Week on week analysis reveals a strong performance for the media sector, which was cheered by a sustained bullish market in the US and positive corporate news flow.Investors also mulled the potential implications of the Communications Bill, which was announced last week (see Government Finally Publishes Communications Bill), and was seen causing a flurry of… Continue reading Sharewatch
Classic FM has announced plans to launch a 24-hour television channel that will attempt to bring Vanessa Mae, the Opera Babes and Yo-Yo Ma to the MTV generation.The digital TV channel, which is the first to be devoted entirely to classical music, is expected to launch at the end of next month. It will feature… Continue reading Classic FM Launches Round The Clock Music Channel
Richard Desmond, owner of Express Newspapers, is reportedly planning to launch a £50 million advertising campaign next year, as part of a plan to increase pressure on rivals the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror.According to today’s Guardian, Desmond is preparing to unveil a nationwide television ad campaign, promotional give-aways and tactical coverprice cutting to… Continue reading Desmond Plans £50m Ad Campaign To See Off Rivals
Emap has issued a publishing statement for its teenage title, Bliss, after claiming that the latest ABC figures failed to reflect the impact of its relaunch in April.According to Emap, the circulation of Bliss for January to June 2002 stands at 267,553, compared with ABC’s figure of 250,370 for the same period, which represents a… Continue reading Emap Releases Publishing Statement For Bliss
The ITC has upheld complaints against a TV ad for BT Openworld, which promised unlimited access to the internet.The ad, for BT’s internet call package, Openworld Anytime, depicted customers describing the benefits of the service, saying: “Because we’re not worried about the cost we just use it anytime”.However, BT changed the terms and conditions of… Continue reading ITC Finds BT Openworld Ad Misleading
ITV has unveiled research which it claims proves that TV is the most powerful communications medium.The study, which was conducted by Manchester University’s professor of psychology, Geoffrey Beattie, shows that the brain finds audio visual images easier to process than either text or audio alone.Beattie exposed participants to messages about three products, a holiday, a… Continue reading ITV Research Claims TV Is The Most Powerful Medium
Future Publishing’s recently rebranded Digital portfolio is relaunching its online presence in an attempt to increase its appeal to high-profile advertisers.Under the umbrella of the relaunched MaxPC network, Future Digital’s websites, which include maxpc.co.uk, pcplus.co.uk, pcanswers.co.uk, netmag.co.uk and iwks.com, have been redesigned to appeal to a larger online and offline audience.All of the sites have… Continue reading Future Digital Revamps Online Presence
ITV’s latest big-budget period drama, Dr Zhivago, drew an average audience of 6.5 million viewers on its Sunday night debut, according to unofficial overnight figures from BARB.The re-make of the Russian classic secured a 27.4% share of viewing for ITV1 between 9pm and 10.35pm last night. It faced strong competition from the final of BBC2’s… Continue reading Corset Wars Kick Off On ITV and BBC
A strong out-performance of the market has led Chrysalis Radio to move back in to profit in the year to 31 August 2002. Results released this morning show that the group achieved a pre-tax profit of £5.8 million, up from a pre-tax loss of £16.8 million last year and well ahead of internal budgets.Chairman, Chris… Continue reading Chrysalis Surges To Profit Following Strong Market Out-Performance
The media sector was seen rising on Thursday, following Wall Street’s rally and a stream of positive results forecasts,On the corporate news front, Scottish Radio Holdings was seen in focus after posting encouraging results (see Scottish Radio Sees Brighter Start To New Year), which saw group-wide profits remaining flat year on year. However, the group… Continue reading Sharewatch
