Of the non-London local commercial stations, reporting in the latest RAJAR period, West Sound FM posted the most impressive performance with the highest shares of Listening (33.2%) and Weekly Reach (49%).Other notable performers include Orchard FM and Channel 103. Orchard FM recorded the second highest Share of Listening (30.4%) of all local commercial stations, with… Continue reading June 1999 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
Carat Manchester, the advertising agency, has announced three new appointments. Jenny O’Brien has been appointed associate director in the charge of the press expert team, she reports to deputy managing director.Lynne Davidson joins the company to take up the role of media assistant within the press team.From 1 October Lynne Pattison moves to the client… Continue reading Carat Appointments
This week was a good week for documentary programmes, with six of the genre hitting the top thirty list. The most popular of the week was Richard Madley’s Eye of the Storm which attracted 8.44 million viewers, up from 6.46 million the previous week. The second most watched documentary was ITV’s Traffic Jams From Hell,… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 25/07/99
Recent research carried out for The Jones Britton Breckon Company (JBBC),the recently set up media agency (see Senior Buyers Form Start-Up Agency), looking at advertisers’ views of media agencies has been published.The research was carried out by De Saulle Associates, with around 300 marketing/media/communication directors asked for their opinions. One of the key findings was… Continue reading New Research Into Advertisers View Of Media Agencies
Interest in Telewest’s cooled by the end of the week, with Friday’s closing price at 235źp. Telewest announced last week that it was developing a high-speed internet project in conjunction with Microsoft (see Telewest And Microsoft Confirm High-Speed Internet Service).Market expectations that the company will be recording a pre-tax loss on Wednesday, has seen BSkyB’s… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday Saatchi & Saatchi releases interim financial results today.Tuesday Cordiant release interim results today .Wednesday BSkyB releases full year financial results, with the company expected to be in the red due to the huge investment in digital television.Friday Consumer magazine circulation figures for January-July 1999 are released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). The… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Advertising agency John Ayling & Associates has announced that it has appointed i-level, the online media planning and buying specialists, to handle new media campaigns for its clients. This follows Western International Media’s decision to employ i-level as its sole support in this market.John Ayling, managing director, said: “After extensive discussion we are convinced that… Continue reading John Ayling Appoints i-level To Buying Role
Regional newspaper group Trinity, which is merging with the Mirror Group in a £2 billion deal (see Trinity And Mirror Seal Merger In £2bn Deal), has reported improved profits with revenues from newspaper sales and advertising ahead on last year. Pre-tax profit for the 26 weeks to 27 June were £42.5 million, up from £36.2… Continue reading Trinity Ads Help Paper Profits
“The ’90s are the age of the older woman.”So said the press last year, prompting IPC Magazines set up the PrimeTime research to investigate this phenomenon. At the MRG Evening Meeting on 3 August 1999 Christina Hartley, head of ad marketing at IPC, Caroline Melville, senior ad marketing executive for IPC Connect and IPC TX… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting – The ’90s Are The Age Of The Older Woman
Half-year results released by United News & Media this morning, show pre-tax profits falling slightly. For the six months to 30 June 1999 profits fell to £149.5 million, down from £152.9 million for this period last year. The outlook for the full year trading remains satisfactory despite this, says UNM.Advertising revenues across the group’s broadcast… Continue reading United News & Media Profits Hold Steady
