More Industry News articles
colspan=”7″>Western Europe E-Commerce Overview, 2002
ISBA has welcomed ITV’s decision to move The Premiership from its 7.30pm slot to a later time of 10.30pm (see ISBA criticised the sports highlights programme for failing to attract the anticipated audience levels in “an important prime-time slot for advertisers” and said that its members had expressed concern about the programme since its launch… Continue reading ISBA Welcomes The Premiership’s Relegation
Acquisitions play a large part in the fortunes – or otherwise – of WPP this year. First half revenues were up over 56%, largely due to the contribution made by last year’s big name acquisition Young & Rubicam, along with several other smaller companies acquired along the way, whilst all the talk at the moment… Continue reading WPP Warns Results May Suffer In ‘Very Difficult’ Year
The Takeover Panel has this morning ruled against WPP’s attempt to free itself from its 555p-a-share offer for Tempus Group. WPP had made a submission to the Takeover Panel in an attempt to invoke the Material Adverse Change clause in its initial offer citing the further deterioration of the ad market following the terrorist attacks… Continue reading Takeover Panel Rules Against WPP
The Radio Authority has issued London-based Premier Christian Radio a warning after broadcasting programmes that were deemed “intolerant” and “denigratory” to other religious faiths.The station was found to be in breach of the 1990 broadcasting act after a complainant objected to a number of broadcasts, claiming they were “abusive” to other religious beliefs, such as… Continue reading Christian Radio Warned Over Content
The following tables show the performance of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year to September 2001. BBC Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons Station Survey Period Ending September 2000 Ending September 2001 % Ch BBC 3 Counties H 126 179 42.1 BBC… Continue reading RAJAR September 2001 – Performance By Ownership
The ASA has upheld a complaint against NTL after rival telecommunications company, BT, objected to a magazine advert that stated: “Smile. Talk is cheaper with NTL.”BT claimed that the ad was “misleading” as it implied that all of NTL’s customers would save money on all of their calls, which it “argued” was not the case.NTL… Continue reading ASA Says Talk Is Cheap But Not With NTL
Digital subscriber line (DSL) penetration in Europe will overtake the US within five years, according to DSL Future Prospects in Europe, a new report from telecoms consultancy and publishing group BWCS. The provision of DSL services is at last beginning to emerge as a viable business, claims the report, released this month. “If the European… Continue reading European DSL Market To Overtake US By 2006