Future Publishing has promoted Jayne Caple to advertisement sales director of the group.Caple, who was previously deputy advertisement sales director, will replace Andrew Milbourn, who is leaving the company at the end of March to set up his own business.In a separate move, the publishing company has confirmed the appointment of Chris Spratling as retail… Continue reading Future Boosts Management Team With New Appointments
Nielsen//NetRatings has announced plans to extend its MegaPanel internet consumer panel service into the US.The consumer panel, which provides market research results based on over one million internet users, is already established in the UK, France and Germany. Marketers and advertisers utilise the system to devise strategies to maximise return on investment, from their internet… Continue reading Nielsen//NetRatings Expands MegaPanel
Virgin Radio has secured a deal with The Times to promote its season of film screenings through its Access All Areas initiative.The eight week-long bespoke campaign begins later this month and will see Virgin Radio broadcast a series of promotional trials and features in the form of movie updates. Ten ‘Film First’ movie updates will… Continue reading Virgin To Promote Film Screenings For The Times
The success of the new digital terrestrial platform, Freeview, has hit ITV harder than expected and is hastening its loss of audience share, according to a report from influential broker, Morgan Stanley. In its latest guidance note, the broker states that the new digital terrestrial platform is having a negative effect on ITV, which is… Continue reading Freeview Launch Hits ITV Harder Than Expected
The UK’s top ten advertising agencies saw their combined billings revenue fall by 1.1% – or £27.1 million – in 2002, according to the new top 300 table published by Campaign.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Blackley Bemoans Damaging Media Downturn Top City media analyst, Neil Blackley, has said that the ‘dire’ decline in the media markets… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Top 10 Ad Agencies See Billings Drop
The planned formation of a dominant satellite television group in Italy looks set to go ahead without regulatory obstruction, according to an article in the Financial Times today. It is the merger of News Corp’s Stream division with Telepiù, the pay-TV arm of Vivendi Universal, that will create the country’s largest satellite operator – Sky… Continue reading News Corp’s Telepi
Commercial radio has again been boosted by the increasing popularity of sponsorship and promotions, which helped the industry to see its total revenue for 2002 increase by 2.5% year on year to £562.8 million.The latest figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) show that commercial radio revenue for the fourth quarter of 2002 was up… Continue reading Commercial Radio Boosted By Sponsorship And Promotions
Digital video recorders could still achieve widespread adoption, despite the recent decision of key manufacturer Tivo to withdraw from the UK market. According to analysts at IMS Research, Tivo’s exit does not mean DVR failure in Europe.In its Worldwide Market for Digital Video Recorders report, IMS forecasts that 4.1 million DVR units will be shipped… Continue reading DVRs Will Thrive In Europe, Says IMS Research
Kelvin MacKenzie’s The Wireless Group is challenging the existing method of radio audience measurement by commissioning a rival three year survey using electronic measurement devices.In the past MacKenzie has been an outspoken critic of the current RAJAR diary system of listener monitoring, claiming that it damages advertising revenue at certain radio stations by underestimating the… Continue reading MacKenzie Commissions Rival Radio Audience Survey
According to analysts at IMS Research, digital video recorders could still achieve widespread adoption, despite the recent decision of key manufacturer Tivo to withdraw from the UK market.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Broadband Growth Takes Online Gaming To New HeightsOnline gaming has achieved unprecedented growth in Europe in the past year with new figures showing that… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: DVRs Will Thrive In Europe
