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GWR this morning released a trading update in order to keep investors informed of the company’s progress in these ‘uncertain and volatile’ times for the UK radio advertising market. In September, the group announced that profits had fallen by over 70% in the six months to 30 September 2001 (see GWR Profits Drop 70% On… Continue reading Trading Updates Offer Little Hope To Radio Industry

ITV companies Carlton Communications and Granada are reported to be planning to sue rival broadcaster BSkyB, over the satellite company’s alleged anti-competitive behaviour. According to an article in today’s Daily Telegraph, the ITV companies are hoping to sue Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB for £400 million over the way that it sells its channel content to rival… Continue reading Carlton And Granada Plan To Sue BSkyB, Says Report

Reuters has this morning released Q1 trading figures which are broadly in line with expectations, showing a 6% decline in revenues to £912 million. The company said that it expects the first half to yield a 2-3% decline in subscription revenues and is more cautious than anticipated on H2 performance, with a decline of 5-6%… Continue reading Reuters Cautious On H2 Trading

Telewest, which is rumoured to be considering a merger with rival cable operator NTL, was one of only a handful of companies to see shares rise in yesterday’s media market. Stock was up 10.95% to close at 55žp, in what was the best media performance of the day.At the other end of the spectrum, ITV… Continue reading Sharewatch

Scottish Radio Holdings’ (SRH) like-for-like advertising revenues for the first three months of the new financial year (October to December) were slightly down year on year, according to the company’s AGM, which took place yesterday.The decline reflects the “continuing reduced level of advertising revenue which the media sector as a whole is witnessing,” said chairman,… Continue reading Scottish Radio Revenues Dip As National Ads Remain Down

Shopping may be the new religion, but should the media market be worshipping at the shrine of commodity culture? Jon Wilkins of Naked Communications says we should heed the warning of a short, dead Frenchman and strive for “le bespoke”.Napoleon once famously highlighted us Brits as a ‘Nation of Shopkeepers’, much to the collective displeasure… Continue reading A Nation Of Shopkeepers

Freeserve is claiming that its recent “Freedom Of The Internet” advertising campaign prompted a surge in subscriber growth during the fourth quarter of 2001.The internet service provider claims to have gained over 250,000 “net active 40-day accounts” during the fourth quarter of 2001 and says that on average it gained more than 3,000 new subscribers… Continue reading Freeserve Ads Pay Off

Sky is claiming that a recent interactive advertising campaign for Rimmel was the most successful in its history, with a response rate of 3%.The campaign, which was designed for Rimmel’s new Exaggerate Hydra Colour Lipstick by BMPtvi, asked viewers to answer a question in return for a lipstick. Over 50,000 lipsticks were sent to viewers… Continue reading Interactive Ad Scores On Sky

The IPA’s Bellwether report for the last quarter of 2001 shows that companies continued to downsize marketing budgets during the period, but suggests that the downward trend may be slowing.One in three companies were found to have revised their fourth quarter marketing budgets down in response to market pressure. The main beneficiary of the one… Continue reading Bellwether Report Confirms Tough Q4 Measures

The number of text messages sent in the UK last year almost doubled compared to 2000, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA). December’s 1.3 billion total means that during the course of 2001, some 12.2 billion chargeable person to person text messages were sent, compared to 1.1 billion in 1999… Continue reading Text Message Total For 2001 Exceeds 12 Billion