ITV is attempting to play down rumours it is to reschedule its nightly News At Ten bulletin, after losing out to the BBC in the battle for viewers.ITV’s News At Ten currently runs head to head with the BBC’s nightly news bulletin and speculation suggests that despite a brief surge in viewing during the recent… Continue reading ITV Plays Down Plans To Axe Nightly News At Ten
The increasing popularity of Freeserve has helped digital TV penetration to rise to 55% of AB adults aged between 25 and 54, according to the latest wave of VIPer research.The study, which explores the media consumption of the UK’s most influential and affluent socio-economic group, shows that the growth of digital TV has enabled 34%… Continue reading Research Shows VIPers Sink Fangs Into Digital TV
GWR is selling its stake in Vibe Radio Services to Scottish Radio Holdings after having its acquisition of Chrysalis-owned Galaxy 101 blocked by the Competition Commission (see Competition Commission Blocks GWR’s Acquisition Of Galaxy 101).The move puts an end to GWR’s immediate plans to strengthen its position in Wales and the West, in a deal… Continue reading GWR Sells Vibe Following Competition Rebuttal
IPC’s flagship music title NME is producing a special one-off magazine to coincide with this summer’s Glastonbury music festival.The first ever Glastonbury special will launch next month with never before seen photos of artists and festival goers out in the fields. The one-off issue will also highlight the biggest names to have performed at Glastonbury… Continue reading NME Unveils One-Off Special To Coincide With Glastonbury
Condé Nast is joining forces with the Ministry Of Sound to launch a new consumer lifestyle magazine called Trash.The new bi-monthly title, which hits the news-stand in July with the backing of a £1.5 million marketing campaign, will be aimed at upmarket 20 to 35 year-olds with an interest in pop culture, music, style and… Continue reading Condé Nast Teams Up With Ministry To Launch Trash
Capital Radio has today unveiled the blueprint for its new commercial division, which has been restructured to provide greater customer focus and more emphasis on selling the group’s portfolio of brands.The move has been led by Capital’s recently appointed managing director of national sales in London, Linda Grant. It will see the formation of two… Continue reading Capital Unveils Newly Restructured Commercial Division
In the week that Carlton Communications chairman, Michael Green, described ITV as a dysfunctional company that cannot compete effectively with its competitors, a new report from Datamonitor claims that digital TV is undermining the businesses of existing broadcasters and channels.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…UK Broadband Reaches Two Million HomesThe number of broadband internet homes in… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: DTV Hits Traditional Broadcasters’ Business
IPC Media has poached Katrina Hutchinson from Viacom Outdoor to become its regional sales director for Manchester.Hutchinson replaces Sandra Tinker, who left the position to head Emap Performance’s commercial operations in the North. She will oversee a team of 20 sales staff and will report to group ad sales director, Martin Corke, who commented: “This… Continue reading IPC Secures Viacom Sales Director For Regional Role
The ASA has intervened in a dispute between Freeserve and NTL by upholding complaints against a series of ads, which misleadingly implied that NTL was the UK’s number one broadband internet provider.Freeserve objected to the national press and magazine ads for NTL’s 128 kbps internet service, claiming that the product was too slow for its… Continue reading ASA Sides With Freeserve In Broadband Dispute
Granada was seen in focus yesterday, up 9.41%, after beating analysts’ expectations with a 35% rise in interim profits before tax (see Granada H1 Earnings Rise, June Ad Revenue Down). However, analysts at Charles Stanley warned that the company’s figures show that the advertising recovery seen at the end of 2002 was petering out.Carlton was… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners In Focus On Mixed Results
