Carlton Productions has appointed Richard Clemmow, formerly the BBC’s head of news programmes, as director of factual programmes.Clemmow will take on the role in mid-summer when he returns from the US, where he is executive in charge of production for the Carlton and Newsweek Productions joint venture. He takes over the role from Polly Bide… Continue reading Carlton Appoints Former BBC News Head For Factual Role
Research has revealed the public’s equivocal attitude towards the media, finding that while most people rely heavily on the media for information about a wide range of social and public affairs, and feel that the media do a good job of informing them, most people also mistrust the media’s motives and operational methods and feel… Continue reading Public Attitudes To Media Privacy Exposed
The UK’s commercial broadcasters have told the Government that they could lose up to £25m a year in revenue if BBC3 goes ahead in its current form.Culture secretary Tessa Jowell asked the coalition of broadcasters to estimate their annual loss if the BBC’s digital channel, aimed at 16-34 year olds, is approved. The ITC and… Continue reading BBC3 Could Cost Commercial Broadcasters £25m
According to recent forecasts from Jupiter MMXI more European households will be watching digital TV than will be using the internet by 2006. The growth take up of DTV services will be driven by several factors.The migration of pay-satellite and cable subscribers from analogue to digital as analogue signals are switched off will be a… Continue reading Low-Cost Set Top Boxes Will Boost Digital TV Growth
According to recent forecasts from Jupiter MMXI more European households will be watching digital TV than will be using the internet by 2006. The growth take up of DTV services will be driven by several factors. The migration of pay-satellite and cable subscribers from analogue to digital as analogue signals are switched off will be… Continue reading Low-Cost Set Top Boxes Will Boost Digital TV Growth
The details of the merger between French advertising group, Publicis, and privately-owned US agency, BCom3, have been confirmed by Publicis in an analysts meeting in Paris this morning (see Publicis And BCom3 Poised For Merger). The deal is valued at €3.4 billion. Publicis is to acquire 100% of BCom3 and Japanese agency Dentsu, which owns… Continue reading Publicis Confirms BCom3 Merger Details
French advertising network, Publicis Group, has this morning announced that it intends to merge with privately-owned US agency BCom3. The $3.0 billion deal will create the world’s fourth largest advertising agency network. BCom3 is the world’s seventh largest agency, with operations primarily in the US. It owns the Leo Burnett and d’Arcy creative agencies and… Continue reading Publicis And BCom3 Poised For Merger
Jazz FM has reported a 9% rise in radio revenues for the six month period ending December 2001, despite the radio market as a whole experiencing a 9% drop. Announcing its interim results today, the radio group admitted that its listening figures had been adversely affected by the war in Afghanistan as the world events… Continue reading Jazz FM Reports Revenue Rise
Publicis Groupe SA released full year results yesterday which bucked the industry-wide trend of loss, loss and more loss with profits leaping by 18% for 2001. Publicis is the world’s sixth largest advertising group and controls 75% of the Zenith Optimedia Group which is the world’s third largest buying agency. Publicis won new accounts totalling… Continue reading Publicis Bucks The Trend With 18% Rise In Profits
French media group Vivendi Universal yesterday announced losses of E13.6 billion, largely due to deal-making by Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier in order to build the company into the second largest media group in the world. The deals, made during market peaks over the past 18 months, have resulted in a huge write-off for Vivendi as… Continue reading Write-Offs Push Vivendi £8.3 Billion Into The Red
