The ITC has released its cable TV statistics for the first quarter of 2002. The figures show that cable TV subscriptions have seen a year on year decrease to 3.54m. This is a 1.9% drop on the same period in 2001, when the total number of cable TV subscribers was 3.61m.The drop was experienced by… Continue reading ITC Cable Statistics Show Decrease In Subscribers
UK publishing companies will need a helping hand from the Government if they are to be competitive on the world stage, says a new study commissioned for the Department Of Trade and Industry (DTI).Publishing in the Knowledge Economy has been produced by Pira International for the DTI and UK Publishing Media (UKPM). The report reviews… Continue reading Charity Must Start At Home For UK Publishers
Last Tuesday night’s MRG meeting saw Posterscope’s Glen Wilson and David Gordon tackle the tricky issue of ambient media- how exactly can it be defined and measured?A new division at Posterscope called Hyperspace is hoping to shed some light on the issue, but as the speakers pointed out, the first problem with ambient media is… Continue reading MRG Meeting: Defining And Measuring Ambient Media
UK-based giant poster company Mega Profile has come together with nine other similar companies across Europe to offer advertisers access to the first international network of large format poster sites.The new Mega Group consortium, which will be headed by Mega Profile’s managing director Sam Cook, will offer advertisers access to 450 giant sites in 12… Continue reading Mega Profile To Head European Giant Poster Consortium
Tessa Jowell has restated the importance of regional production in the light of future consolidation among the ITV companies.The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport was speaking yesterday at the Social Market Foundation Seminar on Public Service Broadcasting. She said: “In a world dominated by large companies with EU, US or global identities,… Continue reading Regionality Safe Under Communications Bill Says Jowell
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Rivals Digital Media has signed a new radio marketing partnership which links its football portal, Rivals.net with the Manchester arm of Chrysalis owned Galaxy FM.Under the arrangement, Galaxy 102 will promote the website on air via a combination of descriptive credits which will run during the station’s sport updates, programmes and news, via both editorial… Continue reading Galaxy And Rivals Team Up For North West Marketing
The underlying rate of inflation saw a sharp fall last month, to 1.8%, compared to 2.3% in April, according to the Office of National Statistics. Most analysts were not expecting such a dramatic decrease, which makes an increase in interest rates, to dampen spending, less likely.It is thought that the slowing of the inflation rate… Continue reading Dramatic Fall In Inflation Rate For May
The worst performance in yesterday’s media market came from troubled cable operator Telewest, which was shares fall 23.08% to close at 2˝p after a group of its bondholders rejected an offer for 20% of the company’s bonds.Regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press, which announced earlier in the week that advertising revenues rose by 2% in the… Continue reading Sharewatch
The latest release of ABC figures for national newspapers showed that once again the circulation of tabloid newspapers slipped 2% year on year overall for the December-May period. Dwarfed in circulation by the Sun and the Mirror, but nevertheless bucking the trend, is Northern & Shell’s Daily Star. It might not make any claims to… Continue reading Feature: Star Shines As Tabloid Circulations Fall
