Debate over the News At Ten move continues to fill pages of the media trade press almost two years after ITV first vacated the 10pm slot. Now another row over the timing of the news is set to begin. Channel 5 is hoping to change its 6pm bulletin to 5.30pm when it begins screening Home… Continue reading C5 News Move Set To Test Regulatory Powers Again
Since the 1998 launch of the first digital TV service, UK growth has exceeded expectations. Last year saw continued penetration and there are now estimated to be more than 6m digital households in the UK.The successful heavy marketing and free hardware approach was boosted by increased channel choice, including the launch of Channel 4’s E4… Continue reading Feature: Another Year In The Life Of Digital TV
Virgin Radio has been named the highest ranking radio station in the US-based Arbitron Infostream listening figures for internet radio during November 2000, having grown its online listening by 40% since the end of 1999. Arbitron’s figures suggest that Virgin achieved a listener total of 237,000 aggregated tuning hours from the UK and abroad, by… Continue reading Virgin Radio Sees Workplace Listening Boost Online Audience
WPP, the world’s largest advertising group, has appointed Philip Lader, the outgoing US ambassador to the UK, as its new chairman. He will replace Hamish Maxwell who is retiring from the company. SMG has announced the appointment of a new executive director. George Watt, who has filled the position of group finance director in an… Continue reading Appointments Brief
‘Beauty Parades’ as a method of agency pitching in the modern media world are looking as anachronistic as Miss World does in the age of post-feminism, according to leading industry figures. The question of whether the process was “anachronistic and out of date” was put to the panel of Media Question Time on Monday night… Continue reading Should The Beauty Parade Agency Pitch Be Pensioned Off?
Since the 1998 launch of the first digital TV service, UK growth has exceeded expectations. Last year saw continued penetration and there are now estimated to be more than 6m digital households in the UK. The successful heavy marketing and free hardware approach was boosted by increased channel choice, including the launch of Channel 4’s… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Another Year In The Life Of Digital TV
Despite an initially positive reaction from the market following its financial results yesterday, stock in United Business Media (UBM) had begun to fall this morning, down by 22½p to 726p by 1:00pm. Strong profits in a fairly cautious statement pushed demand for UBM shares up in the first instance, but a mixed broker and press… Continue reading United Business Media Financial Results: Reaction
Two media companies released full year results yesterday, to differing reactions from the market. SMG announced the record pre-tax profits that analysts had anticipated, despite a year of heavy investment (see SMG Reports Record Pre-Tax Profits, Looks To Future Opportunities). However, shares ended the day at £2.40, the same as Monday’s closing price.United Business Media… Continue reading Sharewatch
Scottish Media Group (SMG) reported record pre-tax profits in its preliminary full year results today. Its performance during 2000 was in line with analyst expectations, with an 18% increase in profit before tax, which reached £59m.SMG chairman, Don Cruickshank, described the year to 31 December as “a period of significant development for the group.” and… Continue reading SMG Reports Record Pre-Tax Profits, Looks To Future Opportunities
Jazz FM announced a pre-tax profit for the first time in interim results yesterday (see Jazz FM Sees First Ever Pre-Tax Profit In Interim Results). The market was unmoved, however, and shares in the radio station remained at £1.72½.WPP was boosted by a £9.15 target price set by brokers Credit Suisse First Boston. Shares jumped… Continue reading Sharewatch
