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Media stocks reacted positively to the full-year results posted by French advertising group Havas this morning, with WPP, Aegis and United Business Media (UBM) all showing strong gains. Havas posted a 24.9% rise in revenues for the year to December and despite a cautious outlook from chairman Alain de Pouzilhac, shares in WPP had rallied… Continue reading Media Shares Boosted By Havas Results

Today’s release of new consumer magazine circulation figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) have confirmed the worst for the once-vibrant Men’s Lifstyle market. A year on year fall of 11.2% overall included a heavy loss of 20.4% for market leader, Emap’s FHM. Condé Nast’s GQ, Dennis’ Maxim and IPC’s Loaded were also among… Continue reading ABC: Men’s Market Totters; CosmoGirl! Makes 170,000 Debut

The BBC and ITV have reached a decision on which channel will broadcast which England and Ireland matches in this year’s World Cup. Peter Salmon, BBC director of sport, said: “We are looking forward to some of the biggest sporting audiences of the year.”The grudge match between England and Argentina on 7 June will be… Continue reading ITV And BBC Agree World Cup Share Out

The European online travel market will be valued at more than E20 billion by 2006, according to a new report from Jupiter MMXI, with the UK currently leading the way with almost six million unique visitors in January 2002. Germany and France follow the UK with 5.1 million and 2.5 million unique visitors in the… Continue reading European Online Travel Market To Be Worth E20bn By 2006, Says Jupiter

US network and spot television spending for the 2002 Winter Olympics will total approximately $700 million, up 11.6% on the $627 million grossed in the last Winter Olympics, according to data released by CMR yesterday. During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, network television grossed $480 million, while spot television totaled $147 million. In 2000,… Continue reading Winter Olympics US TV Revenue To Rise 12% On 2000’s Event

Shares in Cable & Wireless slumped to a ten year low yesterday, ending down 4.37% at £2.30, thanks to fears over the company’s accounting practices. Elsewhere in telecommunications, Telewest slipped 6p to 20p after a Merrill Lynch downgrade.Following Reuters’ lack-lustre results earlier this week (see Reuters Stock Falls As Profits Drop 34%), analysts have cut… Continue reading Sharewatch

Video on demand (VOD) services could prove to be pivotal in the fortunes of cable companies in 2002 and 2003, with many operators relying on VOD revenues to enable them to reach their forecasts. According to Jack Myers’ analysis of the state of the cable industry in the US, it is the delivery and marketing… Continue reading Timing Video On Demand Launches Could Be Crucial For Cable Companies, Says Myers

Capital Radio and UBC Media Group have announced the formation of a joint venture to develop digital radio data services in the UK.Capital owns regional and local digital radio licences and UBC controls data capacity on the digital multiplexes owned by the MXR consortium. Under the terms of the new venture, Capital and UBC will… Continue reading Capital Radio And UBC Team Up To Push Digital Radio

By the end of 2003 brands will be able to send SMS adverts containing sound and moving images, according to global youth marketing consultant Vijay Anand.Speaking at the SMS 2002 mobile marketing conference yesterday, Anand said that Multi-Media Messages (MMS), capable of carrying video streams, digital photos and MP3-style sound files to consumers’ mobile phones,… Continue reading SMS To Offer More To Advertisers

Independent market analysts Datamonitor have predicted a 59% increase in text messaging today as people use the increasingly popular medium to send Valentines greetings, with 67 million messages expected instead of the normal daily average of 42 million.Over 70% of the population is now thought to have mobiles, and while text messaging is popular across… Continue reading SMS SWALK 4 Valentines Day?