RevenueRevenue for terrestrial television channels slipped 2.6% during February. The largest fall came from GMTV which was down 15% in a year on year analysis, while the ITV network overall fell 5.8%.Channel 4 increased its revenue by 8.2%, while Channel 5 remained steady at £15.6m. Revenue for satellite channels continues to increase, adding 16% to… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – February 2001
The latest figures from the NRS show a decline in national newspaper readership for the six month period ending February 2001. Overall the sector was down 3.6% compared to same period last year, with just four titles showing an increase.The Daily Star took the greatest tumble, losing almost 16% of its readership. Its stablemate the… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – February 2001
Shares in Carlton Communications tumbled 20p to 395p following downgrades from three separate brokers who cite bad timing of the group’s disposal of Technicolor (see Carlton Stock Free-Falls Following Trio Of Downgrades). Stock in the broadcaster has slipped 12% in two days.Scottish Radio Holdings dropped 15p to £13.50. The group was the latest media company… Continue reading Sharewatch
Radio First this morning said it will launch all four of its planned football club digital radio stations during the 2001/2002 football season. The group has secured £3.5 million of funding through a private placing and has signed a five year carriage deal with BSkyB for the digital stations (see Radio First Confirms 5-Year Deal… Continue reading Radio First To Launch Football Club Stations Next Season
H Bauer has announced details of its new glossy for women. The magazine, which was codenamed Project Helena, is called Real, and will launch on 3 April with an initial print run of 900,000.Its frequency will be fortnightly, a unique concept in the UK women’s market but a common feature amongst European titles. The group… Continue reading H Bauer’s ‘Project Helena’ Unveiled
England’s victory over Albania in last night’s World Cup qualifying match gave Channel 5 its highest ever audience. An average of 5.5m viewers tuned in to watch the game with a high of 8 million around 9pm.The broadcast gave C5 an audience share of 24%, more than four times its average and its overall share… Continue reading Channel 5 Gets Highest Audience Ever
The Digital Radio Development Bureau has hired a new chief executive. The group, which formed earlier this year to push forward the development of the medium (see Digital Radio Development Bureau Forms, Medium Set To Be Market Leader By 2015), has appointed the former managing director of Radio Rentals, Terry Scicluna, to the position.“I look… Continue reading Digital Radio Bureau Hires Chief Executive
Dot com layoffs in the US have decreased for the second month running, down to 9,533 in March, from 11,649 in February and 12,828 in March according to US recruitment company Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Although this trend is set to continue this is thought to be due to a decline in numbers employed rather… Continue reading Dotcom Job Losses Decline In US
Acquisitions Will Help Boost SRH RevenuesScottish Radio Holdings this morning said that radio advertising levels will have fallen 4% year on year for the six months to 31 March, due to recent weaknesses in national ad revenue. However, it says that thanks mainly to acquisitions last year, group revenue will rise by 19% to £40… Continue reading Acquisitions Will Help Boost SRH Revenues
Capital Radio was one of the best performers on the FTSE yesterday, climbing 47˝p to 752˝p.ITV companies were down, however, after Merrill Lynch cuts its forecasts for 2001 ad revenue for the network for the third time in recent months. The broker said it expects revenues to fall 1.5%. Granada was down 4p to 180p… Continue reading Sharewatch
