Week on week analysis of the media sector revealed a solid performance, with stocks recovering after last weeks sell off, despite mixed economic news.On the corporate newsfront, Independent is in focus after posting a £15.7 million loss, despite a cost-cutting drive. The stock was seen down -1.13% week-on-week.While Telewest remains in focus after the beleaguered… Continue reading Sharewatch
Cinema Cinema has been the only medium to escape the effects of the advertising downturn and box office takings, admissions and revenues have been on the up for a number of years. The latest media forecasts from OMD UK (see OMD Sees Advertising And Media Turnaround In 2003) show no signs of a slowdown in… Continue reading UK Cinema, Outdoor & Online Forecasts From OMD UK
ITV is close to finalising a multimillion-pound interactive television deal with BSkyB, according to a report in today’s Times.It is understood that the terrestrial broadcaster has already agreed the commercial terms and is now concluding the technical arrangements for the new service.The deal will enable BSkyB’s digital viewers to register their votes for shows such… Continue reading ITV Set To Go Interactive With BSkyB
Over 600 million people worldwide now have access to the web according to statistics from Nua Internet Surveys. The Irish-based company calculates that 605.6 million people had internet access by the end of September, up from 580.7 million at the end of May (see One-Tenth of The Global Population Now Online, Says Report). Europe, with… Continue reading Global Internet Population Tops 600 Million
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has welcomed the decision by the government to extend the self regulation of advertising to the broadcast sector in the forthcoming Communications Bill.The government’s turn-around was part of its response to the Joint Scrutiny Committee recommendations of the Puttnam Committee. It announced its decision last week, declaring that… Continue reading IPA Welcomes Government Move To Self Regulation
The Government’s Communications Bill must defend television news, according to the Independent Television Commission (ITC) and The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC).The New News, Old News study published by the regulatory bodies claims that our news infrastructure risks being “undermined” by the growing assumption that news is something available “free of charge and free of effort”.The… Continue reading Regulators Say Communications Bill Must Protect TV News
Emap has announced a major deal with Sky television, which will see its “High Street Honeys” competition broadcast as an interactive show.“High Street Honeys” is a long running campaign in FHM to find an unknown girl-next-door to feature on the front cover of the men’s lifestyle magazine (see FHM Goes Head To Head With Loaded).The… Continue reading FHM Takes High Street Honeys To Sky
Are you the best sporting brain in the media industry?Can you predict the outcome of a series of upcoming sporting events?www.mediatelgroup.co.uk/sportsquizMediaTel Group is running a charity Sports Quiz in order to raise as much money as possible for Whizz-Kidz, the national charity that provides mobility equipment to disabled children.There’s sporting prizes on offer for the… Continue reading Test Your Sporting Nous – And Help Disabled Kids
AOL UK is launching a national press and poster campaign to publicise its new “no frills” broadband package.The new package, which launched earlier this month, will be publicised via a national 96-sheet and 48-sheet posters running alongside national press ads, which feature the strapline: “the mother of all broadband services.”Competition in the broadband market is… Continue reading AOL Promotes New Broadband Package With National Campaign
Guardian Media Group has continued it’s radio expansion with the acquisition of Clear Channel UK’s radio sales division for an undisclosed sum.The future of the advertising house had been in doubt following GMG’s £44.5m purchase of Jazz FM which accounted for about 52% of Clear Channel’s advertising sales revenues (see Jazz FM Agrees To £44.5m… Continue reading GMG Set To Consolidate Radio Ad Sales
