ITV’s share of the advertising market looks set to fall after advertisers decided to reduce the amount of money they intend to spend on the Network this year.A report in today’s Financial Times suggests that a year of falling ratings will cause ITV’s share of television advertising to drop from around 53% last year to… Continue reading Advertisers Cut ITV Spend Following Drop In Ratings
ITV’s Share Of Advertising To Tumble To 51% In 2003, Say ForecastsITV’s share of the advertising market looks set to fall further this year, as advertisers reduce the proportion of their budgets to be spent on the network.Leading Network Predicts Small Growth In AdspendTotal advertising expenditure will increase by 1% in 2003, according to Publicis,… Continue reading On MediaTel Insight Today…
Emap’s new chief executive, Tom Moloney, has dismissed speculation that his appointment will herald a strategic shake-up at the magazine and radio group.Moloney, who takes up his new position at the end of the month (see Emap Appoints Moloney As New Chief Executive), insisted that his appointment represents the endorsement of the media group’s current… Continue reading Moloney Rules Out Strategic Shake-Up
Emap has appointed its chief operating officer, Tom Moloney, as its new chief executive, replacing Robin Miller, who has being doing the job on an interim basis for the last 18 months. Moloney, who has been at Emap since 1981, is understood to have been in the running for the position since it became available… Continue reading Emap Appoints Moloney As New Chief Executive
Emap’s new chief executive, Tom Moloney, has dismissed speculation that his appointment will herald a strategic shake-up at the magazine and radio group. Moloney, who takes up his new position at the end of the month (see Emap Appoints Moloney As New Chief Executive), insisted that his appointment represents the endorsement of the media group’s… Continue reading Moloney Rules Out Strategic Shake-Up At Emap
The French advertising group Publicis has said that it is on target to achieve predicted profit margins despite the bleak state of the advertising economy. Speaking at a media conference in Paris, Maurice Levy, the chairman and CEO of Publicis, stated that the company had seen no reason to amend its forecast of a 14.1%… Continue reading Publicis Chief Reiterates Targets, Rules Out Acquisitions
Deutsche Telekom’s hopes of rasing around €2.2 billion from the sale of its cable assets are looking less likely to be realised, according to an article in today’s Financial Times. The report cites sources claiming that a consortium comprising Apax Partners, Providence Equity Partners and Goldman Sachs Private Equity will this week table a bid… Continue reading Deutsche Telekom May Not Get Asking Price For Cable Sale, Says FT
January The tone for the year was set when AOL Time Warner, the world’s biggest media company, revealed preliminary results for 2001 which failed to meet expectations and admitted that it was anticipating “no recovery in the economy” for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, Cordiant Communications, was understood to be in talks with bankers about extending… Continue reading Insight Analysis: 2002 Financial Year Review
The ASA has banned a series of ads for air guns that featured in the Daily Sport on the grounds that they glamorised the use of offensive weapons.The ads, which offered readers the opportunity to call a premium line phone number to receive a selection of guns, described them as “double barrel shotguns” and “rapid… Continue reading ASA Raps Daily Sport For Irresponsible Gun Ads
The media sector’s New Year hangover continued into Tuesday’s trading as stocks took another battering after weakness in the financial sector pushed the FTSE 100 below the key 4,000 level.On the corporate news-front, market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres was seen in focus after the group said that margin improvement was set to be below… Continue reading Sharewatch
