Carlton and Granada, which are facing the prospect of legal action from the Football league if they fail to honour the debts of their troubled pay-TV platform ITV Digital (see League Set To Sue Carlton And Granada), saw shares fall yesterday. Carlton was down 0.74% to close at £2.70, while Granada slipped 1.25% to finish… Continue reading Sharewatch
Emap is to promote the launch of its new weekly celebrity title for teens, previously codenamed “Monkey” but revealed as Sneak (see Emap To Launch New Teen Weekly), via a sampler edition distributed free with copies of J17 and Smash Hits.The 36 page sampler will go into the 12 April issue of J17 and the… Continue reading Emap Teen Titles To Aid Sneak Launch
The Government is failing in its attempt to transfer all of its services online by 2005, according to a report by public spending body, the National Audit Office (NAO).An investigation by the NAO has found that just over half of the Government’s 524 services are currently available online. However, most only provide basic information, with… Continue reading E-Government Initiative Fails To Take Off
The National Readership Survey (NRS) has released readership figures for February 2002. Overall the national newspaper market has seen a minor decline, although some dramatic performances, both positive and negative, were seen in the broadsheet and tabloid markets.The largest year on year increase in readership was seen at the Guardian, which saw a 22.2% increase.… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – February 2002
The increasingly important role of SMS advertising in the marketing mix became evident today with news that two major UK brands are to launch SMS marketing initiatives.Wireless media company Nightfly has launched what it claims is the UK’s largest ever outbound SMS marketing campaign for drinks company Smirnoff. The permission-based campaign is aimed at increasing… Continue reading Major UK Brands Turn To Text
Viacom Outdoor has confirmed that the launch of its XTP cross-track projection technology in the London Underground has been delayed due to “safety issues”.Trials of the XTP system, which projects digital images onto special screens in tube tunnels, were due to begin this month and Viacom has secured 10 major brands to partner the project… Continue reading Viacom Outdoor Delays Launch of XTP
JCDecaux International has secured a five year, £61m pan-European advertising deal with Unilever.The deal will see Unilever brands including Cif, Domestos and PG Tips advertised across JCDecaux’s network of sites in 22 European countries. The alliance is intended to focus on building brand awareness and promoting Unilever products in developing markets.In the UK the partnership… Continue reading JCDecaux Secures £61m Deal With Unilever
Growth of the US online population slowed in 2001 to 6%, reaching around 105 million ‘active’ users by year-end, according to the Year In Review report released at the end of March by Nielsen//NetRatings. Growth of the overall at-home users also slowed – to 10% – with the population reaching 174 million. A mature market… Continue reading US Internet Market Reaches Maturity In 2001
The ITC has released cable TV statistics for the fourth quarter of 2001, which shows that the rate of growth in cable TV uptake was slower, at 1.5% year on year, compared to the previous quarter, when it was 6.5%. The subscriber base had reached 3.62 million by December 2001, representing 15% of all households.… Continue reading ITC Releases Cable Statistics For Q4 2001
Half of US homes will be regular video on-demand (VOD) users by 2008, spending $26 billion on VOD services over the next seven years, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. The group says that ‘after years of unfulfilled promised, the age of content on demand is finally approaching.’ The report estimates that more than… Continue reading Age Of Content On Demand Approaches Says Strategy Analytics
