IPC has announced a number of new appointments amongst its women’s titles including that of Glenda Marchant who will become the advertising director of the Women’s General Interest group.Marchant will be responsible for developing Woman and Home’s circulation growth and increasing revenues at Essentials and Family Circle. She has been acting advertising director of the… Continue reading IPC Shakes Up Management At Women’s Group
Channel 4’s director of programming, Tim Gardam, has called on the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), to give the station a slice of the £2.5 billion the BBC makes from licence fee revenues. According to the Guardian, Gardam told the Royal Institute for British Architects that he was not arguing for the instant… Continue reading Channel 4 Calls For Slice Of BBC Licence Fee
News Corporation is to sell its 45% share in the New Zealand publisher, Independent Newspapers Limited (INL), in a deal worth £420 million. INL has said that its publishing assets which include the Dominion Post in Wellington and The Press in Christchurch will pass to the Australian newspaper company, John Fairfax Holdings. The deal will… Continue reading News Corp Offloads New Zealand Publications
Carlton and Granada again took centre stage as the seemingly endless merger saga limps towards a conclusion. The Guardian reports the companies have dispatched senior non-executives to a series of meetings with city investors in an attempt to dampen concerns over the boardroom structure of the enlarged companies. Carlton and Granada stocks were seen up… Continue reading Sharewatch: Carlton And Granada In Charm Offensive
Channel 4’s director of programming, Tim Gardam, has called on the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), to give the station a slice of the £2.5 billion the BBC makes from licence fee revenues.According to The Guardian, Gardam told the Royal Institute for British Architects that he was not arguing for the instant abolition… Continue reading Channel 4 Calls For Slice Of BBC Licence Fee
UK marketing budgets were on average revised downwards in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest edition of the IPA‘s Bellwether Report, released this morning. The survey of UK marketers found that 18.2% planned to increase their budgets, 61.3% expected to leave them the same and 20.4% are revising them downwards. This… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Bellwether Sees Weakest Advertising Outlook Yet
TalkSPORT has secured Sure Sensitive For Men deodorant to support its No Nonsense sports breakfast.The deal will promote Sure’s new range of deodorants on the station, with a special promotion inviting listeners to get in touch with the “sensitive side” of famous sports stars. Consumers will be given clues to identify a mystery male sports… Continue reading TalkSPORT Secures Sure For Breakfast Ad Deal
The latest ABC figures for newspaper circulation brought mixed news to the sector, which experienced a 1.4% month on month decline despite the conflict in Iraq.The figures support the growing belief that consumers are turning to 24-hour news channels and the internet to get up-to-date coverage of major events at the expense of newspapers.The largest… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – March 2003
The UK government is considering making changes to planning regulations that apply to satellite equipment and antennae in order to boost take-up of digital television and broadband internet across England.The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has launched a consultation in which members of the public, industry figures, local government and special interest groups will… Continue reading Satellite Dish Regulations Come Under Scrutiny
The number of subscribers to cable modem broadband internet services is set to increase three-fold from 2002 to the end of 2007, according to a new forecast from IMS Research.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Films And Video Downloaded By 5% Of Europeans, Finds ForresterFilms and videos are downloaded from the internet by 5% of online European… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Cable Broadband Users To Triple By 2007
