Outdoor advertising contractor Maiden says that it has started the year well, thanks to a growing move by advertisers toward the outdoor medium and the benefits of earlier investment.Maiden says that despite a nervous advertising environment, bookings for the first quarter are up 22% on last year and first half bookings have already reached 93%… Continue reading Maiden’s Outdoor View Is Good
Emap says that its year-end financial results – to be released on 29 May – will be in line with market expectations and that it has received a number of approaches regarding its US business, Emap USA. The statement comes at a time when many media-related companies are issuing profits warnings and tightening belts ahead… Continue reading Emap Receives US Approaches, Cuts Digital Spend And Sees Year-End In Line With Expectations
ITV has today announced a major deal planned to kickstart its online and interactive strategy. It has acquired the UK internet and interactive rights to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and is to launch a number of gaming formats based around the hit TV show.The ITV website, itv.co.uk, will host four games linked to… Continue reading ITV Takes Millionaire Online
Media stock rallied yesterday, helped by a boost from Lehman Brothers. Reuters climbed 55p to 865p and WPP was up 50p to 785p after being added to the broker’s recommended list.Ulster TV put on 29˝p to 288˝p after releasing a strong set of financial results (see Ulster Stock Rises On Positive Results) while Tempus, which… Continue reading Sharewatch
The More Group has expanded its taxi-advertising interest, Barnett’s Taxi Advertising, which it purchased last April, with the acquisition of Taxi Media. The move will see the creation of the UK’s largest taxi-advertising contractor. Barnett’s sales director Lloyd Keisner will become sales director of the new company, heading a sales team of around 50 selling… Continue reading More Group Expands Taxi Advertising Interest
The Daily Express has shed yet another staffer, this time thanks to the voluntary redundancy taken by head of sport Mike Allen. Allen is quitting after 15 years on the paper, but denies his decision is anything to do with the controversial regime of new owner Richard Desmond. Commercial development director Caroline Hunt has left… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Publishing company Highbury House Communications today offered a cheerful outlook for the year, saying that 49% of its budgeted advertising sales have already been achieved. The consumer and trade magazine group says that it had only a small exposure to the dotcom boom last year and so is not experiencing the downturn that many other… Continue reading Highbury House Starts Year Well
Global marketing and media communications group, Tempus, this morning said that it achieved record financial results and net new business wins during 2000. Pre-tax profit at the group grew by 29% to £21.5 million, whilst revenues rose 64% to £151.3 million.During the year Tempus secured record new business wins worth £594 million – a 52%… Continue reading Tempus Announces Record Results And Repositions As ‘The Agency Of The Future’
BSkyB is hoping to drive subscription uptake in Ireland, having secured the rights to show more Irish content and BBC1 in the Republic. Richard Freudenstein, Sky’s CEO, has said he would like to add the leading Irish terrestrial channels RTE 1, Network 2, TV3, TG4 and UTV to the platform in future.It is thought that… Continue reading BSkyB Plans Subscription Drive In Republic Of Ireland
ProgrammesThe big television highlight of this month was the unveiling of the final five members of the Popstars group. Having gone through the excruciating audition process, which featured some singing talent not seen since the heyday of Linda McCartney in Wings and surviving Nasty Nigel’s fairly nasty putdowns, 3 February saw two programmes devoted to… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – February 2001
