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Pre-tax profit at United Business Media (UBM) was down by 48% year on year for the six months to 30 June 2001, impacted by the downturn in hi-tech advertising revenues at its CMP Media publishing business in the US. Interim profits came in at £71.7 million, way below the £137.8 million of last time. Revenues… Continue reading Profits Halve At UBM After US Hi-Tech Advertising Slump

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

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

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

Use of the internet in the US is starting to eat into consumers’ use of other media, with 20-24% of respondents to a Content Intelligence survey claiming to have cancelled subscriptions to magazines since they started using the Net. The survey shows that the Web rapidly becomes the favourite source for both personal and special… Continue reading Net Usage Hits Other Media, With Newspapers Least Affected

Following the release by BSkyB of Sky+, a new integrated personal video recorder, Datamonitor foresees rapid uptake of new set top boxes across Europe. Datamonitor predicts that by 2005, 48% of set top boxes will include PVR technology. 42% of households with digital TV are also forecast to have more than one set top box… Continue reading A New Era For Set-Top Boxes Dawns, Says Datamonitor