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News Corporation yesterday reported a return to third quarter profits as a strong performance from the television unit overshadowed losses at the newspaper business. The media giant said that revenues were up 14% year on year to $4.4 billion as income rose in the the US TV and cinema sectors. Fox Broadcasting has enjoyed ratings… Continue reading Profits Boost For News Corp In Q3

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

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 (see NTL Emerges From Bankruptcy) that alleviated its substantial debt.… Continue reading NTL Returns To Growth After Chapter 11

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

French advertising network, Publicis Groupe, has reported strong first quarter revenues and record new business wins and said it sees some encouraging signs in the development of the market. Consolidated group revenues were up by 57% year on year to €905 million. This strong performance is due to the consolidation of the agencies of the… Continue reading Publicis Sees Encouraging Signs As Q1 Improves

With the recent TV United conference still provoking discussion amongst media planners and buyers, Simon Summerscales, strategist at Naked Communications, argues that its time to seriously consider the future of the advertising spot.The recent TV United conference boasted a fabulous line up of speakers, and I must admit to being excited by my trip to… Continue reading NewsLine Column: The Power Of TV

Global market research firm, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), has this morning confirmed that it plans to buy NFO Worldgroup for $425 million. The announcement comes after a preliminary statement from TNS last week, in which it confirmed that discussions with NFO’s owner, Interpublic Group, were underway (see Taylor Nelson Looks At NFO WorldGroup Acquisition). Based… Continue reading TNS Shares Jump On $425m NFO Worldgroup Acquisition

Global market research firm, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), has this morning confirmed that it plans to buy NFO Worldgroup for $425 million. The announcement comes after a preliminary statement from TNS last week, in which it confirmed that discussions with NFO’s owner, Interpublic Group, were underway.Based on 2002 revenues, this deal will place Taylor Nelson… Continue reading TNS Shares Jump On $425m NFO Worldgroup Acquisition

Omnicom and WPP are performing most strongly of the major global agencies, whilst Havas and Interpublic Group are weaker, according to the recent round of first quarter financial results. Data compiled by Lehman Brothers in the graph below show that Omnicom’s figures are considerably ahead for both organic growth and reported revenues, whilst Havas remains… Continue reading First Quarter Ad Agency Performance Comparisons

Cinema admissions fell by 6.2% year on year during April to just below 12.5 million, according to the latest figures from the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA).April’s figure takes cinema admissions for the year to date to 54.1 million, which equates to a loss of 12% on the same period in the previous year. However, with… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Dip During April