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“The broadcast networks have regained virtually all of the sales they lost in last year’s upfront, which represented the industry’s worst ever year-to-year decline, and the final 2002 upfront revenue tally could surpass 2000’s record-setting $8 billion level,” says Jack Myers in today’s Myers Report on the US upfront advertising markets. Myers says that the… Continue reading US Upfronts Outpace Even Most Bullish Expectations, Says Myers

An advertising recovery is ‘brewing’ but is ‘percolating’ slowly, according to Lauren Rich Fine, an advertising and publishing analyst with Merrill Lynch. The broker says that most media (in the US) are doing better than it had expected, although this still represents a ‘crawling out of the hole dug last year, rather than true incremental… Continue reading Slow Ad Growth Percolating, Says Merrill Lynch

Granada, which announced yesterday that advertising revenue would be up 6% in July, saw shares fall 1.54% yesterday to close at £1.27˝, a loss of 2p on the day before (see Granada Profits Hit By Ad Downturn).On the other hand, Daily Mail saw stock rise 1.23% yesterday to finish at £7.85, despite announcing that lower… Continue reading Sharewatch

Ulster Television (UTV) significantly outperformed the ITV Network during the calendar year, despite the period representing the ‘worst advertising downturn in living memory’, chairman John McGuckian will tell the company’s AGM today.UTV ended the year on a record share of ITV advertising, according to the statement. In Q1 2002, ITV’s ad revenues were down 13%,… Continue reading Ulster TV Outperforms ITV, But Outlook Remains Unclear

Lycos has signed a deal with Maxim to support the launch of its new Sex & Relationship channel, aimed at the over 25 year old market.The deal will see Dennis Publishing’s men’s lifestyle title provide editorial content for the site, which aims to provide relationship advice, sexual health information and agony aunt-style services. The channel… Continue reading Lycos And Maxim Back Sex & Relationship Channel

GWR is launching a World Cup SMS competition across its 31 local radio stations in an attempt to attract listeners attention throughout the tournament.The competition, which represents GWR’s biggest use of SMS marketing to date, will run across The Mix network and digital radio stations Core, Planet Rock and The Storm, giving listeners the chance… Continue reading GWR Rolls Out World Cup SMS Activity

Translucis, the digital media company that runs a network of plasma advertising screens in pubs and clubs, is considering plans to move away from its drinks-based origins and onto the high street.According to Sue Aitken, marketing director at Translucis, the company is currently holding talks with a number of retail clients and is looking to… Continue reading Translucis Considers Expansion Into Retail Arena

Future Publishing’s Official PlayStation 2 Magazine has signed a deal with Sony to provide branded content for its Playstation website.The deal will see the gaming magazine provide breaking news, previews, reviews and tips to Sony’s uk.playstation.com website. The magazine’s recently appointed online editor, Tim Clark, will be responsible for producing the content, which will go… Continue reading Official PlayStation 2 Magazine Goes Interactive With Sony

IPC Ignite’s men’s lifestyle magazine Loaded has partnered with Ford to produce a one-shot summer special that will see the magazine devote its entire advertising space to the car manufacturer.The 140 page Loaded Summer Special will be on sale throughout the summer promoting Ford’s new Fiesta range. As the magazine’s sole advertiser, Ford has secured… Continue reading Loaded Partners With Ford For One-Shot Summer Special

UKbetting is to acquire TEAMtalk Media, which owns national speech-based radio station TEAMtalk 252, for approximatly £13.7m.Earlier in the month TEAMtalk rejected an offer from UKbetting, which valued the company at £10.2. However, after increasing its offer by 33% the digital betting and sports content business now looks set to acquire TEAMtalk’s radio and media… Continue reading UKBetting To Acquire TEAMtalk For £13.7m