Dotcoms are having an increasing effect on advertising growth, according to new research from ABN AMRO. Figures for advertising growth in 1999 and the first half of this year show that dotcoms are playing an ever-larger role in growth across all media, and the research also shows where the various different types of dotcoms are… Continue reading Dotcom Advertising Plays Increasing Role In Advertising Growth, Says Report
The BBC is today launching a consultation to discover public opinion of its digital plans. People will be able to make their views on the subject known through questionnaires or on the internet between now and 17 November.Greg Dyke, director-general of the BBC, unveiled future plans for the Corporation at the Edinburgh Television Festival in… Continue reading BBC Launches Public Consultation Of Digital Plans
Speculation that NTL is planning a take-over bid of Telewest was renewed yesterday (see Telewest Shares Climb Amid Takeover Rumours), as the company launched new communications packages after its summer of component shortages (see Telewest Hopes For Comeback With Cut-Price Digital Package). This led to a rise in share price for Telewest, which gained 2¼p… Continue reading Sharewatch
In the latest national newspaper circulations audit from the ABC, the two papers to show the highest year on year percentage growth were both business titles – the Financial Times and the Sunday Business – with circulations up 18.7% and 14.7% respectively. The Sunday Business, admittedly, has a relatively small base circulation from which to… Continue reading Feature: Doing The Business – How Financial Titles Are Challenging The Circulation Slide
A dearth of major summer blockbusters saw UK cinema admissions for August fall year on year to an average of 3.06m per week, or 13.5m total, down 13% on last year (see Cinema Admissions Fall During September).Last year’s box office success stories, Austin Powers 2 and Star Wars: Episode One – The Phantom Menace took… Continue reading August Cinema Admissions Down Despite X-Men’s Heroic First Weekend
The Capital Radio group is hoping to take advantage of the mania for audience participation with the launch of its latest promotional competition. Chain Reaction is the first joint campaign between CapitalFM and Capital Interactive and involves the chaining of five women to one man for the course of a week.The inspiration for the competition… Continue reading Capital Launches Chain Reaction
Telewest has unveiled its comeback plans after a summer blighted by supply problems (see Telewest Puts Digital Strategy On Hold As Box Shortage Affects Cable Industry) and subsequent share price collapse (see Cable Industry Mulls Consolidation As Telewest Stock Tumbles). Its approach is to consist of digital TV and telephone packages, which should compete with… Continue reading Telewest Hopes For Comeback With Cut-Price Digital Package
Shares in Telewest climbed over 4% today amid renewed speculation that the company was about to be taken over by rival NTL.After prices reached their lowest level since December 1998 on Friday they bounced up to a high of 140źp this morning after a report in the Independent On Sunday said that UPC, which controls… Continue reading Telewest Shares Climb Amid Takeover Rumours
Granada Media dropped another 4p on Friday, to end at £4.51. Its stock performed the worst among the media companies last week, falling over 21% over the week thanks to a prediction of ad revenue slowdown for the second half of the year (see Granada Predicts Slowdown In Ad Revenue, Announces Completion Of United Deal).Outdoor… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Cinema admission figures for August will appear on Newsline.Wednesday Mondo, the latest offering from Cabal Communications, launches today, targeting the older man (see Launches Brief).Friday The Competition Commission reports on the proposed acquisition by Guardian Media Group of Regional Independent Media… Continue reading The Week Ahead
