One of the best media performers last week was Scottish Radio Holdings, which released a record set of annual results on Wednesday (see Scottish Radio Holdings Announces Record Annual Results). As a result, share prices rose by just over 4% week on week, ending Friday at £12.37½, compared to £11.55 the previous week.Another company which… Continue reading Sharewatch
On Friday afternoon at the MRG 2000 conference in Munich, Clare de Burca, head of research at Starcom Motive Partnership talked about the agency’s research programme, motive8, and how it is being used to harness the power of media brands.“The business of marketing is changing and we are reaching the age of the never satisfied… Continue reading MRG Conference: Harnessing The Power Of Media Brands
A new survey has revealed that UK magazine publishers regard the internet as both an opportunity and a threat to their future, and are expecting further consolidation of the industry over the next five years.The research, carried out by The van Tulleken Company, revealed that the industry is anticipating more mergers and acquisitions in the… Continue reading Magazine Industry Expects Consolidation And Has Mixed Feelings About Internet, Says Survey
A global survey by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) found that whilst most consumers are currently dissatisfied with the mobile commerce applications on offer – one in four owners of mobile devices stopped using m-commerce applications after the first few attempts – most current and potential users believe mobile services will play an important role… Continue reading M-commerce: Frustrated Users Prepared to Stick With It
The Radio Authority has received two applications for the local digital multiplex service licence for the South Wales/Severn Estuary region. The applicants, who had to submit their proposals by 14 November, are the Digital Radio Group, a consortium including The Wireless Group, GWR Group, Emap Digital Radio and SMG (see Digital Radio Group Announces Final… Continue reading Radio Authority Receives Two Applications For Severn Region Digital Licence
Neil Sharman of News International had the unenviable task of convincing Friday morning’s MRG delegates that people trust the Sun.Research conducted amongst advertisers, media planners, editorial and core readers, began with three hypotheses: that readers trust their newspaper; that this creates a positively pre-disposed environment for advertisers; and that the benefits can be maximised by… Continue reading MRG Conference: Trust Me, I’m A Newspaper
Telewest Communications appears to have put a difficult summer behind it and released third quarter results yesterday which exceeded the market’s expectations. Turnover was reported to have risen by 41.2% to £814m, compared to £576m for the same period last year. Meanwhile earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose 9% to £180m, up… Continue reading Telewest: Digital Take-Up On Target, Turnover Up Ahead Of Expectations
Yesterday Sheila Byfield, head of consumer insight at Mindshare Worldwide and Paul Dyson, worldwide chairman of ATG at Mindshare, took the floor to explain how the 3D study has provided advertisers with a unique insight into their consumers’ behaviour on many levels.Byfield began by looking at how ‘3D’ works. Those surveyed by TGI were re-contacted… Continue reading MRG Conference: See Your Target Audiences In 3D
The ITC has published a consultation paper which suggests changes to the current Statement on Airtime Sales Arrangements. It is seeking comments on new, simplified rules, with the main changes suggested in the document being to: Allow joint selling arrangements for national airtime. Abolish the regulatory limit on Net Advertising Revenue share. Abolish the requirements… Continue reading ITC Publishes Consultation Paper On Airtime Sales Arrangements And Share Deals
In the first “soapbox” session of the MRG conference, Anthony Jones (European research director, Optimedia) and Jim Kite (director of global research, Universal McCann) addressed the question, “What do agency media researchers do for a living?”Jones began by answering not only this question but also outlined what they didn’t do and what the implications were… Continue reading MRG Conference: What Do Agency Media Researchers Do For A Living?
