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Radio First (see Radio First Sees Medium Term Profit In Football Stations) has made an upbeat statement at its AGM today and announced that formal audience research would be completed at each station during 2002. Chairman Keith Harris stated that numbers of advertisers and, consequently ad revenue, was growing month by month and as such… Continue reading Football Ventures Boost Radio First Outlook

According to press reports this morning SMG is considering a £60 million write-down of its stake in Scottish Radio Holdings in response to pressure from its auditors. In a buoyancy market, between December 2000 and May 2001, SMG gradually increased it hold in SRH building a 29.5% stake at a cost of £147 million. Analysts… Continue reading SMG Counts The Cost Of SRH Investment

Research company Taylor Nelson Sofres released full year results for 2001 this morning revealing profits up slightly ahead of expectations. Pre-tax profit was up 15% before goodwill charges rising from £37.8 million in 2000 to £43.5 million. Underlying growth was 6.1% for the year ahead of estimated market growth of 5%. Revenue Growth In Specialist… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Sofres Confident Of ‘Steady’ Growth In 2002

In results released this morning, Ulster Television plc has revealed an increase in group operating profit to £13.6m, up from £13.4m last year, despite the prevailing conditions. Overall advertising revenue for the ITV network was down by 13.5% in 2001, UTV managed a drop of just 6.1% thanks, said the company, to stringent cost-control produced… Continue reading Ulster TV Emerges Relatively Unscathed From ITV Ad Slump

Peter “Baz” Bazalgette has called for the Government’s analogue switch-off target of 2006-2010 to be abandoned, claiming that it is “unrealistic and distorts policy making”. The chairman of Endemol UK and non-executive director of Channel 4, writing in today’s Guardian, added that “an early switch-off as a government objective encourages digital platform-owners to hope for… Continue reading Bazalgette Calls For End To Switch-Off Target

Last week saw Granada’s chief executive Steve Morrison defending ITV from charges of “structural decline” (see Granada Chief Denies ITV’s “Structural Decline”) as concerns, in particular regarding the ITV digital platform continued. In addition, at the end of the week Granada announced that its joint venture with Littlewoods, Shop! is to close (see Granada And… Continue reading Sharewatch

SMG Counts The Cost Of SRH InvestmentAccording to press reports this morning SMG is considering a £60 million write-down of its stake in Scottish Radio Holdings in response to pressure from its auditors.In a buoyancy market, between December 2000 and May 2001, SMG gradually increased it hold in SRH building a 29.5% stake at a… Continue reading SMG Counts The Cost Of SRH Investment

JCDecaux Downbeat On Early 2002 OutlookJCDecaux has this morning released full year results for 2001 which revealed a 2.1% fall in profits and a downbeat outlook for Q1 2002.EBITDA was down 2.1% to E377.3 million whilst net profits were halved to E10.2 million from E20.4 million in 2001. This, said the group, was due to… Continue reading JCDecaux Downbeat On Early 2002 Outlook

E-commerce and advertising businesses in the UK and Europe could be set to face high costs and a blow to competitiveness as European legislation on internet “cookies” looks set to go before committee tomorrow without any of the amendments requested by the e-commerce, media and online publishing community.The legislation would require websites to gain permission… Continue reading No Compromise On EU Cookie Proposal

67% of UK consumers think that more companies should be involved in cause-related marketing campaigns like Tesco’s computers for schools promotion, according to research carried out by ad-related charity Business in the Community.The research shows that 32 million UK consumers regularly buy products and services linked to a cause or a charity and 77% of… Continue reading Cause-Related Marketing Improves Brand Image