WPP has acquired 75% of Cheetham Bell Limited, a creative advertising agency in Manchester. The group will be merged with the Manchester division of WPP’s ad agency, J Walter Thompson.Cheetham Bell’s clients include Manchester United, Manchester Evening News, Pontin’s and Vimto. The merged group will be managed by CEO Dr David Bell, creative director Andy… Continue reading WPP Acquires 75% Of Cheetham Bell
Associated Newspapers and the Guardian Media Group are to join forces to publish a free morning newspaper in Manchester. GMG is to license its Metro title to Associated in a deal which will bring to an end months of wrangling between the two publishers.Free morning papers from both groups have been circulating in the city… Continue reading Associated And GMG Sign Metro Deal In Manchester
ONdigital is to take on the highly competitive TV listings magazine market on 3 March by launching a new customer magazine with full listings and a weekly, rather than monthly, output. ON7 will be the first magazine to carry full listings for all the digital free to air channels as well as for all the… Continue reading ONdigital To Take On TV Listings Market With ON7
BSkyB’s latest attempt to wrest the contract for ITV news provision from ITN has sparked an undignified war of words between the two groups. BSkyB announced yesterday that it was joining with two American and two UK broadcasters to form a consortium which would bid for the new contract beginning at the end of next… Continue reading Fighting Over News Moves To Fresh Battleground As Sky Consortium Eyes ITV Contract
RevenueAll but one of the terrestrial TV channels increased their December revenue year on year, according to agency estimates. The exception was GMTV, which dropped 10.7% compared to 1999, to £4.8m. The largest increase among the terrestrials was Channel 5, which went up 15% year on year to reach £16.3m. Its revenue is still dwarfed… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – December 2000
Talk of an imminent recession has filled the media trade press in recent weeks. AC Nielsen and the IPA disagreed over the extent of the slump but the message from all sides was the same: the next six months will be tough for the sector as a whole.Blame has been laid on excessive dotcom spend… Continue reading Feature: Media Sector Slumps After Unparalleled Year Of Deals
Yesterday the overnights from the first News at Ten head-to-head (see ITV And BBC1 Go Head To Head With Evening News) indicated that ITV had won this latest bout in the ratings war (see ITV Victorious In News At Ten Clash). ITV franchisees Carlton and Granada Media, which have been weakened recently by fears of… Continue reading Sharewatch
Capital Radio stock tumbled 90p by 1:00pm this afternoon after what investors regarding as a disappointing set of figures emerging from the company’s AGM. The company reported a 12% increase in revenues during the last quarter of 2000 following the successful acquisition of Beat 106 and Century Radio. In today’s meeting Capital said like for… Continue reading Capital Stock Falls Following AGM Statement
After a steady decline since the mid-1950s, cinema attendance in the European Union started to climb again in the 1990s, according to Eurostat. However, despite the growth, the 800 million admissions during 1988 still fall well short of the 1955 peak of 4 billion. The advent of home entertainment technologies – including video and cable… Continue reading Europeans Return To Cinemas
At its Annual General Meeting Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) today told shareholders that trading for the first three months of the financial year (October to December) showed revenues up 16%, mainly from acquisitions made the previous year. In existing business, however, revenues were flat after a particularly disappointing December when advertising demand turned out to… Continue reading Scottish Radio Revenues Up 16% As Partnership Talks Continue
