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Granada and Carlton Communications have hit a stumbling block in plans to bring their pay-TV businesses under the umbrella ITV brand (see Granada And Carlton Bring ONdigital Under ITV Brand), following discussions with some of the Network’s smaller franchise holders. Although all the parties involved have so far declined to comment on the talks, press… Continue reading Granada And Carlton Meet Opposition To ITV Brand Plans, Say Reports

French outdoor media company JC Decaux has delayed its IPO on the French stock market (see JC Decaux To Fund Growth With IPO On French Stock Market) following media scepticism and concerns over investor demand. The announcement follows a week of uncertainty in the French advertising industry as share prices fell following profit warnings from… Continue reading JC Decaux Cuts Price Of IPO

Two US publishing groups – Dow Jones and Knight Ridder – have announced that they are to make a number of job cuts in order to meet financial targets. Knight Ridder, the second largest newspaper group in the US, is to axe 1,700 jobs, costing the group $75 million in redundancy pay-outs. Late last year,… Continue reading US Newspaper Groups Cut More Jobs

UK adspend broke the £17bn barrier for the first time ever during 2000, according newly released statistics from the Advertising Association. During what turned out to be the ninth consecutive year of growth for the industry, adspend increased by £1,594m from the 1999 total, an accelerated growth rate of 10%, or more than 7% in… Continue reading UK Adspend Tops

By 2005, Jupiter predicts, interactive TV shopping revenues will reach $4.3 billion and iTV shopping will account for 44% of all TV-based shopping. Despite this opportunity, iTV advertising will not be big business as the market and technology will be fragmented in the short to medium term. Advertising revenue from iTV, Jupiter forecast, will account… Continue reading iTV Revenue Will Fall Short Of “Grand” Expectations, Says Jupiter

The latest Advertising Confidence Index (ACI) report from economist and media analyst, Jack Myers, suggests that the advertising downturn may have hit its lowest point in the US, although full recovery could still be a year and a half away. The ACI shows that there was a slight increase in marketers’ confidence during March, suggesting… Continue reading Myers Report Suggests US Ad Downturn May Have Peaked

IPC Media has announced a series of new appointments, including the promotion of former Nova publisher, Elaine Foran, to director of the newly created central international and fashion sales group.In the new role, Foran, reporting to IPC advertising MD, Georgina Crace, will manage sales strategy and client and editorial liaison across all IPC titles including… Continue reading Management Shake Up At IPC

According to the latest figures from Nielsen Net Ratings, there were just under 114 million internet users in Europe at the end of May 2001, representing a 4.25% increase on April’s figure of 109.2 million.

As the BBC climbs further into bed with Sky (see BBC And Sky Team Up For Interactive Wimbledon Broadcasts), ITV has secured a more permanent arrangement by agreeing a 10 year deal with Société Européenne des Satellites (SES) for capacity on three digital satellite transponders enabling the broadcast of ITV services via ASTRA to the… Continue reading ITV Looks To Rival Sky With Transponder Lease Deal

The popularity of internet banking is growing more rapidly among women than men, according to the latest quarterly survey by Nationwide. Since the end of last year, around one million more women in Britain have begun banking over the internet – compared with 600,000 men. While men are still more likely to be banking online,… Continue reading Women Turn To Online Banking