Trinity Mirror’s Scottish title the Daily Record continues to command the largest share of advertising revenue among Scotland’s newspapers, with more than twice as much as its nearest rival, SMG’s Glasgow Herald. New figures from CIA MediaLab show that both of the top titles achieved year on year increases in revenue (Daily Record 1%, Glasgow… Continue reading Scotsman’s Efforts To Modernise Rewarded With Ad Revenue Increase
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31 January 2001 AOL Time Warner, the business created by the huge merger of internet company AOL and traditional media group Time Warner, has this morning unveiled record results for the America Online business. The group said that advertising, commerce and other revenues grew by 65% to £$741 million in the quarter to December 2000.… Continue reading AOL Time Warner Reports Record Revenues
Digital financial television company the Money Channel is to begin broadcasting interactive advertisements. Today will see the first appearances of healthcare company PPP’s interactive treatment on the channel, during which viewers on the Sky digital satellite platform will be able to request further product information using their TV remote control.Tony Hobman, chief executive of the… Continue reading Interactive Advertising Added To The Money Channel
Far from stemming internet use, television is increasingly proving to be a driver of web activity. During last weekend’s television broadcast of the Super Bowl in the US, concurrent use of the game’s website, SuperBowl.com, showed that TV viewing can help drive traffic across new media.Daily traffic to the Super Bowl site rose 269% during… Continue reading Super Bowl Drives TV Audience To Web
Confirmation that the BBC has signed a deal with Lennox Lewis to show his next bout in April is expected soon. This morning reports suggested that the arrangement with the world heavyweight boxing champion had been finalised, but the Corporation has since insisted that signatures were yet to be inked.Lewis is due to meet the… Continue reading BBC Sport May Scoop Lewis Fight From Sky
ITV has yet to come up with a web presence to rival the sucess of bbc.co.uk, but talks are now thought to be in progress to combine the internet assets of Carlton and Granada, creating one of the largest UK-based online offerings (see Granada And Carlton To Unite Online Assets). Carlton shares responded well to… Continue reading Sharewatch
Confirmation that the BBC has signed a deal with Lennox Lewis to show his next bout in April is expected soon. This morning reports suggested that the arrangement with the world heavyweight boxing champion had been finalised, but the Corporation has since insisted that signatures were yet to be inked. Lewis is due to meet… Continue reading BBC Sport May Scoop Lewis Fight From Sky
Stock in Granada Media rallied this morning following an upgrade from US broker Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Granada Media will complete its demerger from the Granada Compass hospitality business this Friday. As a result its free float will increase from 20% to 100% and its FTSE weighting will increase from 0.08% to 0.39% following the… Continue reading Granada Rises On Positive Ratings
Radio group GWR is holding a seminar today for fund managers and analysts as part of its ongoing investor relations programme. The company will report radio revenues up 12% on a like for like basis for Q4 2000 – in line with expectations. GWR expects strong revenue growth this year following continued audience increases for… Continue reading GWR Q4 Revenues Up 12%
