The Media Centre began trading as MediaVest this week. The rebranding reflects a general restructuring of the MacManus Group’s media businesses. As part of this Jim Marshall, managing director of the Media Centre, becomes chief executive of MediaVest. “Vest” is believed to represent the word “investment.”
CIA MediaLab has published details of its latest Sensor survey which was carried out by BMRB. It states that only 21% of the British public have an understanding of the Internet, which is up from 8% in 1995.Among 15-24 year olds it is reported that 35% are familiar with the Internet, a figure that has… Continue reading Internet Increases Its Popularity Among The Young
Adrian Ford has left Pilat Media, the company which runs the NOMAD advertising booking system, to join Coral Racing as Business Development Manager.
Agency estimates put the combined ITV/C4 revenue for June at £184.2m, while Channel 5 brought in £9.7m . ITV’s revenue was put at £140.2m, while C4’s was £44m.It was the London broadcasters which experienced the greatest year on year changes among the ITV contractors, with Carlton seeing an increase in share of 1.57% points to… Continue reading TV Round-Up – June
Chrysalis Group announced this morning that it will be buying the Kiss radio stations in Manchester and Yorkshire.The deal values the stations at £17.5m and Chrysalis, which owns the Heart and Galaxy 101 stations, will be funding the expansion through a £20m placing and open offer at 525p a share.Kiss 102, in Manchester, has a… Continue reading Chrysalis Buys Kiss Stations
Ad revenue for Commercial Radio reached £87.5m for Quarter 2 1997, which is a year on year growth of 13.3%.This growth was driven by a large jump in national revenue which increased by almost 20% year on year compared to local’s growth of 5.2%. Commercial Radio’s share of the display marketplace now stands at 4.7%.…According… Continue reading Commercial Radio Revenue Hits High For Q2
Auto Trader has launched the next stage of its Internet service, called “AutoTrader Interactive”.The site offers an enhanced user interface and design, eight vehicle channels and a total online buying and selling experience.There are currently 100,000 vehicles online including the colour photos of the vehicles. This will be rising to 200,000 in the coming months.… Continue reading Auto Trader Launches New Web Service
Emap On Air, the Emap radio and TV sales house, has announced a £400,000 tie-up with the Daily Star to sponsor its new football slot called Who Ate All The Pies.Described as Football Focus meets They Think It’s All Over, the show will be hosted by Nick Hancock and broadcast across all of Emap’s major… Continue reading Emap Launches Radio Programme With Daily Star
Men In Black, the new sci-fi movie, took over £7m on its opening weekend according to figures from Columbia Tristar. This is slightly more than Independence Day‘s opening takings, though the Men In Black figure includes preview screenings. The film stars Will Smith (who also took a lead role in Independence Day) and Tommy Lee… Continue reading ‘Men In Black’ Storms Box Office
Leeds United has signed a production deal with a major media company in order to launch its own Pay-Per-View channel. The club, which has been considering launching such a channel for some time (subscribers see Leeds United Score A TV Channel ), is also in discussions with General Cable and Cable & Wireless to secure… Continue reading Leeds FC Channel A Step Nearer
