Cinema admissions for August 2002 totalled 15.9 million, down 2.2 million on the same period the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA).Despite this seasonal dip, August was a summer of sequels and the January to August 2002 period was up 16% year-on-year. Men In Black 2 took £4.8m… Continue reading August Cinema Admissions Out In The Cold
Dawn Airey is to leave Channel Five at the end of this week and will not serve the year’s notice specified in her contract.Her swift departure could be seen as inevitable given the conflict of interest between Channel Five and Sky, and some are speculating that the amicable nature of the split suggests the channel’s… Continue reading Airey To Leave Channel Five Sooner Than Expected
Dawn Airey, the subject of the most high profile UK media transfer this year (see Airey Leaves Channel 5 Top Post For BSkyB), is to leave Channel 5 at the end of the week as speculation grows that a tie-up with Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB is set to become a reality. Airey was on a year’s… Continue reading C5 Future Up In The Air As RTL Hints At Deal
Strong consumer magazine sales at EMAP have helped offset weaker trading in the radio market in the last six months, the group reported in a trading statement this morning. This is in line with earlier indications reported on MediaTelINSIGHT (see EMAP And Capital Update On Trading, Merger Mooted). Total revenues at EMAP will rise by… Continue reading EMAP Remains Resilient In Tough Markets
Chief executive of Trinity Mirror, Philip Graf, has announced his decision to leave the company next summer. Graf was appointed chief executive of Trinity Mirror in September 1999 and has been influential in reorganising and developing the company following the merger of Trinity and Mirror Group. The company’s board has appointed a subcommittee, chaired by… Continue reading Chief Executive Steps Down At Trinity Mirror
Media communications and market research network, Aegis Group, has acquired INNER Strategic Research, a Madrid-based independent market research agency. Aegis has been looking to expand Synovate, its market research network, and will pay an initial £3 million in cash for the Spanish firm. A deferred sum is payable over the next three years dependent on… Continue reading Aegis Acquires Spanish Market Research Group
Dawn Airey has announced that she is stepping down as chief executive of Channel 5 to join BSkyB as managing director of its Sky Networks division. It had been widely expected that Airey would become ITV’s new director of channels following news of David Liddiment’s departure from the network. However, it has been confirmed that… Continue reading Airey Leaves Channel 5 Top Post For BSkyB
National press display advertising in the UK is ‘volatile and unpredictable’, according to the Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT). The group says that revenue in this sector will be pretty much flat in the second half, resulting in a full year decline of around 9%. The group says that retail and travel advertising have… Continue reading UK Press Advertising Is ‘Volatile And Unpredictable’, Says DMGT
Week-on-week analysis of the media sector reflects a turbulent week of trading, hit by heavy profit-taking on fears that insurance companies are forced sellers of equities.On the corporate news front, BSkyB is in focus on the back of the announcement that chief executive of Channel Five, Dawn Airey, is to join the channel as managing… Continue reading Sharewatch
JCDecaux, Europe’s largest outdoor advertising contractor, has announced half-year results showing an 8.4% rise in net profits.Net earnings group share, before goodwill and exceptional items totalled E44.1 million, an increase from E40.7 million in the first six months of 2001. EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortization) was maintained at E200.2 million compared with… Continue reading JCDecaux Bullish After H1 Profits Announcement
