Cordiant, which is reported to be in talks with its bankers about its extending its £276m overdraft following a period of weak advertising sales (see Cordiant Looks To Refinance Overdraft After Tough Year), saw shares fall 4.98% yesterday to close at £1.05, a loss of 5˝p on the previous day.Reed, which was rumoured to be… Continue reading Sharewatch
Channel 4’s polar epic Shackleton, starring Kenneth Branagh, attracted an audience of over 3 million and won 16% share of viewing, according to the new BARB figures released yesterday (see BARB Releases First New System Overnights).The two-part film, which at over £10m was the most expensive drama ever made by Channel 4, drew an audience… Continue reading Channel 4 Warms Up With Shackleton
Media communications and market research company, Aegis Group, announced today that it has acquired two US interactive media agencies, San Francisco-based Lot 21 and Framingham, Massachusetts-based Vizium. The two companies will be integrated into Aegis’ existing interactive media business, Carat Interactive. Aegis is paying approximately £1.85 million for the two businesses – £1.4 million for… Continue reading Aegis Acquires US Interactive Agencies
Carlton Communications has confirmed that Catherine Blizzard, head of sales research, has left the company. Blizzard, who had been with Carlton for about 10 years, will be replaced by Hash Emadi. She has left to take on the role of director of research at the Central Office of Information (COI).Carlton: 020 7663 6363 www.carlton.comSubscribers can… Continue reading Carlton Research Head Leaves For COI
Total viewing to UK television fell last year for the first time since 1994, according to a new report from Carat, the media buying agency of Aegis Group. The report shows that average viewing per household fell to 213 minutes per day in 2001, down from 216 minutes a year earlier. The downward trend is… Continue reading 2001 UK TV Viewing Fell For First Time Since 1994, Says Carat Report
Troubled advertising agency network, Cordiant Communications, is understood to be seeking a refinancing of its £276.4 million overdraft facility after tough trading conditions and negative newsflow have hit the company hard.Cordiant is reported to be in talks with its bankers about its extending its overdraft, following a period of weak advertising sales and acquisitions which… Continue reading Cordiant Looks To Refinance Overdraft After Tough Year
Relaunched financial paper The Business, which reappeared as a Sunday/Monday title after its previous incarnation, the Sunday Business had to sign a refinancing agreement and close over Christmas (see Sunday Business Set For Relaunch), is reporting a successful first week of sales.Estimates by the paper, which now costs 50p, are that street sales for last… Continue reading The Business Reports 50% Sales Increase
The Government has admitted that the deadline for the digital switchover could be delayed until at least 2010 due to the lack of consumer interest in digital TV.A spokeswomen for the DCMS today conceded that the current 2006-2010 deadline was a “challenging target” and said: “Unless the uptake of digital TV improves by 2006/2007 we… Continue reading Delay For The Digital Deadline
Internet shopping services were used by almost 33 million Europeans during the month leading up to Christmas, according to new research from Jupiter MMXI. With 9 million at home users, the UK was behind only Germany’s 10 million in terms of online retail site usage, representing an increase of over 40% year on year.Patricia Lueer,… Continue reading Internet Shopping Enjoys Christmas Boom
The ITC has upheld complaints against ITV1’s The Frank Skinner Show for containing “graphic sexual language” but has defended the show’s “edgy and provocative nature.”The ITC received a total of 40 complaints from viewers offended by an episode of the Frank Skinner Show that was shown last November. 27 viewers objected to an interview with… Continue reading ITC Condemns Graphic Sexual Language
