UK cinema admissions saw a 20% year on year increase during May, thanks to the release of Star Wars: Episode II – Attack Of The Clones. Total admissions for the month were 14 million.Star Wars achieved the highest opening weekend of the year so far at the box office, taking £9m in its first weekend… Continue reading Star Wars Sends Cinema Admissions Sky-High
United Business Media (UBM) has indicated that overall trading and outlook remain similar to the position outlined at its AGM in May and at the full year results in March.UBM says its businesses are showing a ‘robust performance’ on a ‘challenging and uncertain trading environment’ which is putting continued pressure on revenues.In the market research… Continue reading Technology Ads Still Tough For UBM
More than 12 million people tuned into the BBC last Friday to watch England get knocked out of the World Cup finals.The match, which kicked off at 7.30am and saw England lose 2:1 to Brazil in the quarter finals on the tournament, saw viewing levels peak at 13.1 million midway through the second half of… Continue reading Over 12 Million Watch England’s World Cup Defeat On BBC1
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp may back out of a deal that would see it become the dominant pay-TV operator in Italy, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. News Corp is all set to acquire Italian pay-TV business Telepiù from Vivendi Universal and merge it into its own pay-TV operation Stream (see News Corp… Continue reading Murdoch May Ditch Italian Pay-TV Deal, Says FT
Audience measurement company, Arbitron, has announced plans to work with the US outdoor industry, through the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA), on a research programme that will create the market’s first audience ratings service. Tests beginning this summer will explore methods that will allow the provision of a ratings system that conforms to the… Continue reading Arbitron To Offer US Outdoor Audience Measurements
Advertising revenues at SMG are expected to be up by 4% in the second quarter, following a Q1 decline of 5%, the group’s chairman, Don Cruickshank, told the AGM today. Cruickshank said that the advertising market has now become more stable, following a downturn that has lasted more than 18 months. The World Cup has… Continue reading SMG’s Ad Revenue Shows 4% Growth In Q2
United Business Media (UBM) this morning indicated that overall trading and outlook remain similar to the position outlined at its AGM in May (see Tough Conditions In US Hi-Tech Continue, Says UBM) and at the full year results in March (see UBM Shares Fall As Profits Are Halved By Hi-Tech Ad Slowdown). UBM says its… Continue reading Technology Ads Still Tough For UBM
Following comments by its chief executive which some analysts saw as a veiled profit warning, shares in Reuters dropped sharply yesterday, losing almost 56p or almost 14% to end at £3.47˝.This peformance led a downward slide for most of the media sector, including a 10% drop for both Telewest and RTL, along with a drop… Continue reading Sharewatch
Natmag has appointed Jackie Graveney to the newly created role of head of corporate communications. Graveney joins from Breakthrough Breast Cancer and has previous experience in media relations at McDonalds and the Consumer Association.The new role replaces the previous positions of director of communications and head of PR. Following a restructure last year the company… Continue reading Natmag Creates Corporate Communications Role
Over 200 people have registered to take part in the first ever online discussion about draft legislation, debating the forthcoming Communications Bill. An online forum was opened on 10 June to run for four weeks, with contributions being summarised on a weekly basis and reported to the Parliament’s Joint Committee on the draft Bill, which… Continue reading Communications Bill Debated Online
