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A report in yesterday’s Sunday Business which suggested that SMG was soon to be broken up in order to satisfy creditors has been dismissed as ‘complete nonsense’ by SMG. The report claimed that SMG was in breach of the loan agreement made with its bankers and would soon be forced to ‘radically restructure’, separating its… Continue reading SMG Dismisses Break-Up Rumours

The ITC has upheld two complaints against ITV’s flagship daytime show This Morning after a guest, model and actress Caprice Bourret made use of the word “cunt” during an interview.The word was part of the title of a piece she was performing as part of the Vagina Monologues stage production. Bourret had been warned beforehand… Continue reading ITC Upholds Complaints On Model’s Language

Digital marketing company ValueClick has announced plans to merge its business with interactive ad-technology firm Be Free.The merger, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to be finalised by the second quarter of 2002 and will bring together both companies’ online and offline technology and media services to create a new global organisation under… Continue reading ValueClick Merges With Be Free

60% of football fans plan to use the internet to follow the World Cup next summer, according to research carried out by Netpoll on behalf of Sports.com.According to the survey, 76% of Sports.com’s users intend to watch as many games as they possibly can on TV, but with the tournament taking place in the Far… Continue reading World Cup Pushes Sports Fans Online

Week on week analysis reveals that Emap was one of the strongest performers in last week’s media market. Shares in the company, which last Tuesday signed a deal to provide entertainment and music content to Hutchison 3G (see Emap Signs 3G Content Deal With Hutchison), rose 14.79% week on week to close at £7.84, an… Continue reading Sharewatch

BT Openworld is launching a multimillion pound integrated marketing campaign to drive broadband uptake in the UK.The three-month campaign is launching on the back of the BT Openworld’s new Plug & Go broadband product, which was unveiled last week and includes the company’s first ever consumer TV advert for broadband. From April a series of… Continue reading BT Openworld To Promote Broadband Uptake

Zenith Media has calculated Europe’s top media owners for the first time in three years, reports the International Federation of the Periodical Press, FIPP. A number of merger deal have shifted the positions in the table, which now looks like this: Zenith’s Top 20 European Media Owners        Revenue in 2000 ($m)   … Continue reading Vivendi Universal Takes Top European Media Owner Spot

SMG Dismisses Break-Up RumoursA report in yesterday’s Sunday Business which suggested that SMG was soon to be broken up in order to satisfy creditors has been dismissed as ‘complete nonsense’ by SMG.The report claimed that SMG was in breach of the loan agreement made with its bankers and would soon be forced to ‘radically restructure’,… Continue reading SMG Dismisses Break-Up Rumours

US online adspend dropped by 14.7% year on year in 2001, according to the latest figures from CMRi, the internet division of CMR. CMRi estimates that internet adspend for last year reached $2.5 billion in the US. The company is expecting to see an upward swing in Q3 2002, with the year ‘already showing some… Continue reading US Online Spend Drops 14.7% In 2001, Recovery Predicted By Q3 2002

Cable company NTL has signed a multi-million pound contract with Samsung Electronics for the supply of digital cable set-top boxes. The deal may represent a threat to NTL’s other supplier, Pace Micro, which is already in financial trouble.Stephen Carter, managing director of NTL, said: “Having two suppliers rather than one is great for our business.”… Continue reading NTL Signs Set Top Box Deal With Samsung