Johnston Press, which reported its financial results today (see Newsline), closed with its share price at 277˝p yesterday, although today, the publisher’s stock had risen by 1˝p to 279p by 11:30am.Reports in this weekend’s press claimed that ONdigital, rival to BSkyB in the digital TV market, is about to announce slow initial sales figures for… Continue reading Sharewatch
Maiden, the outdoor posters group, has this morning posted a fall in profits during 1998, a year which chief executive, Ron Zeghibe, describes as ‘financially testing’. Maiden’s pre-tax profits fell by 35.4% year on year to £6.5 million. This was largely due to poor trading in poster ad sites during the World Cup months.Sales were… Continue reading Maiden Profits Drop After ‘Testing Year’
This morning’s Week Ahead incorrectly stated that Highbury House Communications is releasing its annual financial results today. In fact, the publisher’s results are not expected and a date for the release has not yet been set.Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
International market research company, Taylor Nelson Sofres, this morning reported its 1998 financial results, which show an increase in profit before tax and exceptional gain of 12.4% to £25.2 million.Taylor Nelson Sofres was created by the merger of Taylor Nelson AGB and the French market research group Sofres which it acquired for £119 million in… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Sofres Profits Rise
Condé Nast has appointed Dylan Jones as the new editor of its men’s lifestyle magazine, GQ. Jones joins GQ from a recent post as editor-at-large for the Sunday Times. He was previously group editor at Wagadon, publishers of Arena, The Face and Frank.Condé Nast has been searching for someone to head GQ since its last… Continue reading Condé Nast Finds New GQ Editor
Revenue Agency estimates for February 1999 put total terrestrial TV ad revenue (including GMTV) at £204.01 million. Year on year ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 all show increases in their ad revenue whilst GMTV shows a loss of revenue.ITV’s total revenue was up by 16.7% to an estimated £141.1 million, C4’s rose by 8.9%… Continue reading TV Round-Up – February 1999
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This was the week of the new look ITV schedule without any interuptions (unless of course you count those tiny little things called commercial breaks). ITV had much to celebrate with the top thirty list being dominated by its programmes. New programmes like… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 14/03/99
The merger between US telecoms giants, Comcast and MediaOne had on knock-on effect for UK cable group, Telewest, 29.9% of which is owned by MediaOne. Comcast sold its UK cable interests early last year (see NTL Buys Comcast UK For £363m) and so may not be interested in retaining the stake in Telewest after the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday Poster advertising group Maiden announces its 1998 financial results today. More details to follow on Newsline.Also reporting today is market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres. Details of the results will be available shortly.Tuesday The Independent Television Commission is holding a press conference to launch its Annual Report and Performance Reviews. Details of the report… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Impacts on ITV were up across the board during February. The biggest was once again in the Housewives/Children audience category, up 7.3%.Channel 4 impacts increased in all categories bar Women, which dropped slightly by 0.5%. Channel 5 continues to improve its impacts in all categories.Costs for all the main terrestrial channels rose year on year… Continue reading TV Round-Up – February 1999
