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Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has agreed to sell Score Outdoor, its outdoor advertising division, to Clear Channel UK (CCUK) for a minimum of £33.5m. It is intended that the transaction will create a business to rival Maiden and JCDecaux. Score Outdoor’s billboards across Scotland, the north west of England, the Midlands and the south west… Continue reading Score Outdoor Sale To Create Third Force In UK Market

Adshel has launched the latest addition to its range of street furniture in the form of two branded kiosks under rental contract from the Derby Daily Telegraph.The kiosks, located in the centre of Derby, will provide protection from the elements for the newspaper vendors, storage for the newspapers and space to display newspaper posters. The… Continue reading Adshel Adds Newspaper Kiosks To Street Furniture Range

Thomas Middelhoff, the chairman and chief executive of Bertelsmann AG, is to close this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF), delivering the Worldview Address on 25 August.GEITF advisory chair 2002, Tiger Aspect Productions’ joint MD Charles Brand, commented: “While the industry speculate on which US major will buy ITV, and when Rupert Murdoch will… Continue reading Bertelsmann Chief To Present Worldview At GEITF

The underlying rate of inflation remained unchanged in April compared to the previous month, at 2.3%. The news countered fears from economists that rising fuel prices would push inflation higher.The headline rate rose, 0.2% to 1.5%, but this was a smaller increase than expected.The Retail Prices Index for April was 175.7.Subscribers can access RPI trends… Continue reading Inflation Rate Steadies During April

Advance bookings for ITV are up 2% in July, according to industry sources cited by analysts at Merrill Lynch, who had themselves forecast a 2% decline (see ITV Revenue Looks Up In July). Carlton and Granada saw shares rise yesterday, the former improved 1.19% to close at £2.70˝, while the latter was up 0.19% to… Continue reading Sharewatch

The European online advertising market will be worth â‚Ź6.4 billion (£4.0 billion) by 2007, according to a report from Forrester Research released this week. The group predicts that online advertising will begin to pick up again next year, with mobile and interactive digital television (iDTV) advertising starting ‘more quietly’. The UK and Germany will account… Continue reading European Online Advertising Will Reach E6.4bn By 2007, Says Forrester

Is the Information Super Highway as super as we once supposed? Or are we in need of some signposting? Ian Foulds, senior advertising planner at News International, sees a long road ahead.The internet – trumpeted since birth, can it do nothing wrong? For many it can, and quite often does.Quickly penned “The Information Super Highway”… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Lost in Cyber-Space

The worldwide internet population reached 323.7 million users in April 2002, according to the latest data from comScore. This represents a 1% rise on March and a 10% increase over April 2001. The US home user base showed the greatest period on period growth, up 1.5% on March to 134.5 million users. The non-US population… Continue reading Worldwide Net Users Totalled 324m In April, Says Comscore

MG Rover Group is advertising in private health clubs for the first time, promoting the launch of its MGTF using over 250 QJ Media Sites.Niall Jordan, managing director of QJ Media, commented: “Our sites are an extremely effective way for MG to reach their target audience- across our 500+ venues, QJ Media reaches in excess… Continue reading MG’s First Gym Visit For Sports Car Ads

US radio advertising revenue grew by 1% in March 2002, according to the latest figures from the country’s Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). The radio sector is outperforming other media and is leading the way out of the economic slump, according to the Bureau. Local, national and combined total sales figures all increased by 1% in… Continue reading US Radio Advertising Revenue Nudges Up 1% In March