Chrysalis Radio has announced Jane Moore, who is best know for her weekly column in The Sun, will co-host the breakfast show when the station relaunches in January.Moore has 17 years experience in national newspapers and prior to starting her column at The Sun she was women’s editor for the red-top. She has also presented… Continue reading Jane Moore To Join LBC Breakfast Show
Mark Thompson, chief executive of Channel 4, has admitted the departure of Brookside from peak time schedules will leave a “big gap” at the channel, but pledged not to fill it with another soap.Speaking at yesterday’s Regional TV Conference in Salford, Thompson commented: “The move of Brookside means that we’ve now got quite an urgent… Continue reading Brookside’s Departure Leaves Hole At Channel 4
Media stocks continued their bullish course on Wednesday, despite the bearish sentiment of the chancellor’s pre-budget proposals, as investors were cheered by positive results.It was a busy day on the corporate newsfront; Granada posted results above analyst expectations (see Granada Unbowed Despite Fall In Profits) and brought in city heavyweight and chief executive of HBOS,… Continue reading Sharewatch
BBC Radio One’s breakfast show, hosted by Sara Cox, has been investigated by broadcasting watchdogs after accidentally playing a cocaine-snorting sequence on a record by Eminem.The Broadcasting Standards Commission launched an investigation after a breakfast show listener complained about the incident in May.However, they decided to take no further action after the BBC said the… Continue reading BSC Puts BBC Breakfast Show Under Pressure
Emap has announced plans to roll out its music channel, The Hits, following the signing of new carriage deals with Sky, NTL and Telewest.The popular music channel was made available on Sky earlier this month and will be launched on NTL and Telewest in January 2003.According to Emap, The Hits will be the UK’s first… Continue reading Emap Extends New Music Channel
Following two years of decline, a gradual growth in advertising spend over the next couple of years is anticipated by analysts at ABN AMRO, who are reinstating their coverage of the European media sector. The broker forecasts that global advertising spend will grow by 2.2% in 2003 and by 3.9% in 2004. Advertising contributes around… Continue reading ABN AMRO Forecasts Gradual Ad Growth In 2003, Rising In 2004
Advertising revenues at Associated Newspapers fell by 9.6% during the year to 29 September 2002, contributing to a fall in operating profit from £83 million in 2001 to £80 million this time. However, the Daily Mail and Mail On Sunday titles both increased their share of the national newspaper market, despite their cover price increases… Continue reading DMGT Sees National Newspaper Revenues Up 5% By Christmas
As the Christmas shopping season swings into full gear, the Government has announced that it is to spearhead a campaign to reassure consumers that it is safe to buy presents online. A report out this week said that, out of the ten markets studied, the UK had the highest browser to buyer conversion rate with… Continue reading Government Seeks To Allay Online Shopping Fears
ITV News Channel has achieved its highest audience yet with the Roma vs. Arsenal football match, which achieved peak audiences of over 1 million last night.The match provided the recently launched channel with a 8.96% audience share in the 7.45 to 9.30pm viewing slot. It also helped the news channel to its highest recorded audience… Continue reading ITV News Scores With Champions League Football
At present, personal video recorders (PVRs) are considered a niche product and fears that they could spell the beginning of the end for television advertising (see Insight Analysis: Should Advertisers Fear Digital Video Recorders?) have so far proved unfounded. However, take-up is on the increase (see PVRs To Emerge As A Force, Says Informa Media)… Continue reading PVR Technology Will Force Advertisers To Adapt, Says Forrester
