A positive outlook from Future as it released full year results yesterday (see Future Banks On Games Mag Market Growth) helped boost the company’s share price by over 10%, pushing it up 5˝p to end at 56p.Ahead of today’s AGM, the market was also behind Granada, which ended up 5źp or over 4% at £1.44ź.… Continue reading Sharewatch
Almost 9% of the worldÂ’s population now has access to the internet according to a report compiled by Nua. Based on data collected from various sources, Nua estimate that the global internet audience had grown to 544.2 million users by the end of February 2002. An increase of 30.79 million users since August 2001 when… Continue reading Global Online Population Continues To Grow
The Advertising Association has expressed its support for the conclusions of a summit of the European Union held in Barcelona, which could bring the goal of an internal market for services in Europe closer to completion.At the summit last weekend, leaders of the Member States iterated the importance of following up the communication of the… Continue reading AA Backs EU Internal Market Conclusions
The advertising downturn has taken its toll on the UK’s main media sectors, with figures from the Advertising Association showing that total UK ad expenditure fell 3.2% to £13.8bn during 2001. The outdoor industry is no exception, but with revenue declining less than other media, Matthew Carrington, chairman of the Outdoor Advertising Association (OAA) argues… Continue reading Feature: Outdoor Industry Remains Bullish
Headhunters are thought to have begun the search for a replacement for Sir Christopher Hogg as chairman of Reuters. Hogg is expected to stand down this summer Carter Tanner, sales director for US Sales Network Hiwire has been appointed by Clear Channel Radio Sales as sales director for Jazz FM. IPC Southbank has appointed Isobel… Continue reading Appointments Brief
ITV Revenues Down 12% In H1, Visibility Still LimitedITV advertising revenues at Granada fell by 12% during the six months to March 2002, with March forecast to be down by 6% and April by 13%, according the company’s AGM statement released this morning.A return to growth, of 9%, is predicted for May, but Granada warns… Continue reading ITV Revenues Down 12% In H1, Visibility Still Limited
UK Online Advertising Grows 28% In 2001Despite falling from the ‘heady days’ of triple-digit growth, internet advertising still outpaced the rest of the UK media industry last year, rising 28% year on year, according to Forrester Research.The latest statistics from Evaliant’s AdWatch ad tracking service show that the overall UK online advertising market reached £122… Continue reading UK Online Advertising Grows 28% In 2001
The continuing success of Oscar-nominated Lord of the Rings and the opening of the heavily plugged animation Monsters Inc brought UK cinema admissions in February to their highest level since 1969. The eventual total was 19 million, up 38% year on year.Monsters Inc took £6.49m on its opening weekend, excluding previews, making it the fifth… Continue reading Biggest Cinema Admission Total Since 1969
UK advertising and public relations group, Chime Communications, this morning confirmed that it had achieved its target of double-digit growth, despite ‘the horrors’ of 2001. Announcing its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2001, the group said that despite some optimistic comments made at the end of last year, the market remains pretty… Continue reading No Recovery Until Second Half Says Chime Communications
According to Scarborough Research, mobile phone ownership in the US has grown by 29% over the past two years. Almost two thirds – 62% – of American adults now own a cell phone. In 1999, only 48% of US adults owned a cell phone and in 2000 the total had grown to 55%. Scarborough believes… Continue reading US Mobile Phone Growth Will Continue, Says Scarborough
