Marjorie Scardino, chief executive of Pearson will attend Buckingham Palace today to be made a dame in recognition of her services to media.It is thought that the news of the honour for the only female chief executive of a FTSE 100 company was kept secret until now because Scardino is in the process of applying… Continue reading Pearson Chief Executive To Be Made Dame
News Corp has reported post-tax profits down by 24.8% to $203 million, as the group’s Q2 financial results were released in New York yesterday evening.News Corp owns News International, the publisher of the Times, Sunday Times, News Of The World and Sun newspapers in the UK. Advertising revenues at all of News Corp’s newspaper businesses… Continue reading News Corp Profits Dip, UK Newspapers Weak
Adshel is trialling its first ever LED screen, which will also be the first in the UK to have a live link enabling copy and creative changes to be made within ten minutes during working hours.The 4m x 2m LED screen, sited in Broadmead shopping centre, Bristol, will launch at the beginning of March, and… Continue reading Adshel To Launch Live Link LED Screens
Cinema advertising revenue hit a record high during 2001, growing by 28% year on year to reach £164 million, according to data from the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA), as reported by ABN Amro. Data from ACNielsen MMS, compiled by the broker, show that more advertisers used the medium than ever before, with Channel 4 topping… Continue reading Cinema Revenue Hits Record Year In 2001
New research from Oftel reveals that 63% of small and medium sized businesses are now online, an increase from 55% in May 2001. Almost two thirds now also use a mobile phone. The research, carried out during November 2001, also revealed that 36% of all SMEs use more than one fixed telecoms supplier and a… Continue reading UK Small Business Internet Use Growing, Says Oftel
Emarketer has compiled an analysis of forecasts for the growth of public access wireless local area networks (WLAN) in the US. WLANs allow mobile users to connect ‘wirelessly’ to a local network – such as a school educational system for example. Forecasts from Analysys show that 21 million people in the US will be using… Continue reading Wireless Local Networks Will Be Used By 21m Americans By 2007
According to the Digital Home Entertainment Survey, a recent report from the Yankee Group, 30% of US consumers are likely to purchase an advanced cable set top box (STB) through the retail channel, provided the cost did not exceed $350. It is thought that set top box purchase, as opposed to renting which is common… Continue reading Retail Set Top Box Market May Be Viable, Says Yankee Group
According to a new report UK Mediaphile 2010 published by Screen Digest, in conjunction with ABN Amro, British consumers could be spending a total of £84.26 billion annually on media by 2010. Unsurprisingly, the bulk of consumer spending is moving away from print media towards online and electronic media. In 1985, the total market for… Continue reading UK Media Could Be Worth
Despite evidence to the contrary, online advertising levels declined only slightly last year when compared to 2000 and the decline was less pronounced than that of other media. This is according to the Assessing Online And Offline Ad Measurement Systems report released by Ipro at the end of last month. Ipro conducted the survey across… Continue reading Online Advertising Measurement Standards Must Improve, Finds Ipro Survey
By 2007, more than half of all films distributed globally and all US/Hollywood films will be released digitally, according to forecasts from Screen Digest. Currently, just 8.5% of films are digitally released globally; this rises to 35% for the US/Hollywood distributors. By the end of this year the global total should reach 15%, whilst US/Hollywood’s… Continue reading Over 50% Of Films Will Be Released Digitally By 2007, Says Screen Digest
