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Carlton Communications chairman Michael Green, today told the company’s AGM that the advertising market remains weak and that he is unable to predict with any uncertainty the timing of a resumption in growth. Nevertheless, Green reassured that Carlton is well-positioned to benefit from a recovery in demand for advertising, when it does transpire. ITV revenues… Continue reading ITV Revenues Predicted To Be 12% Down In Five Months To February

Trinity has announced that it is to relaunch the Mirror brand later this year in order to encourage loyalty and attract younger readers who are entering the market.The announcement came as the newspaper group announced full year results for the year (see Trinity Releases Results Ahead Of Expectations). The group stated that analysis of research… Continue reading Mirror To Undergo Brand Relaunch

Carlton Communications chairman Michael Green, today told the company’s AGM that the advertising market remains weak and that he is unable to predict with any uncertainty the timing of a resumption in growth. Nevertheless, Green reassured that Carlton is well-positioned to benefit from a recovery in demand for advertising, when it does transpire. ITV revenues… Continue reading ITV Revenues Predicted To Be 12% Down In Five Months To February

The Boards of Carlton Communications and Granada last night said that a “fundamental restructuring of ITV Digital’s cost base must be concluded as a matter of urgency in order to secure the long term future of the business.” The financial viability of the troubled digital terrestrial business has been the subject of speculation for some… Continue reading ITV Digital Requires ‘Urgent Fundamental Restructuring’ Say Owners

Trinity Mirror has released full year results which came in ahead of expectations, with pre tax profit before exceptional items up 0.9% to £155.5mSir Victor Blank, Chairman of Trinity Mirror plc, commented: “In the course of the past year we have strengthened Trinity Mirror, during one of the toughest trading periods in recent history. We… Continue reading Trinity Releases Results Ahead Of Expectations

The Boards of Carlton Communications and Granada last night said that a “fundamental restructuring of ITV Digital’s cost base must be concluded as a matter of urgency in order to secure the long term future of the business.” The financial viability of the troubled digital terrestrial business has been the subject of speculation for some… Continue reading ITV Digital Requires ‘Urgent Fundamental Restructuring’ Say Owners

Combined revenue generated by the ‘big three’ US television – ABC, CBS and NBC – networks dropped more than 10% in 2001 – the largest annual loss in network history, according to a Hollywood Reporter story published today. Quoting the Broadcasting Cable Financial Management Association, the site says that this decline is a further indication… Continue reading ‘Big Three’ US TV Networks Suffer Record Revenue Falls

Sex sells, or so the saying goes, but it can also get you in trouble with the Advertising Standards Authority, as two advertisers discovered this week.Both Virgin Mobile and radio station Kix 96.2 FM attracted complaints by using images of scantily clad women in posters. In the case of Virgin, the woman was wearing a… Continue reading Sex And Swearing Gets Rise From ASA

Confidence remained with media shares yesterday after the realisation on Monday that many had been downgraded too far. Carlton Communications led the field, with a 13.57% rise of 27źp to end at £2.28. Pearson also did well, increasing its share price by 6.5% to £7.73 by the end of the day.Other strong performers included WPP,… Continue reading Sharewatch

Feature By MediaTel Insight: Interactive TVUsage of interactive TV services has more than doubled over the past year according to a the Q1 2002 Digital TV Report from Continental Research. The frequency of digital TV subscribers who have ever used interactive services has grown from 4.3% in April 2001 to 9.6% in Jan 2002. The… Continue reading Feature By MediaTel Insight: Interactive TV