TEAMtalk has today confirmed that it is holding talks with a number of parties interested in acquiring either the whole or parts of the radio and media group.Last week TEAMtalk Media, which owns national talk-based radio station TEAMtalk 252, rejected a take-over bid from UKbetting that valued the group at around £10.2 million. However, TEAMtalk,… Continue reading TEAMtalk In Take-Over Discussions
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
Channel 5 will lead the TV industry in a revenue recovery, according to leaked figures reported in the Sunday Times this weekend.The paper reported that year on year income for all television will be up 13.6% in May, 6.7% in June and 8.1% in July. The projections reported said that Channel 5 will have revenues… Continue reading Sunday Times Predicts TV Ad Recovery
The news that Microsoft has decided to withdraw its three non-executive directors from Telewest sent shares in the company tumbling midweek and they ended as the worst performers, down almost 30% at 6˝p by the close of Friday’s trading.Week on week, the strongest performance came from publisher Future Network, which saw an improvement of 10.5%… Continue reading Sharewatch
Three quarters of a million people have improved service or access for the first time for national commercial digital radio stations, with the switching on, by NTL, of the 62nd transmitter in the Digital One national network.The Angus transmitter, which was switched on last week, links the existing transmission area in North East Scotland between… Continue reading Digital One Switches On 62nd Transmitter
JCDecaux Airport employed a range of ambient and promotional media to target the 50 charter flights full of European football fans arriving at Edinburgh and Glasgow airports for the UEFA Champion’s League Cup final last Wednesday. The media space was booked by Ford and Amstel.JCDecaux Airport’s director of regions, Murray Bothwell, commented: “Ford and Amstel… Continue reading JCDecaux Airport Mixes Media For Football Promotion
Channel 4 has revealed the schedule for the first week of Big Brother 3, which launches this Friday. As well as a new house, new viewing options will mean that viewers will be able to keep an eye on contestants for almost 24 hours a day on digital TV, as well as in public places… Continue reading Big Brother Set For Blanket Coverage
Commercial radio is showing signs of recovery from the advertising slowdown, having seen a year on year increase in investment by advertisers for the first quarter of this year, the first positive sign after three successive quarters of revenue decline.Total advertising revenue for the first three months of 2002, according to the Radio Advertising Bureau… Continue reading Commercial Radio Sees End To Revenue Decline
