largely as a result… Continue reading Local Radio Group Helps GWR Stay Positive

Forrester Research forecasts that the US ecommerce sector will be worth $230 billion by 2008. Whilst growth has slowed since the boom period of 1997-2002, more and more people are connecting to the web and retailers are improving their services each year, ensuring that online retail will continue to rise for some time yet.Also On… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: US Ecommerce On The Up

There is little doubt that awareness and availability of video on-demand services is rising but the technology is still a long way from achieving widespread consumer acceptance. A recent US study from Leichtman Research Group determined that 80% of cable subscribers have heard of video on-demand but many are unaware that it is available in… Continue reading Consumers Remain Unconvinced By Video On-Demand

French advertising and marketing giant Havas has confirmed that it is to undergo major reorganisation as it seeks to boost revenues in “challenging” market conditions. Havas, the world’s sixth-largest advertising group, said today that revenues had fallen by 19% to €836 million in the first half. This was attributed mainly to the recent rise in… Continue reading Havas Takes Steps To Reverse Sales Decline

The radio sector was in focus yesterday as analysts made forecasts over the release of today’s RAJAR radio audience figures for the second quarter of 2003.Capital Radio was seen under pressure after Bridgewell Securities cut profits and earning forecasts for the group ahead of the release of today’s RAJAR results. The stock was seen down… Continue reading Sharewatch: Radio Groups Falter Ahead Of RAJAR Release

Telewest Communications today announced reduced losses for the first six months of 2003 as it prepares to hand control to bondholders in a debt-for-equity swap. The cable company said that total sales were flat at £674 million but spending cuts have enabled it to trim net loss by 13% from £239 million in the first… Continue reading Telewest Looks To Turn Corner In Second Half