The March 2001 RAJAR figures for local commercial radio show that weekly reach has decreased quarter on quarter from by 1%. Local commercial radio’s share of listening has risen for the same period, by 0.4 percentage points.The following tables show the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of… Continue reading March 2001 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
As the latest RAJAR figures revealed that commercial stations continue to slip in share and reach (see Newsline), radio owners’ share prices took a dive. Capital was the worst affected, slipping over 5.5% or 47½p to £8.10 by the end of the day. Emap dropped 5p to £8.35 while GWR lost 12½p to end at… Continue reading Sharewatch
News Corp, parent to News International and BSkyB in the UK, released its financial results last night, showing a net profit after tax of $127 million, down slightly on the $193 million of last year. The fall was principally due to a weaker Film market, according to analysts at ABN Amro. Newspaper revenues, however, were… Continue reading Newspapers And BSkyB Strong For News Corp
RAJAR’s latest figures, released this morning, showed that while All BBC managed to inch up another 0.4 percentage points quarter on quarter , All Commercial radio remained static in its share.All BBC Network Radio went up 0.2 percentage points, as did BBC Local and BBC Local/Regional. Local commercial radio saw percentage point gain of 0.4,… Continue reading BBC Local Stations Make Gains In Q1 2001 RAJAR Figures
Cable group NTL has this morning announced a quarterly revenues increase of 6% to £622 million, for the three months ended 31 March. At the same time EBITDA increased by 32% quarter on quarter to £86 million. Earlier in the week the group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NTL Communications Corp, placed $1 billion worth of Convertible Notes;… Continue reading NTL Raises Cash For The Future
ITN’s pan-European news channel, EuroNews, has extended its service distribution to cover the UK and Ireland by broadcasting via the Eurobird satellite. The arrangement is unusual in that the Sky Digital will be used to broadcast the free-to-air service at the same time as Sky is battling, as part of a consortium, to oust ITN… Continue reading ITN European News Channel Launches UK Version On Sky Digital
WPP’s wholly-owned global branding, identity and consulting group, The Brand Union, has acquired UK-based Marketing & Communication Agency (“MCA”), an internal communications consultancy, for an undisclosed sum. MCA has offices in London, New York and Stockholm and specialises in providing multinational clients with brand-building tools, on both a corporate and employee level, through the creation… Continue reading WPP Acquires UK Communications Consultancy
BSkyB’s interim results, which revealed subscriber numbers lower than analyst expectations and consequently affected profit and revenue figures (see BSkyB To Cease Analogue Broadcast This Summer), brought the broadcaster’s share price down by the close of yesterday’s trading. Shares finished down 52p at £8.04.Worse hit was Highbury House, which held its AGM yesterday and warned… Continue reading Sharewatch
Tables showing the performances of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year period to December 2000 are now available for subscribers.(Subscribers see full item in the Radio features list)
Once again this was a bad quarter for national commercial radio, which saw a decline in reach across all its stations. Like the previous quarter, worst hit were Atlantic 252, which dropped 21.2% and Virgin AM, which fell 34.3% in a year on year comparison.The BBC stations did not do very much better, with Radio… Continue reading Rajar Figures Show Another Tough Quarter For Commercial Stations
