Jeanette Wilkins, finance director at ITV Digital, is to leave the company. Commenting on her departure after three years with the broadcaster, Wilkins said: “It is always a difficult time to leave a company, particularly one which you have been involved with since its birth, but the time is now right, as ONdigital is integrated… Continue reading ITV Digital Finance Director Leaves
Would subscribers please note that an error was made when creating the “Ownership” listing for GWR. The list that went live last Thursday did not therefore give the full picture of GWR’s performance during the quarter. The revised list is now available to subscribers in the Radio Reports section (click on the button on the… Continue reading Important Notice To Subscribers: RAJAR Q2
ABN Amro has upgraded its rating on satellite broadcaster BSkyB from Add to Hold this morning, saying that it has ‘excellent fundamentals’ which are offset by potential technical and regulatory risks. This, says the broker, positions Sky as an ‘interesting dilemma’. BSkyB’s shares have underperformed the market by around 13% in the year to date… Continue reading ABN Sees ‘Interesting Dilemma’ In BSkyB
Global advertising and communications group, WPP, has acquired Forward, a UK contract publishing company which specialises in direct customer communications programmes, for an undisclosed sum.Forward’s clients include Tesco, Egg, British Airways Holidays and Halifax. It reported revenues of £23.2 million in the year to 31 March 2001 and had net assets of £2.1 million at… Continue reading WPP Acquires Forward
Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC), parent group of the u>direct pay-TV service, has gone into liquidation, according to reports. It is thought that financial backers, which include Pearson and News Corp, were unwilling to put any more cash into the business. U>Direct, which launched in June 1999, broadcast a range of sport and movie pay-per-view services… Continue reading U>Direct Parent Goes Into Liquidation
A new era begins at the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) tomorrow when Hamish Pringle succeeds Nick Phillips as director general of the industry body.Last night, over 300 guests gathered at the British Museum to honour Phillips, with a series of sincere and witty tributes from John Bartle, Graham Hinton, Rupert Howell, Martin Bowley… Continue reading Pringle Heralds A New Era For The IPA
NTL has confirmed that it now has 1m digital subscribers and is on track to meet its target of 1.25m by the end of the year. The announcement establishes NTL as a serious contender to ITV Digital which recently rebranded from ONdigital in an attempt to attract viewers. NTL recently announced it expects to achieve… Continue reading 1 Million Now Subscribe To NTL Digital
Global advertising and communications group, WPP, has acquired Forward, a UK contract publishing company which specialises in direct customer communications programmes, for an undisclosed sum. Forward’s clients include Tesco, Egg, British Airways Holidays and Halifax. It reported revenues of £23.2 million in the year to 31 March 2001 and had net assets of £2.1 million… Continue reading WPP Acquires Forward
In their recent report Game On: Sports Investment For European Media Companies, PricewaterhouseCoopers reveals the importance of professional sport to large European media companies and suggest means of exploiting revenue streams and other commercial opportunities from popular European spectator sports. Sport, says PWC, is not a passing fad and its popularity will not diminish making… Continue reading Sport May ‘Form The Bedrock’ Of Media Companies’ Long Term Strategy, Says PWC Report
Forrester Research has published the Media Buyers’ Table – a source designed to provide UK media planners and buyers with a set of metrics that will enable them to implement more targeted and successful online marketing campaigns. The Media Buyers’ Table uses data collected on websites that participate in Forrester’s online consumer research survey, the… Continue reading Forrester Offers UK Media Planners Internet Metrics Resource
