Media industry magazine Media Business has been revamped and will appear on 1 October in a new smaller size format and with new editorial features including an increased number of news stories.The Haymarket title, which launched in 1999 under the title Campaign Media Business, targets media agency decision makers in the UK. It claims to… Continue reading Media Business Revamps
The number of text messages sent each month in the UK has broken the 1 billion mark for the first time, according to figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA).According to the MDA, 35 million person to person text messages were sent each day throughout August, an increase of almost 50% on the same… Continue reading Text Messaging Breaks Billion Barrier
The programmes for the European Television and Radio Symposiums, to be held in Brussels from the 14 to the 16 November, have been released.Beginning on 15 November this year’s Television Symposium will consider how television as an advertising medium is redefining itself. The two day event will examine how smart TV devices like personal video… Continue reading Brussels Symposia Programme Announced
According to IDC‘s third annual Email Usage Forecast And Analysis report, published this month, the number of email mailboxes globally is set to increase from 505 million in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2005. This suggests a compound annual growth rate of 138% which, according to IDC, is due to three factors: Web services, wireless… Continue reading Web Based Mail Will Boost Mailbox Total To 1.2 Billion By 2005
Visitors to this week’s London Fashion Week witnessed more than the latest collections, as the first ever wireless TV advertisement was broadcast to hand held devices.Selected guests were offered the chance to be able to view live broadcasts of the fashion shows on handheld and palm-sized PCs, along with archived footage of previous shows and… Continue reading Fashion Week Goes Wireless
Havas Will Not Renew Tempus OfferHavas Advertising has this morning announced that it will allow its offer for Tempus to lapse after the next deadline, Monday 24th September, has passed. Earlier this week the group extended the period for acceptance of its original offer but resisted the opportunity to make a higher bid. Now Havas… Continue reading Havas Will Not Renew Tempus Offer
Both Emap and Natmags have launched their long-awaited teen offerings, Cosmo Girl! and Elle Girl this week, into a market which had more teenage kicking than teenage kicks in the last ABCs (see Newsline), when market leader, Attic Futura’s Sugar saw year on year decrease in circulation of over 11%, in line with the sector… Continue reading New Teen Titles Launch
UK Internet Advertising FallsThe number of internet advertisements in Great Britain fell slightly month on month for July, by 2.1% from 13,719 to 13,433, according to Lemonad. The number of advertisers and campaigns also declined slightly according to the figures.Since December last year the number of internet ads has declined by 5.4%. There was a… Continue reading UK Internet Advertising Falls
RTL Postpones Float; Results Hit By Ad SlowdownPan-European free-to-air broadcaster, RTL, yesterday released interim financial results in line with expectations, saying that core businesses are ‘performing strongly in difficult advertising market conditions’. Nevertheless, analysts at ABN Amro are expecting to downgrade their full-year 2001 forecasts for the group, given the poor advertising visibility in the… Continue reading RTL Postpones Float; Results Hit By Ad Slowdown
US newspaper publishers have shown the extent to which the advertising and economic slowdown there is hurting the media, with a disappointing set of figures for August, according to analysts at ABN Amro. The New York Times Company saw revenues decline by 17.8% last month, with technology, media and telcoms advertising particularly weak. Revenues at… Continue reading US Newspaper Groups’ Figures Show Tough Conditions
