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French outdoor media company JC Decaux has delayed its IPO on the French stock market (see JC Decaux To Fund Growth With IPO On French Stock Market) following media scepticism and concerns over investor demand. The announcement follows a week of uncertainty in the French advertising industry as share prices fell following profit warnings from… Continue reading JC Decaux Cuts Price Of IPO

As the BBC climbs further into bed with Sky (see BBC And Sky Team Up For Interactive Wimbledon Broadcasts), ITV has secured a more permanent arrangement by agreeing a 10 year deal with Société Européenne des Satellites (SES) for capacity on three digital satellite transponders enabling the broadcast of ITV services via ASTRA to the… Continue reading ITV Looks To Rival Sky With Transponder Lease Deal

French advertising and communications agency Publicis has given a cautious outlook in its AGM statement, saying that full-year global advertising growth is expected to come in at 3%. This is higher than ABN Amro’s expected 1.3%, but below Robert Coen’s estimate of 5% outside the US. Publicis CEO Maurice Levy expects his company to outperform… Continue reading Publicis Cautiously Optimistic For 2001

US analysts at ABN Amro are forecasting a 14% decline for the ‘upfront’ sale of television advertising, following the continued weakening of the ad market. In 2000, the upfront sale was up 12% on the year before. Upfront describes how the TV networks pre-sell airtime inventory for their forthcoming autumn schedules. Given the sheer size… Continue reading US ‘Upfront’ Autumn TV Airtime Sales To Drop 14%, Says ABN

Stock in Granada ended yesterday’s trading flat at 167p following the group’s financial results (see Continued Ad Revenue Woe At Granada, But Results Are Top End Of Predictions), but started to fall again this morning over continued worries that there is no visible end to the current advertising downturn. By 10:30am stock was down 6¼p… Continue reading Granada Financial Results – Reaction

April figures from Italy confirm that the advertising recession has now reached the only remaining European market to have been showing growth. An analysis by ABN Amro shows that growth in April was just 1.7%, compared to 6.0% in the first quarter. Techonology and telecommunications adspend halved in the month, mirroring the experiences of the… Continue reading Ad Recession Hits Previously Strong Italian Market

Vivendi Universal is to restructure and cut costs at its French television business, Canal+, according to press and analyst reports. Over 200 jobs are likely to go as Vivendi steers towards hitting its broader target of a 35% EBITDA growth at Canal+. ABN Amro believes that Vivendi will miss this target, given that profits at… Continue reading Vivendi To Cut Jobs And Costs At Canal+

Newspaper sales and press advertising revenues grew in many countries last year, according to the World Association of Newspapers’ (WAN) World Press Trends report. Globally, there are more titles and a higher circulation than ten years ago, says the survey. In countries where there has been a recent decline in sales, this has begun to… Continue reading World Newspaper Sales Increase In Many Countries

UK advertising and PR group, Chime Communications, this morning said it is positive about the outcome for the first half of the year, despite less ‘buoyant’ market conditions. Lord Bell, chairman of Chime Communications, told the company’s AGM that pressure to reduce costs has been increased and that the group’s services have been widened internationally.… Continue reading Chime Communications Sees Positive First Half

Leading media analysts ABN Amro have downgraded their global ad forecasts following a “weaker than expected start to 2001”. Estimates for global advertising growth, which had previously stood at 3.4%, have now been reduced to just 1.3%. Amro cites weaknesses in the telecoms and technology markets, shifts in media mix by FMCG companies and the… Continue reading ABN Amro Downgrade Global Ad Forecasts