Speculation is rife that Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP, is poised to make a counter bid for the Tempus media buying agency just a month after reports that French group Havas Advertising was to take over the agency.Sorrell’s offer is thought to be an all cash bid worth considerably more than the £425m… Continue reading WPP Poised To Make Counter Bid For Tempus
Advertising revenues have increased on a yearly basis in the first quarter of this year, climbing 5.5%, according to figures released by the Advertising Association.Outdoor saw the greatest increase with revenue soaring 19.3% from just under £150m for the first quarter 2000 to just under £180m for the first quarter of this year. National Newspapers… Continue reading Ad Revenue On The Up For Outdoor
According to a new report, eBanking Technology In Europe 2001, by Datamonitor, 75 million Europeans will be making use of internet banking by 2005. By the end of 2000 there were just 23 million customers using ebanking via their PC and this will treble by 2005 according to Datamonitor. After a cautious beginning, Datamonitor’s research… Continue reading 75 Million Europeans Will Be eBanking By 2005, Says Datamonitor
National Newspaper ABC Round-Up July 2001Month on MonthThe latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) reveals that the National Newspaper sector made a small year on year gain in total circulation during July. The increase of 0.8% represented an rise in total circulation of a fraction under 200,000.The largest gains in terms of percentage… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up July 2001
National Newspaper ABC Round-Up July 2001Month on MonthThe latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) reveals that the National Newspaper sector made a small year on year gain in total circulation during July.The largest gains in terms of percentage increase in circulation was at the Mail on Sunday , which added 2.2% to… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up July 2001
Rivals.net, the Chrysalis-owned sports network, was visited by over a million unique users in July, according to ABC Electronic’s latest audit of the site’s traffic.The figures show that the number of unique users visiting the Rivals.net has increased by 25% to 1.09 million since the site was last audited in April. Page impressions have also… Continue reading Rivals.net Scores Over A Million Users
The underlying rate of inflation dropped 0.2% compared to the previous month during July, according the latest figures released by the Office of National Statistics. The rate of 2.2% was less than had been predicted by analysts fearing inflationary pressure, and is thought to have been helped by low food and petrol prices.The headline rate… Continue reading Food Prices Ease Inflation Rate
Despite the sobering content of Cordiant’s interim results yesterday (see Cordiant To Cut More Jobs), the company’s shares rose on the news of imminent job cuts, ending up 10p by the end of the day’s trading, at £1.59½. This 6.7% increase made it the best media performer of the day.At the other end of the… Continue reading Sharewatch
MTV is to launch a broadband music channel, MTV Live, which from September will allow internet users to receive near TV-quality programmes on their PC’s.In what, according to MTV, is the first commercial carriage deal of its kind, the company has teamed up with satellite broadband network provider, Europe Online, to distribute a TV channel… Continue reading MTV To Launch Broadband TV Channel
Video Networks, the company behind HomeChoice, has secured the rights to show Premiership games on its vidoe-on-demand service for £20m.
