WPP, which is rumoured to be making a counter bid against Havas for Tempus Media (see WPP Poised To Make Counter Bid For Tempus), saw shares fall 2.14% yesterday to finish at £6.87, a loss of 15p on the previous day.Cordiant, which released its interim results on Monday (see Cordiant To Cut More Jobs), continued… Continue reading Sharewatch
Following speculation yesterday that WPP is poised to make a counter-bid for media buying agency Tempus, less than a month after Havas made their offer (see Tempus Shares Soar On Havas Takeover Reports), analysts at ABN AMRO forecast that increased interest in buying into media buying may indicate a pattern for future media consolidation. Should… Continue reading WPP Bid Could Prompt Further Consolidation
The top 10 UK domains again remained unchanged during June with msn.com dominating the field with 6,810,000 unique visitors and 44.6% digital reach. Yahoo.com held on to its number two position with 5,196,000 unique visitors and 34% digital reach. The msn messenger service continued to do well in seventh position, with 3,275,000 users visiting the… Continue reading New Media Round Up
The opening of Shrek, this year’s big family success in the States, failed to prevent the UK’s cinema admissions from seeing a year on year decrease of 1.8%, despite being the top box office draw of the month. The total of 13.8m admissions for the month was nevertheless an improvement of 48% on June’s.In fact,… Continue reading Shrek Tops July Box Office
New research by Ovum suggests that in the wireless communications market, companies which charge for content will be the long-term winners. Spending on content which is then offered free to users will be unsustainable in the long term and will rely on revenues from transactions, marketing and – neither of which are are likely to… Continue reading Winners In Wireless Will Charge For Content
Emap have announced that David Davies is to take over from Anthony Noguera as editor of its flagship men’s title FHM.Davies will take up the position from 20 August and will report to CEO of the Emap Elan Network, Barry McIlheney and managing director of FHM International, Chris Llewellyn. He replaces Anthony Noguera who last… Continue reading Davies To Take Over As FHM Editor
Video Networks, the company behind London’s HomeChoice broadband subscription TV channel, has secured the rights to 106 Premier League matches in a deal thought to be worth £20m.The three year agreement allows Video Networks to show Premier League games on its HomeChoice video-on-demand service just 24 hours after they have been televised live.Viewers will be… Continue reading Videonet Secures Premiership Rights
New consumer magazine figures released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that new life has been breathed into the women’s monthly market with the dramatic entry of Condé Nast’s Glamour. The title smashed its original 250,000 target by achieving a circulation of 451,486 in this, its first audit. In doing so, the… Continue reading Glamour Makes Stunning 450,000 ABC Debut
After 5pm today the concurrent release of ABC’s consumer magazine figures for the period January to June 2001 will be available to subscribers in MediaTel’s Press database. During Friday 17 August NewsLine will feature a series of sector reports based on these figures. The following notes refer to the criteria used to compile these reports:The… Continue reading Important Notes: ABC Jan-Jun 2001
The latest wave of Right Of Admission Reserved (R.O.A.R) research into the media habits, lifestyles, attitudes and brand preferences of 15-24 year olds is under way.Running form August to October the research will look closely at the role of media in the lives of 15-24 year olds, and will examine their attitudes towards TV advertising,… Continue reading Youth Research R.O.A.R’s Again
