Radio has had an important role in youth culture since the days of Radio Caroline, and according to the Radio Advertising Bureau, this has yet to change. Encouragingly for advertisers, 72% of listening by 4-14 year olds and 64% of listening by 15-24 year olds was commercial, according to September’s RAJAR figures, and while an… Continue reading Feature: London’s Youth Radio
Telewest was the best performer in what was an encouraging day for the media market, with only five companies seeing shares fall. Telewest saw stock rise 12.24% to finish at 55p, an increase of 6p on the day before.Carlton and Granada saw shares climb yesterday, despite Merrill Lynch cutting its forecasts, citing lower advertising revenue… Continue reading Sharewatch
The ASA is exercising its “last resort” power and is requesting that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) takes action against Magna Jewellery for continually placing misleading adverts.The ASA’s director general, Christopher Graham, said: “When a company consistently fails to abide by the rules of self regulation the ASA will ask the OFT to take… Continue reading ASA Brings Out The Big Guns
In its Technologically Advanced Family Survey, completed recently, the Yankee Group discovered that one of the key benefits of broadband as cited by respondents was the ability to keep the household phone free whilst family members surfed the net. Reasons For Subscribing To Broadband At Home Primary reason Secondary reason Frees up household phone… Continue reading Broadband Means More Than Just Speed, Says Yankee Group
WPP, which is still awaiting a decision as to whether it will be allowed to back out of its deal with Tempus (see WPP Seeks Escape From Tempus Deal), was the best performer in yesterday’s FTSE 100. Shares were up 8.38% to finish at £5.36˝, an increase of 41˝p on the day before.Shares in Carlton… Continue reading Sharewatch
Bluetooth and W-LAN, two ‘competing’ technologies for the wireless interconnection of PCs, mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), will both succeed in Europe, according to report released this week by Forrester Research. The report – Bluetooth And W-LAN Will Coexist – claims that the two technologies will not compete with one another, but will… Continue reading Bluetooth And W-LAN Wireless Systems Will Coexist In Europe
A consultation asking for views on how to regulate the media industry will be published next month, it was announced yesterday by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, but in a speech in Belfast, while supporting the idea of building a competitive market, she hinted that support for a reduction in the plurality of ownership could be… Continue reading Jowell Announces Communications Consultation
The number of DSL (digital subscriber line) customers worldwide reached 10 million at the end of June 2001, according to a new report released last week by Point Topic. This represents growth of 354% over the last twelve months. DSL is a system of delivering high-bandwidth (broadband) data to homes and businesses via an ordinary… Continue reading Worldwide DSL Users Breaks 10m Mark
ITV is moving The Premiership from its 7pm slot to a later time of 10.30pm, after the sports highlights programme failed to attract enough viewers. A move of this nature has been predicted by media-watchers ever since the timing of the new show was announced, and disappointing audience figures have added weight to the argument… Continue reading ITV Relegates Premiership
Cinema saw another successful month in terms of admissions during September, with a 13.5% rise year on year bringing the total to 10.6 million, and putting the industry on course to reach the Cinema Advertising Association’s (CAA) predicted year end total of 148 million, having reached an admissions total of 113 million during the year… Continue reading Cinema Enjoys Successful September
