BSkyB today announced its financial results for the year ended 30th June 1999. Central to the results has been the performance of BSkyB in the digital television market, in particular, the early penetration of digital television hardware and the number of digital subscribers already on board.BSkyB had digital sales of 1.21 million by the end… Continue reading BSkyB’s Financial Results Highlight Investment in Digital
Channel 5 has had a complaint against upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority following an advertisment placed in The Mirror promoting its football coverage. The advert, which featured Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler snorting a white line on a football pitch under the headline ‘Chelsea On 5: Not To Be Sniffed At’, was considered at worst… Continue reading Channel 5 Critcised For Football Ad
Cordiant was boosted yesterday following the report of its half-year financial results (Newsline). At close of trading the company’s share price stood at 176p, up 2p on the previous day.Telewest’s stock took a tumble yesterday amid rumours that investors are planning to offload stock. Yesterday’s closing share was 216˝p, down 8.75% on the previous day.Rumours… Continue reading Sharewatch
According to figures released by Zenith Media and Federation of Periodical Publishers (FIPP), expenditure within the magazine market is expected to continue increasing worldwide for 1999.In 1998 $38.2 billion was spent on advertising in magazines, a 5% increase on the amount spent in 1997, and Zenith expect there to a similar increase for 1999. Such… Continue reading Worldwide Magazine Expenditure Expected To Rise By 5%
The former editor of Adline, Tony Murray, is to launch a rival to the magazine called Marketeer. The magazine will be aimed at advertising agencies, marketing directors primarily outside the London area and will be based in the Manchester area. The intial print run of the magazine is thought to be around 20,000 copies. ITV… Continue reading Newsline Brief
National sales house Opus, who handle airtime sales for Classic FM, LNR and the GWR Group, has announced that it is setting a new structure to handle commercial radio sales for the digital age.The new structure was jointly created by Simon Ward, GWR Group commercial director and Opus managing director, Duncan George. Ward says: “These… Continue reading Opus Creates New Digital Division
The Telegraph Group is restructuring its senior ad sales team in a bid to exploit revenue opportunities offered by more strategic advertising.The resulting changes mean promotions for the following staff: Mark Payne will become deputy advertisement director, having previously been classified ad director; Chris White-Smith becomes display advertisement director, previously display ad manager for newspapers… Continue reading Telegraph Sales Appointments
The release of Cordiant Communication’s (the global creative communications group) interim financial results revealed an increase in pre-tax profits of 31.4%, up to £11.1 million. Earnings per share have risen to 2.7p from 1.9p (a 40.2% increase at constant exchange rates) and an increase of 8.9% in revenues was reported.Michael Bungey, chief executive of Cordiant,… Continue reading Cordiant Profits Up 31.4%
On the back of yesterday’s healthy interim results, Saatchi & Saatchi’s share price rose slightly. At close of trading yesterday the company’s share price was up 1˝p to finish the day at 216˝p.BSkyB’s share price continues to drop ahead of tomorrow’s financial results. The company’s share price finished the day at 575p, a drop of… Continue reading Sharewatch
A total of 16 new stations reported in June 1999 RAJAR figures. Of these new stations Trax FM recorded the highest Share of Listening (16.9%) and Weekly Reach (33%). Peak 107 FM had the highest Weekly Reach (‘000s) with 81,000 listeners.Subscribers can access the Radio database by selecting “Radio” from the drop-down box at the… Continue reading New Stations Reporting in June 1999 RAJAR
