Emap has announced that Paul Keenan, chief executive of Emap Digital, is to head up a new umbrella group called Emap Consumer Media.The new division will house all of Emap’s consumer titles including Emap Elan, Emap Automotive, Emap Active and FHM international, while Emap’s music titles will remain independent as part of the Performance Network.A… Continue reading Keenan Heads New Emap Division
Wednesday proved a buoyant day on the stock market for media shares, with notable increases from troubled magazine and web publisher Future, which, having recently announced a restructure, saw an increase of 9½p on the previous day’s closing price, a rise of just under 10% which took it to 54p. Also on the increase were… Continue reading Sharewatch
The following tables show the performance of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year to June 2001. BBC Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons Station Survey Period Ending June 2000 Ending June 2001 % Ch BBC 3 Counties H 152 168 10.5 BBC… Continue reading June 2001 RAJAR – Performance By Ownership
The Radio Authority has announced that it will be renewing Jazz FM’s regional ILR for North-West England.Jazz FM will now be able to broadcast until 31 August 2009 and under the conditions of the new licence will be committed to providing digital services on the North-West regional multiplex.Chairman of Jazz FM, Sir Harry Roche, said:… Continue reading Licence Renewed For Jazz FM
The latest set of RAJAR figures shows that the second quarter of this year was a good one for Local Commercial Radio, with reach increasing quarter on quarter by 4.6% to 27.4m. Share of listening also improved, climbing 0.8 percentage points compared to Q1.The following tables show the best and worst performers, in terms of… Continue reading June 2001 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
Commercial radio has fought back in share of listening, according to RAJAR figures released this morning. All Commercial saw a quarter on quarter increase in percentage share of 0.6 percentage points, while All BBC saw a drop of 0.8 percentage points, although it still leads the field. Local Commercial also had a healthy quarter in… Continue reading Quarterly Gains For UK Commercial Radio
There was better news in terms of reach for National Commercial radio this quarter, as year on year analysis revealed gains for Classic FM, which rose 2% and talkSPORT, which, having seen losses last quarter gained a healthy 10.7% during this one.The BBC saw a large boost to Radio 2’s reach this quarter, with year… Continue reading RAJAR: Classic And talkSPORT Increase Reach
Two recent developments in ambient and outdoor have brought the consumer-rich environment of the shopping centre into focus, with More Group extending its point-of-sale portfolio and a new company planning to target shoppers pausing for refreshment.More Group has announced the acquisition of Foxmark in a six figure deal. Foxmark owns more than 450 six sheet… Continue reading Advertising Targets Shopping Malls
Go Racing, the consortium which owns the rights to British horseracing, has renamed itself “attheraces” and rebranded with a new corporate identity.The consortium, made up of by BSkyB, Channel 4 and Arena Leisure, was forced to rename itself after discovering that the domain name, ‘Goracing’ was unavailable and could not be used for the company’s… Continue reading Go Racing Rebrands
The completion date for TV’s “digital revolution” may remain unclear, but the democracy that a multi-channel world brings is already in evidence in TV viewing patterns. The audience has not changed much in size, but the traditional strongholds of ITV and BBC1 have seen their share drift downwards in recent years, with the main beneficiaries… Continue reading Feature: Losses And Gains In TV
