Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Magazine group Future Network and market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres release interim results.A national newspaper ABC round-up for August will appear on Newsline.Wednesday Regional newspaper group Trinity Mirror, recently-floated pan-European media company RTL (see RTL Lists On Stock Exchange With… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Future Network, the specialist magazine publisher, has appointed Elisabeth Murdoch to its board. Announcing interim results which showed losses of £13.4m, compared to £6.3m for the same period last year, the group said Murdoch would be joining the company as non-executive director.The daughter of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, she left her position as managing director… Continue reading Losses Mount At Future As Elisabeth Murdoch Is Appointed To Board
Market information company Taylor Nelson Sofres have announced interim results which show pre-tax profits are up 22.8% for the six months ended 30 June 2000. Profit before tax now stands at £15.6 million, compared to the 1999 figure of £12.8 million.“The first six months of 2000 repeated the pattern of consistent profitable growth that we… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Sofres Reports Increased Profit In Interim Results
The UK has been picked out as an internet market to watch by researchers ACNeilsen/Netratings, following the release of a new global internet trends report. “The US and Japan are widely recognised as having the largest internet populations in the world,” said David Day, director of analytics at ACNielsen eRatings.com. “With [this survey] we see… Continue reading UK Internet Market Tipped For Growth By Global Survey
The UK has been picked out as an internet market to watch by researchers ACNeilsen/Netratings, following the release of a new global internet trends report.“The US and Japan are widely recognised as having the largest internet populations in the world,” said David Day, director of analytics at ACNielsen eRatings.com. “With [this survey] we see a… Continue reading UK Internet Market Tipped For Growth By Global Survey
Granada Media has made its first steps into the European market with the acquisition of a 45% stake in Ireland’s TV3 channel. The group, which promised to focus on markets outside of Britain when it became the main controller of the ITV network in July (see Future Of ITV Laid Out As Granada Seals Deal),… Continue reading Granada Media Begins European Expansion With Stake In TV3
IPC’s entertainment website www.unmissabletv.com has signed a content provision deal with search engine Yahoo! UK & Ireland.The agreement will see the IPC website help to produce Yahoo! UK & Ireland Soaps, a service which will preview the day’s soaps and include gossip, a diary and character profiles, in what Colin Tough, executive editor of IPC… Continue reading Yahoo! and IPC To Produce Web Soap Service
Dennis Publishing has become the first UK publisher to mirror the example of Channel 5 in taking advantage of the tiny marketing budgets of internet start-ups. Men’s magazine Maxim has announced the acquisition of a 5% stake in Firebox.com, in return for promotion and coverage in the style of the “airtime for equity” deals seen… Continue reading Lads’ Mag Unites With Boys’ Toys Start-Up
Telewest has announced that it will resume marketing of its digital cable TV service from October. Active marketing was suspended in July, less than a year after the service was launched (see Telewest Launches Digital Service), when a component shortage affected the supply of set-top boxes (see Telewest Puts Digital Strategy On Hold As Box… Continue reading Telewest To Resume Marketing After Set-Top Box Crisis
ABC Electronic has started auditing online advertising campaigns as well as website traffic. The web auditing body of the Audit Bureau of Circulations has recently been working with Yahoo! to measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns across its properties.Widespread use of the ad auditing service, however, is dependent on the industry, according to head of… Continue reading ABCE Appeals To Media Industry To Adopt Standard In Online Ad Measurement
