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SMG’s Pearl & Dean cinema advertising sales house has secured the contract to provide theatre advertising for four years to the network of UGC Cinemas. The contract begins on 7 January 2002 and covers UGC’s 43 cinemas in the UK and Ireland, totalling 405 screens. This deal will increase to 1,406 the number of screens… Continue reading SMG’s Pearl & Dean Wins UGC Cinemas Contract

The European Commission has cleared the sports rights merger between Groupe Jean-Claude Darmon, Canal+ Group and RTL Group, following months of speculation and delays. The new entity, which combines all the sports right activities of the three groups, will be called Sportfive. The merger, first announced in May, will create a leading European venture with… Continue reading EC Clears European Sports Rights Merger

The ASA has made its first adjudication on SMS advertising and has upheld a complaint against a computer games company for sending a spoof text message asking people to report for army duty.The ASA received complaints from a former member of the British army who felt that the text message, which stated: “Please report to… Continue reading ASA Upholds First SMS Ad Complaint

Scottish Radio Holdings’ (SRH) greater exposure to local advertising revenues has enabled it to outperform the radio market, according to its annual financial results released this morning. Whilst SRH saw radio turnover remain more or less flat (£34.2 million this year against £34.8 million in 2000) and radio profits dipped from £13.0 million to £11.0… Continue reading Scottish Radio Outperforms Market, But Profits Dip

The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that the national newspaper market as a whole saw a month on month drop of 2.3% from September to October this year, as readers show signs of tiring with coverage of the global war against terrorism.Many of the gains achieved by the broadsheets in… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up October 2001

Speaking at last week’s MRG conference, Lucy Shepherd, head of research at CIA UK, said that interactive TV (iTV) needs to be greatly improved if the growing tide of consumer apathy is to be stemmed.She said that digital TV has failed to inspire viewers since its launch three years ago and explained that interactive services… Continue reading MRG One Day Conference: The Future Of Interactive TV

Presenting the latest wave of DART research, Julie Pôrksen, associate director at Ipsos RSL, assured industry figures gathered at the MRG conference in London last week that the UK is well on its way to fulfilling its “digital vision.”Pôrksen said that digital uptake has been increasingly recently with the lure of more channels and better… Continue reading MRG One Day Conference: Fulfilling the Digital Vision

Emap today released interim results which, although in line with expectations, demonstrated the extent to which the group had been hit by the advertising slump and forecast no second half recovery. The group said “normalised” pre-tax profits, excluding figures from its US operation which was sold in July (see Petersen Sale Closes ‘Difficult And Unhappy… Continue reading Emap Results ‘In Line With Expectations’ But No Second Half Recovery Expected

Hollinger International, owner of the Daily Telegraph, has announced a net loss for Q3 2001 of $139.6 million or $1.37 per share, compared to a net loss of $3.9 million or a $0.06 per share in 2000.The UK newspaper division, which publishes the Telegraph, saw Q3 revenues for 2001 of £77.3 million, a decrease of… Continue reading Hollinger Sees Losses Increase As Advertising Revenue Falls

Publicis, the French advertising group which owns Saatchi & Saatchi and co-owns the recently merged Zenith/Optimedia operations (see Optimedia And Zenith Merged By Parent Companies) yesterday released Q3 results which show better-than-expected billings for the year to date. Consolidated billings of Publicis Groupe SA rose by 56.5% in the first nine months to reach 11.3… Continue reading Publicis Results Reveal Growth Despite Market Conditions