Adshel has launched a new water-filled advertising format to promote the new moisture resistant trousers from Dockers.The new Adquarium panels feature a pair of Dockers suspended in water and will appear at selected Adshel bus shelters, which have been fitted with specially designed water-tight seals.Commenting on the new format, Adam Butterworth, sales director of Adshel,… Continue reading Adshel Launches New Wet Ad Format For Dockers Campaign
After a difficult few years during which web strategists struggled to identify new sources of revenue, the internet is through adolescence and is becoming an increasingly attractive proposition for advertisers and marketers.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Manufacturers Remain Committed To Personal Video RecordersMost consumer electronics manufacturers remain committed to developing personal video recorder products, despite the… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: The Internet Approaches Maturity
The BBC has admitted that it may not to able to force BSkyB to carry its channels at the top of its electronic programming guide (EPG), following a disagreement caused by the Corporation’s decision to withdraw from BSkyB’s digital satellite service (see BBC Ends £85m Conditional Access Contract With BSkyB). Earlier this week the BBC… Continue reading BBC Admits It May Lose Prominence On BSkyB
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) this morning said that its radio revenues will be up by 5% in the six months to March 2003, not accounting for the effect of new acquisitions. SRH’s trading statement is the latest in a round of radio company updates and shows that the group is outperforming its peers. Capital Radio… Continue reading Scottish Radio Sees First Half Broadcast Revenues Up 5%
The sale of SMG’s publishing division to Gannett UK has been cleared by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and is expected to complete shortly, the group said today. As announced at the end of last year (see Gannett Secures SMG Publishing Deal For £216m), US group Gannett will pay £216 million for SMG… Continue reading SMG’s £216m Publishing Sale Gets DTI Go-Ahead
UK radio revenues at GWR Group are expected to be down by 3.9% in the quarter to 31 March. This is partly because Easter falls after March this year and so does not provide the Q4 boost experienced in 2002 (this is GWR Group’s Q4). The company says that this is in line with its… Continue reading GWR Sees Radio Revenues Down By 3.9% In Q4
IPC Media has announced that Sylvia Auton, managing director of its Country & Leisure Media Group, is to replace Sly Bailey as chief executive. Auton will fill the position, which became available last November when Bailey shocked the media industry by stepping down to take up the chief executive position at Trinity Mirror (see Bailey… Continue reading IPC Appoints Auton As New Chief Executive
Outdoor advertising contractor, Maiden Group, has posted a pre-tax loss of £1.1 million for the year to 31 December 2002. This is an increase on the deficit of £0.2 million recorded in 2001. Releasing the results, Maiden’s chief executive, Ron Zeghibe, said that figures were in line with expectations and that they reflect the continued… Continue reading Maiden Losses Increase In Difficult 2002
Telewest Communications, the UK’s second largest cable group, today reported narrowing net losses for the year to December but writedowns pushed the company deeper into debt to the tune of $5.3 billion. Underlying earnings increased by 19% to £379 million in 2002 while turnover rose by 2% to £1.35 billion. The company embarked on a… Continue reading Telewest Results Hit By Writedowns
Capital Radio was seen in focus yesterday after predicting a 3% decline in radio revenues in the three months to March 2003, following a 6% drop in the final quarter of last year (see Capital Sees Revenues Down 5% In First Half). The stock was seen down 7.56%.Elsewhere, investors considered news from Independent News &… Continue reading Sharewatch: Capital Sees Stock Fall After Poor Results
