Shares in Carlton Communications were unaffected by a trading update which showed ad revenues from its ITV business had fallen 5% during the first four months of the company’s financial year. Chairman Michael Green described the advertising market as “subdued” and said it is not expecting revenue growth until July at the earliest. Shares rose… Continue reading Sharewatch
RevenueIndustry estimates of January 2001’s TV revenue figures did not bring much good news for the terrestrial channels, which saw a year on year fall of 6.9% overall. The largest drop was seen at ITV, down 9.8% on January 2000. Channel 4 managed a tiny 0.1% increase, while Channel 5 decreased 4.2%. Only GMTV, which… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2001
EasyEverything and WPP have joined forces to create EasyEverything media sales (ee-ms). The joint venture will be responsible for all online, poster and instore advertising in EasyEverything cafes, allowing global brands to access a young net-savvy audience.EasyEverything has 21 internet cafes open 24 hours a day across Europe and the US. The group owns its… Continue reading WPP Forms Sales House With EasyEverything
BlowUP Media UK have installed what they believe is the largest outdoor site in the country on the A40 Westway road which connects Heathrow with central London. The 1100 square metre site is on Westway’s BDM building, head on to traffic leaving the capital for Heathrow and the West.A 225 square metre site has also… Continue reading BlowUP Installs Giant Poster Site On London’s Westway
New research by analysts at Ovum suggest that the future of internet growth lies in multiaccess services – 40% within the next five years – which means that advertisers need to be more aware of these developing technologies in order to maximise opportunities. “This evolution of the Internet will stimulate the convergence of applications and… Continue reading Insight Analysis: New Advertising Platforms May Not Be The Answer To The Ad Men’s Prayers
The resumption of like for like advertising growth in the TV market is unlikely before the fourth quarter of the year, Carlton Communications chairman Michael Green told the company’s AGM this morning. Green described the UK television advertising market as ‘currently subdued’ in comparison with last year, with ITV’s revenue in the first for months… Continue reading Carlton Says Subdued TV Ad Market Will Show Upturn In Q4
BSkyB shares were boosted yesterday after an upgrade from Merrill Lynch from “neutral” to “accumulate” and a target price of £11. Shares ended yesterday up 10p at £9.60.United Business Media (UBM) lost some of the momentum gained by positive results on Tuesday (see UBM Shares Surge On Strong Profit) as fears for the outlook on… Continue reading Sharewatch
In their recent report “Kids, Clarity And Killer Applications”, CIA Medialab examine the current drivers of subscriptions to digital TV compared with the key drivers two years ago when digital services first launched. Initially it was thought that ‘pester power’ and ‘reclaiming lost TV events’ (football, for example) would be the most persuasive factors but… Continue reading CIA MediaLab Report: Driving Digital
The Guardian has announced a number of initiatives to boost circulation of its Saturday edition. The Weekend magazine is to be given major investment and two extra supplements will be moved to Saturdays. Under the editorship of Katherine Viner Weekend will become a glossy from 21 April. With an average 60% increase in editorial pages,… Continue reading The Guardian Boosts Its Saturday Offering
The Guardian has announced a number of initiatives to boost circulation of its Saturday edition. The Weekend magazine is to be given major investment and two extra supplements will be moved to Saturdays.Under the editorship of Katherine Viner Weekend will become a glossy from 21 April. With an average 60% increase in editorial pages, the… Continue reading The Guardian Boosts Its Saturday Offering
