Viacom Outdoor’s agency sales manager, Nick Fawbert, is to join Yahoo! UK and Ireland as sales manager, with responsibility for developing relationships with planning and buying agencies.Fawbert, who will be involved in developing Yahoo’s client services department, will be working closely with sales director, Alison Reay, who also previously worked in Viacom Outdoor’s XTP department… Continue reading Yahoo! UK And Ireland Appoints New Sales Manager
Germany’s solitary pay-TV service Premiere World has been put up for auction and is believed to have attracted interest from twenty potential buyers. Premiere has 2.4 million subscribers but has been losing money since launch and contributed in no small way to the collapse of its parent company, Kirch Gruppe. Possible bidders are thought to… Continue reading Struggling Premiere Goes Under The Hammer
UK cable operator, Telewest Communications, today moved closer to what seems to be its inevitable financial restructure as the company’s bank group agreed to permit it to enter discussions with bondholders and other relevant parties. The discussions will see Telewest formulating a plan to restructure its balance sheet in order to relieve the group of… Continue reading Telewest Gains Bank’s Consent For Restructure
Liberty Media is set to make a second bid for Deutsche Telekom’s cable television assets, after its previous attempt was thwarted by the German Federal Cartel Office earlier in the year (see German Regulators Block Liberty Cable Deal). According to a report in today’s Financial Times, Liberty has forged an alliance with private equity investment… Continue reading Liberty Media Puts Together Second Deutsche Telekom Bid
According to a report in today’s Financial Times, Vivendi Universal is examining the possibility of selling its Express-Expansion magazine division as it looks to reduce a debt burden of E19 billion. Express-Expansion publishes sixteen titles including the French current affairs magazine, L’Express and potential buyers include the Dassault arms group which owns the centre-right newspaper,… Continue reading Vivendi Considers Sale Of Magazine Business
The media sector had another day of solid gains following Monday’s FTSE rally.Carlton and Granada continued to outperform the sector, buoyed by news they are to collaborate to win advertising. The key stocks rose 7.99% and 6.55% respectively.In broadcasting Capital Radio was seen gaining, up 8.29%, cheered by further speculation over consolidation in the sector.… Continue reading Sharewatch
The current obsession with celebrity appears to be growing with showbiz-driven titles seeing circulation increase significantly in the latest set of ABC results. The sector, which has attracted notable interest from advertisers, is so buoyant that publishers are planning a number of new launches to capitalise on the seemingly insatiable desire for high-profile gossip. However,… Continue reading Feature: Gossip Mags Achieve Celebrity Status
ABC results for the six-month period ending June 2002 saw an impressive performance from Emap’s niche-market heavy metal favourite Kerrang!, which was the biggest mover in the sector with a 60% increase in circulation year on year (see ABC Jan-Jun 2002- Music Titles). Figures from Nieslen Media Research show that the title also managed to… Continue reading ABC Follow-Up Report: Adverts in Music Titles
Translucis has secured two separate contracts to promote T-Mobile and UIP’s latest film release in 280 bars and clubs across the country.Both campaigns will run across the company’s Magnetic network and according to research carried out by Translucis will reach about 1.3 million 18-24 year-olds per week for a two week period (see Translucis Ad… Continue reading Translucis Secures Big Brand Ad Deals
Online and broadcast platforms complimented each other in building up audience figures for Big Brother 2002, according to the latest research from Nielsen/NetRatings.Data shows that peaks in television viewing coincide with peaks in daily internet traffic, suggesting that those logging onto the web, would also tune into the television programme. Both platforms achieved record audiences,… Continue reading Big Brother’s Cross-Media Platforms Deliver Audience
