As another year draws to a close, Aegis’ Jim Marshall looks at some of the more surreal, sad and interesting media events – and dishes out his award for the most pretentious (and exotic) agency mission statement.
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Now BT has poached the rights from ITV, the Champions League will effectively disappear behind a full paywall and millions of football fans will be disadvantaged – will sponsors have to say goodbye to some of their audience?
Releasing financial reports on Monday, the company’s net income for the quarter was $38 million, however, revenue declined 3% to $2.07 billion for the quarter.
BT’s £1.5 billion investment in premier league football rights has a positive impact on customer numbers, but half-year profits take a -13% knock.
After AdBlock writes an open letter to Twitter drawing up an ‘Acceptable Advertising’ code, Dominic Mills asks if we are about to enter a new phase in the fight for the heart and soul of the online world.
The Times and Sunday Times have, after a long wait, revealed that the publications have over 350,000 subscribers to their print and digital bundles.
BSkyB has seen an 8% drop in profits in the last quarter, but the satellite broadcaster looks unscathed in the pay-TV sports battle with BT.
