As part of its continued expansion into Europe Internet ad agency Real Media has announced the opening of a UK office. Based in London this office will work in conjunction with the Real Media European and US offices to offer advertisers a local audience on a global scale.Real Media’s president Dave Morgan argues that the… Continue reading Real Media Open London Office
Merrill Lynch is predicting that Saatchi & Saatchi plc, after its demerger from Cordiant (subscribers see Cordiant Confirms Demerger Plans), will increase its pre-tax profits from £14.7m in 1996 to £21.7m in 1997, £30.9m in 1998 and £39.9m in 1999. Turnover for the group will remain static however for 1997 at £384m, though revenue growth… Continue reading Predictions For Demerged Cordiant Businesses
Thursday Two new magazines launch: BBC Family Life and IPC’s Made Up! both launch, with reviews appearing on Newsline.Reuters release interim results which are expected to show a drop in revenue from £736m to £685m, mainly due to the strength of sterling.Friday Q3 Rajar figures are released at noon, with analysis reports and full tables… Continue reading The Week Ahead
TMD Carat Manchester took both silver and gold awards for ‘Best Strategic Use of Media’ at the ‘Cream of Manchester Awards’. Gold was awarded for their campaign for Midlands-based re-glazing company Triangle Glazing. Their multimedia work for Little Chef was awarded silver.Managing director of TMD Carat Manchester, Martin Conry, believes that the wins are the… Continue reading TMD Carat Manchester Clinch Two Industry Awards
As the web weaves itself ever farther into our private and working lives it may begin to struggle to sustain the weight of its own traffic. The latest Internet User Profile Survey published by NOP Research Group shows that one in twenty-five UK households now has Internet access; the number has risen from 400,000 in… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 24/10/97
Managing director of Kiss Enterprises, Gordon McNamee is to leave EMAP after eight years. McNamee is to establish a media organisation specialising in youth television as well pursuing new radio projects. Vince Monsey, MD of EMAP’s The Box music TV channel, will take responsibility for the Kiss TV team. Kiss 100 managing director Mike Soutar… Continue reading Gordon McNamee To Leave EMAP
According to agency estimates total terrestrial TV revenue for September, excluding GMTV, came in at £212.54 million. Of this ITV brought in £156.71m, up 10.5% year on year, and C4 £46.8m, up 8.8%: this puts the revenue ratio between the two at 77:23. There was a large month on month revenue increase at C5, where… Continue reading TV Revenue – September
BSkyB and Warner Bros have signed a deal which will see the UK satellite broadcaster screen a raft of pay-per-view and near video-on-demand films on its Sky Box Office channel.It is planned that the movies from the Warner Bros studios will be shown several months in advance of screenings on the two existing Sky Movie… Continue reading BSkyB PPV Movies Confirmed
Film minister Tom Clarke announced at the British Video Association’s Awards Dinner that the first National Video Week will be held in July next year. The festival will aim to promote the £1.3bn British video industry which Clarke says is growing at more than twice the rate of inflation.Department For Culture, Media And Sport: 0171… Continue reading First National Video Week In ’98
Emap On Air, Capital Advertising, GWR Group and Scottish and Irish Radio Sales have joined forces to launch the biggest ever network sponsorship opportunity across UK commercial radio.The £2 million initiative to sponsor the ILR network’s coverage of World Cup France ’98 brings the sales houses together for the first time since they were formed… Continue reading Radio Sales Houses Join Forces For World Cup
