A new report from Jupiter MMXI has highlighted the growth seen in internet usage since it began its research at the end of 1999. The number of monthly at home users in the UK has grown from 7.8 million in October 1999 to 13.5 million in January 2001. The number of minutes spent online each month… Continue reading Jupiter Charts Internet Growth
The IPA’s Bellwether report has suggested that the advertising slowdown could be shortlived (see IPA Bellwether Says Downturn Will Be Brief), and yesterday’s media stocks reflected this optimism.Shares in Reuters staged a recovery, after Tuesday’s falls, caused by a downbeat trading statement, rising 51p to end at £6.55. Pearson was also among the better performers,… Continue reading Sharewatch
Capitalone.co.uk was home to the most popular banner ad during August, gaining exposure among 3,082,000 individual at home internet users and achieving 21.7% digital reach. The online bank dominated the lower end of the table hosting the seventh, eight and ninth most popular banners throughout the month. MSN.co.uk dominated the rest of the table and… Continue reading New Media Round-Up
The top spending advertisers on TV are moving away from the medium towards a broader media mix, according to new analysis from CIA MediaLab. The figures show that over the last five years the proportion of adspend of the top 30 TV advertisers spent on TV has dropped from 73.8% in 1997 to 67.2% for… Continue reading TV Advertisers Move Towards Broader Media Mix
Viacom Outdoor has launched its first advertising packages for the XTP moving advertising system on the London Underground. Advertisers are being offered incentives to be the first to take up opportunities during the live trial during March next year.The XTP system will launch in full during the summer of next year. The system projects digital… Continue reading Viacom Launches XTP Packages
Sky Sports is launching an interactive “play along” football competition offering Sky Digital subscribers cash prizes.The competition launches on 21 October to coincide with the live Premiership match between Leeds and Chelsea and allows viewers to make pre-match predictions via their remote handset. Each correct prediction scores points, which are submitted via the digibox at… Continue reading Sky Sports Launch Football Competition
Granada Enterprises’ managing director, Phil France, is to leave the company after more than a quarter of a century at the company. Rumours that his departure has been hastened by the arrival of Zenith Media’s Graham Duff to take over from current chief executive of Granada Enterprises Mick Desmond have been denied by France. Paul… Continue reading Appointments Brief
The ITC’s chairman, Sir Robin Biggam, has called on the Government to introduce interim legislation which would allow the creation of a single ITV, warning that the planned OFCOM legislation in 2003 would come too late to counteract the current economic difficulties faced by the commercial TV sector.“We are going through tough times and Government… Continue reading ITC Chief Calls For Interim Legislation
The 2002 and 2006 World Cup Finals will be shown on terrestrial TV after the BBC and ITV announced that they have secured the rights to broadcast the tournaments from Kirch.It is thought that, after lengthy negotiations, the BBC and ITV paid less than the £170 million initially demanded by the German media company. However,… Continue reading BBC and ITV Secure World Cup Rights
The BBC and ITV have secured the rights to broadcast the 2002 World Cup from German media company Kirch. It is thought that the TV companies paid less than the £170m being demanded by Kirch for the rights. More will follow on NewsLine shortly…
