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Daily Mail & General Trust has reported a increase in profits of 1.6% for the full year despite difficult trading conditions for many of its businesses. The company said that pre-tax profits in the twelve months to 28 September came to £185.5 million, up from £182.5 million a year earlier. Group turnover fell by 0.6%… Continue reading DMGT Upbeat On Improved Results

The cable group Telewest said today that it was entering the last stages of restructuring and will be establishing a new holding company in the US. Telewest has filed documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which will result in the creation of Telewest Global Inc in Delaware. Under the terms of a… Continue reading Telewest In Final Phase Of Restructuring

ITV partners Granada and Carlton Communications both announced rising profits today and hope to realise cost savings of £100 million from their imminent merger (see ITV Cleared To Merge With Sales Houses Intact). The two companies previously indicated that the tie-up would bring £55 million of annualised cost savings (see Carlton/Granada Move Closer To £2.6bn… Continue reading Granada And Carlton Reveal New Savings Target

ITV partners Carlton and Granada were seen in focus, up 1.95% and 0.64% respectively, ahead of today’s results.Granada today revealed that the merger of the two groups could generate cost savings of £100m, nearly double analysts estimates.Elsewhere the Wireless Group continued to climb, following a strong set of results earlier this week (see Positive Outlook… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners In Focus Ahead Of Results

Jonny Wilkinson was not the only one celebrating England’s Rugby World Cup triumph. The tournament has been a huge success for ITV, its advertisers and the broadcast sponsor Travelex.England’s matches were seen by an average of 7 million viewers on ITV1 with an average share of over 57%, which compares with 4.4 million and a… Continue reading Advertisers Cash In On Rugby Triumph

Media planning and buying agency, Starcom Motive, is launching a massive outdoor ad campaign to promote Heinz soup across the UK.The campaign will include outdoor advertising on Adshel bus shelters, featuring 6 sheet posters which will incorporate dynamic image technology to make it appear that heat and steam is rising from the soup cup.Heinz is… Continue reading Starcom Launches Soup Cup Campaign For Heinz

ISBA has called for the Government-launched review of the BBC’s online services to go further in assessing the impact of the Corporation’s £111 million internet services on the commercial market.The wide-ranging review is currently being conducted by being former Trinity Mirror chief executive, Philip Graf, to examine how the BBC’s online services fit within its… Continue reading ISBA Urges Government To Go Further With BBC Online Review

ITV partners Granada and Carlton Communications both announced rising profits today and hope to realise cost savings of £100 million from their imminent merger.The two companies previously indicated that the tie-up would bring £55 million of annualised cost savings. However, the merger planning has allowed costs to be cut by £43 million since the deal… Continue reading Granada And Carlton Reveal New Savings Target

The ASA has upheld complaints against a magazine ad for fast food giant McDonalds over claims their french fries are made entirely of potato.The ad depicted a potato in a fries box and the strap line “The Story Of Our Fries. End Of Story.” The ad went on to claim that McDonalds picks special types… Continue reading McDonalds Fried Over Chips Claim

Sky Sports 1’s exclusive coverage of England’s recent Euro 2004 qualifying match against Turkey attracted 9.2 million adult viewers, according to the latest wave of research from the contentious GfK Broadcast Media Survey.The survey used a special wristwatch device to measure out-of-home viewing for the channel’s coverage of the game, which attracted an average of… Continue reading GfK Claims Out Of Home Viewing Boosted Sky Sports