The outdoor advertising industry experienced a positive end to 2002 with fourth quarter revenues rising by 15% year on year, according to the latest figures from the Outdoor Advertising Association.The data shows that bookings for the last quarter of 2002 totalled £187.8 million, taking revenue to levels experienced in 2000.Total outdoor revenue for 2002 was… Continue reading Outdoor Revenue Rises By 15% During Quarter Four 2002
Shares in Cable & Wireless rallied this morning following reports that the troubled telecoms group is being marked for takeover.According to the Financial Times, an approach was made last month by Pacific Century Cyberworks, a Hong Kong telephone company owned by Richard Li. The paper says that a £2.4 billion bid was tabled but was… Continue reading Cable & Wireless Subject Of Takeover Speculation
IPC’s monthly film and music magazine Uncut is launching a promotional campaign to coincide with a series of special editions featuring covermounted CDs.The special editions will go on sale in March and April and will be supported by BBC Radio 2, Virgin and Capital Gold, which will play on-air promotions in the lead up to… Continue reading IPC To Promote Uncut Special Editions
Freeserve has appointed Caroline Thomas as portal strategy and marketing director, replacing the recently departed Peter Cowley.Thomas has been with Freeserve for two years, managing the group’s portfolio of broadband and narrowband products. Prior to joining Freeserve she worked for British Telecom in its interactive TV and internet divisions and for Compaq in its new… Continue reading Freeserve Appoints Thomas As Marketing Director
Granada has secured Boddingtons as the £1 million sponsor of ITV1’s new celebrity entertainment programme, Reborn In The USA.The new show will see one-time pop stars take a road trip around America in a bid to rediscover the pop fame that has eluded them since their last hit.Travelling around the USA in a tour bus,… Continue reading Granada Is Reborn In The USA With Boddingtons
European newspaper advertising is expected to fall by 3.4% in 2002, whilst consumer magazine revenues drop by 3.6%, according to Zenith Media figures.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Online Population Watching Less Television, Says Report Approximately 40% of US internet users spend more time online than they do watching TV, according to new research from BURST! Media.Europe’s… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: European Press Advertising Forecasts
Shares in Cable & Wireless rallied this morning following reports that the troubled telecoms group is being marked for takeover. According to the Financial Times, an approach was made last month by Pacific Century Cyberworks, a Hong Kong telephone company owned by Richard Li. The paper says that a £2.4 billion bid was tabled but… Continue reading C&W Subject Of Takeover Speculation
Emap Communications, Emap’s B2B division, has acquired AGOR SAS (AGOR), a market leading independent exhibition business serving the domestic French retail sector. It will pay £21.2 million for AGOR, which operates in the volume, gifts and clearance goods markets. Emap says that the French focus of the AGOR business will complement Emap Communications existing positions… Continue reading EMAP Acquires French Exhibitions Business
Channel Five has confirmed the appointment of Jane Lighting as its new chief executive, replacing Dawn Airey, who stepped down to join Sky Networks last year (see Airey Leaves Channel 5 Top Post For BSkyB). Lighting has over twenty years experience in the TV industry and is currently head of Telewest’s pay TV business, Flextech,… Continue reading Channel Five Names Lighting As New Chief Executive
Shares in BSkyB tumbled yesterday after a Banc Of America Securities analyst warned that the satellite broadcaster’s customers are increasingly downgrading their subscriptions to cheaper packages. The broker placed a Sell rating on Sky, claiming that 700,000 top-tier subscribers downgraded their TV packages last year following price increases. Analyst Sean Eddie questioned whether Sky would… Continue reading BSkyB Shares Hit By Broker Worries
