WPP today reported a 21% increase in revenues in its quarterly trading update. New billings for the period were worth £830m, compared to £730m for the same period last year, as the company benefited from large assignments from new and existing clients including Ford, Motorola, Nike and KPMG.The company is now the biggest advertising group… Continue reading WPP Reports Revenues Up 21%
The Radio Authority has received three applications for the local digital multiplex licence for the North-East England licence, advertised to run initially for a period of twelve years from commencement of broadcasting. The applicants are the Digital Radio Group, which counts The Wireless Group, GWR, Emap Digital Radio, SMG and the Carphone Warehouse among its… Continue reading Three Applications Received For North East Digital Radio Licence
Shares in information group Reuters jumped almost 6% after posting above-forecast interim results and confirming plans to push ahead with the partial flotation of its broking arm Instinet. Prices closed at £13.11, an increase of 73p.United News & Media was lifted by a positive trading update on Thursday, in which the group announced plans to… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Advertising group WPP posts its third-quarter trading update.Tuesday Radio group Jazz FM, which owns stations in London and the north-west, publishes its annual figures.The MRG group meets to discuss internet research.Also this week…A television viewing and market round-up for September will… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Interactive services are being used to complement internet usage, according to a new survey by BMRB. Three-quarters of Sky Digital viewers have used the Open interactive platform, and most of these are regular users of the net.In fact, only one tenth of Sky Digital viewers who have not yet used the services available on Open,… Continue reading Interactive Services Work With The Internet, Says Survey
Digital One, operators of the UK’s national digital radio network, and NTL have switched on a new transmitter, bringing coverage to 76% of the UK population, a potential audience of 42.18m. The Naish Hill transmitter is located in West Wiltshire and allows another 408,000 people to receive the seven digital-only radio and three digital versions… Continue reading Digital One Switches On Latest Transmitter In West Wiltshire
IPC Media and Virgin Radio have joined forces in a raft of cross-media ventures, which will allow advertisers to push brands across the groups’ print, online and radio brands. The first deal will unite the radio station with Loaded magazine after recent research has shown that one third of all Loaded readers also listen to… Continue reading IPC And Virgin Unite In Cross-Media Campaign
The Advertising Association has issued a set of self-regulatory proposals for broadcast media to the Government, ahead of this year’s Communications White Paper. It is suggesting that the content of television and radio advertising should be regulated in a similar way to that of press and outdoor.Regulation of print and outdoor media is the responsibility… Continue reading AA Proposes Overhaul Of Broadcast Ad Rules
Reuters was among the best media performers yesterday, jumping £1.18 to end at £12.38. Also doing well was United News and Media, which announced yesterday that it is considering a name change to United Business Media (see United Proposes Name Change As Future Growth Plans Announced), sparking rumours that its newspaper publishing division may be… Continue reading Sharewatch
Further details from research published by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) in its RadioLab survey (see Radio Ads – Three Fifths As Effective For One Seventh Of TV’s Prices, Says Study) have revealed the factors present in effective radio campaigns.One of the most important factors identified was a high level of branding. The survey warns… Continue reading Branding And Likeability Key To Effective Radio Ads, Says Survey
