Richard Desmond, owner of Express Newspapers and Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail & General Trust could be ruled out for the race to buy the Telegraph Group amid concerns they could face investigation by competition authorities.Both newspaper groups have shown an interest in the owner of the Telegraph titles, which is expected to be put up… Continue reading Big Guns Could Be Ruled Out Of Race For Telegraph Titles
Revenues at the Wireless Group have risen by 24% during September, October and November, with the company’s flagship talkSPORT jumping by 28%, 42% and 38% respectively.In a trading statement released this morning, the company said that the local radio stations saw revenues up by 11% in September, 23% in October and 19% in November. These… Continue reading Positive Outlook From Wireless Group And UBC
The development of the UK’s digital audio broadcasting sector is gathering pace, according to radio station and programme production company, UBC Media. The group today predicted that sales of DAB digital radios will have more than doubled over 2002’s 175,000 by the end of this year.Also On MediaTelINSIGHT Today….US Television Revenues Rise By 0.8% In… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT: UBC Puts Faith In Digital Radio
IPC Media is launching a radio advertising campaign to encourage consumers to consider magazine subscriptions as Christmas gifts.The campaign launches later this week on Magic FM with two separate executions featuring the voice of Lucy Gaskell from ITV1’s Cutting It drama series. One ad will drive consumers to IPC’s subscriptions website www.xmasmagazines.com and the other… Continue reading IPC Promotes Magazine Subscriptions As Christmas Gifts
Online music sales are unlikely to drive a revival in the music industry and revenues will continue to fall for the time being, according to a study by Informa Media Group. The report, entitled The Global Music Industry, claims that the value of global music sales will drop for the fourth year in a row… Continue reading Record Companies Cannot Bank On Digital Sales
The development of the UK’s digital audio broadcasting (DAB) sector is gathering pace, according to radio station and programme production company, UBC Media. The group today predicted that sales of DAB digital radios will have more than doubled over 2002’s 175,000 by the end of this year. Whilst the sale of 350,000 or so sets… Continue reading UBC Media Puts Faith In Radio’s Digital Future
US television advertising revenues rose by 0.8% in the third quarter of the year, slipping back from Q2’s 5.1% rise (see US Television Revenues Nudge Up 2.1% In H1), according to the latest figures from the Television Advertising Bureau (TVB). Within the total figure, network TV rose by 5.3%; syndicated TV by 17.8% and local… Continue reading US Television Revenues Rise By 0.8% In Q3
Almost half of all US internet connections will use a broadband service by 2005, up from around 39% this year, according to a report from eMarketer. There will be 36.5 million broadband households in 2005, reaching 83.9 million users – 48.9% of all internet users, according to the forecasts. The remaining 51.1% will still use… Continue reading Half Of US Internet Users Will Take Broadband By 2005, Says eMarketer
US business to business (B2B) print advertising spend was down by just 0.5% year on year in September, according to the latest figures from American Business Media (ABM). This is one of the smallest rates of decline in around three years and will give rise to hopes for a stronger fourth quarter. Across the whole… Continue reading B2B Press Advertising Trends Pick Up In The US
Fixed wireless broadband internet systems are proving an attractive alternative in areas where cable and DSL services are not readily available, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics (SA). Public funding and support from some commercial users are helping to raise hopes that fixed wireless could finally support viable residential services, says SA. The… Continue reading Wireless Residential Could Offer Broadband Alternative
