Internet communications company Tiscali has restructured its UK sales and commercial arm and has appointed Sean Flood to the newly created position of joint sales and commercial director.Flood, previously business development director at Tiscali, will lead the company’s sales operations and will oversee strategic alliances and acquisition targets in the UK market. He will be… Continue reading Tiscali Restructures UK Sales Arm With New Appointments
Billetts, the advertising and marketing consultancy, has compiled an overview of the UK television industry’s first half of the year, including speculation on how the remainder of 2002 may pan out. Here are some of the key assessments of the year so far, broken down by broadcasting group.ITV1 Despite a boost in advertising surrounding the… Continue reading Billetts’ Outlook For The UK Television Sector
Classic FM is reportedly planning to launch a television station to compliment its record-label, magazine and credit card brands.According to a report in today’s Times, the launch of the TV channel, which is understood to be an advertising funded free-to air venture, could come as early as next year. It is thought that both creative… Continue reading Classic FM Set To Extend Brand With TV Launch
IPC is to promote the latest issue of its flagship men’s lifestyle magazine, Loaded, on a regional level in an effort to increase sales.The initiative will see the October issue of the magazine, which reported a 1.2% year on year increase in circulation in the latest ABC results, feature a different cover-girl for each major… Continue reading IPC To Promote Loaded With Regional Cover-Girls
The Sunday Times is to launch a new stand-alone motoring supplement called Driving as part of its September relaunch (see Sunday Times Plans September Relaunch For Style).The new supplement will replace the existing Motoring section, which appeared in the back of the paper’s current sports section, and is to be edited by Nick Gardner. It… Continue reading Sunday Times Launches New Motoring Section
Future Network, the troubled games and specialist publishing group, has moved into the black in the first half of this year, with a pre-tax profit of £0.9 million, compared to a loss of £106.8 million for the same period last year. The group describes the first half as demonstrating ‘important progress’.“The business is debt-free, profitable… Continue reading Future Network Moves Into The Black In First Half
ITV1 is to be re-branded with a new unified identity in the most extensive overhaul of the channel to date.From October, ITV1 will take on a new-look designed to reflect a more “modern and coherent” brand. A range of stars including Ant and Dec, Frank Skinner, Chris Tarrant and Davina McCall have been lined up… Continue reading ITV1 Re-brands With New Unified Identity
I Feel Good Publishing’s adult titles Viz and Bizarre are teaming up with Flytxt to offer readers an interactive text messaging service.Those who subscribe to the service, at a cost of 25p per message, will receive humorous definitions of words and people. Readers will also be able to text in their own jokes, general comments… Continue reading Viz and Bizarre To Drive Revenue With SMS Launch
Future Network, the troubled games and specialist publishing group, has moved into the black in the first half of this year, with a pre-tax profit of £0.9 million, compared to a loss of £106.8 million for the same period last year. The group describes the first half as demonstrating ‘important progress’. “The business is debt-free,… Continue reading Future Network Moves Into The Black In First Half
First half earnings at pan-European broadcasting group, RTL, were down by 23.0% due to the very weak television advertising market in Europe, the group announced this morning. Group revenue rose by 5.1% to E2.1 billion, but underlying revenue fell by 2.0%. RTL sees continued difficulties in the advertising market conditions, with the German market down… Continue reading RTL Sees No Ad Improvement As Earnings Tumble
