Taylor Nelson Sofres was seen in focus yesterday, up 16.54%, after agreeing to buy the research division of crisis-hit advertising group Interpublic (see TNS Shares Jump On $425m NFO Worldgroup Acquisition). Numis Securities upgraded the group to buy from add, saying the acquisition would make it the third most powerful market research group in the… Continue reading Sharewatch: TNS Rises Following Acquisition
Leading London radio station Capital 95.8 FM saw advertising revenue fall by almost 15% year on year during the first quarter of 2003, according to figures compiled exclusively for NewsLine by Nielsen Media Research.The fall from £9.3 million to just below £8 million coincides with the 10.5% year on year drop in weekly reach seen… Continue reading London’s Leading Radio Station Sees Ad Revenue Decline
The management at Capital Radio remain confident about the future performance of the group despite interim results which showed a 15.5% fall in profits. The challenging advertising market has increased pressure on revenues which slipped more than 5% to £56.9 million in the six months ending March 31 2003. Similarly, profits before tax and goodwill… Continue reading Capital Takes Stock As Ad Slowdown Persists
First quarter revenues at NASDAQ-listed UK cable operator, NTL, were more or less flat year on year, down from £556.1 million to £546.5 million.NTL’s business growth was essentially put on hold until January this year, when it emerged from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy procedure that alleviated its substantial debt. As a result of this process,… Continue reading NTL Returns To Growth After Chapter 11
Future Network has reported an satisfactory rise in revenues for the first quarter as it looks to build on the progress made in 2002. In a trading statment released to coincide with the group’s annual general meeting, Future said that gains had been made in each territory resulting in a 7% rise in overall revenue.… Continue reading Future Lifted By Bright Start To Year
Granada Enterprises has secured motorbike insurance specialist Bennetts as the sponsor of all bike-related programming on its men and motors channel.The six figure deal begins later this month and will run until the end of October, with additional Bennetts branding appearing on the men and motors website.Commenting on the sponsorship, Matthew Gledhill, director of Bennetts… Continue reading Bennetts To Sponsor Bike Strand On Men And Motors
The increasing popularity of reality-TV has changed the way consumers respond to radio advertising, with research showing that ‘real’ ads are the most effective.A study commissioned by radio specialist, Eardrum, shows that the recent explosion of reality-TV programmes such as Big Brother and Pop Idol has changed people’s expectations of radio advertising.Now the most popular… Continue reading Listeners Look For Reality In Radio Ads
Almost one hundred million homes, equivalent to 10% global TV households, will have access to digital television by the end of this year, according to a new report from Informa Media. However, major expansion is still to come.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…First Quarter Ad Agency Performance ComparisonsOmnicom and WPP are performing most strongly of the… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Digital TV Approaches 100 Million Homes
BSkyB was seen in focus yesterday, down 0.44%, after releasing its third quarter results, which revealed the group added 150,000 subscribers to its digital satellite platform in the three months to September 2002 (see BSkyB Adds 150,000 New Subscribers In Q3).Meanwhile, News Corp chief executive, Rupert Murdoch, dismissed speculation that he is planning to bid… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Falls As Murdoch Shuns Channel Five
Leading London radio station Capital 95.8 FM saw advertising revenue fall by almost 15% year on year during the first quarter of 2003, according to figures compiled exclusively for NewsLine by Nielsen Media Research.The fall from £9.3 million to just below £8 million coincides with the 10.5% year on year drop in weekly reach seen… Continue reading Ad Revenue Follows Weekly Reach Down At Capital 95.8 FM
