TalkSPORT has extended its agreement with Fiat Light Commercial Vehicles to sponsor SportsWatch, a twice daily sports news bulletin on the station.The new deal will continue to give Fiat exposure to a highly targeted male audience at key times of the day and will also include sponsorship activity on the station’s website, www.talksport.net.Commenting on the… Continue reading TalkSPORT Extends Fiat Sponsorship Deal
After a week of delays, the BBC and BSkyB have finally reached an agreement with the Football Association over a new four-year television rights deal for England international games and the FA Cup.The deal, rumoured to be worth up to £300 million between the 2004/2005 and the 2007/2008 seasons, will see all of England’s home… Continue reading BBC And BSkyB Announce FA Cup Football Rights Deal
MediaCom and Carat are the agencies most admired by media owners for their all round professionalism and commercial performance, according to new research from strategy group Ocean Consulting.Between May and June this year the latest Media Agency Monitor surveyed top-level executives at virtually all of the UK’s major consumer media owners to gauge their views… Continue reading MediaCom And Carat Identified As Most Admired Agencies
GWR has secured the local digital multiplex licence for Reading and Basingstoke and plans to launch six programme services in the area, in addition to the existing stations.The Radio Authority awarded the 12-year licence to GWR’s wholly owned subsidiary, Now Digital, which proposes to start broadcasting 2-Ten FM, Classic Gold, The Storm, Saga FM and… Continue reading GWR Bolsters Digital Offering With New Multiplex Licence
Developments in the European digital TV market are sparking demand for receivers and a new report from Datamonitor claims that shipments of adaptors are set to increase eightfold over the next four years.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…US Magazine Revenue Grows, But Volumes Down In JuneTotal US magazine advertising revenues rose by 8.5% in June, to… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: 100 Million DTV Devices In Europe By 2007
Troubled advertising group Cordiant Communications was seen in focus yesterday, up 7.14% as Nahed Ojjeh, the Syrian-born chess promoter, increased her stake in the group to more than 10% (see Mystery As Chess Queen Raises Cordiant Stake). Investors also considered news that the take-over panel has extended its investigation into the circumstances surrounding a Syrian… Continue reading Sharewatch: Cordiant Rises On Take-Over Struggle
The French advertising group Publicis has moved to refute speculation that it plans to make a takeover attempt for Cordiant Communications. The company has a long held interest in Cordiant’s 25% shareholding in ZenithOptimedia and made a bid for the parent group last month (see Cordiant Shareholder Rules Out Deal With WPP). However, it lost… Continue reading Publicis Denies Designs On Cordiant
Emap is on track to meet end of year targets, with healthy revenues flowing into the company, according to chairman Adam Broadbent. The cross-media corporation held its AGM today and there was general satisfaction at performance in the year to date. Broadbent said that Emap had been “performing reasonably well” given the state of the… Continue reading Emap In Line To Meet Full-Year Expectations
Future Network, the specialist consumer magazine publisher, has reported a 7% increase in turnover for the first five months of 2003 with growth occurring in both circulation and advertising. Since May’s AGM (see Future Lifted By Bright Start To Year), steady progress has been maintained with revenues from circulation up by 8% while advertising revenue… Continue reading Gaming Points Way Ahead For Future Network
WPP was seen in focus yesterday, down 0.78%, on reports that the takeover panel, City Regulator, is to investigate the share dealings of Nahed Ojjeh, the Syrian chess promoter who has bought over a tenth of Cordiant Communications, potentially scuppernong WPP’s takeover bid for the group (see Mystery As Chess Queen Raises Cordiant Stake).Elsewhere, Reuters… Continue reading Sharewatch: WPP Falters On Cordiant Investigation
