The Bank of England has today put interest rates on hold following seven reductions in nine months. The Bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee voted to leave base rates unchanged at 5% – a move which was broadly welcomed by industry.
Emap Radio reveals a new look Kiss FM this week with a £1.5 million campaign. The London dance station will be known as Kiss 100, and the name change will be accompanied by a major advertising campaign including television and outdoor.The advertising campaign, dubbed Live Sexy and aimed at 15-24 year old Londoners, is being… Continue reading Emap Radio Gives Kiss A New Look
ONdigital, the digital terrestrial television broadcaster, announced this morning that it has more than doubled the amount of subscribers to its service since March this year. The broadcaster currently has a total of 247,000 subscribers, all of which have signed on since the launch of the service in November last year (see Newsline); 137,000 of… Continue reading ONdigital Doubles Its Subscribers
Media group EMAP has this morning announced the acquisition of Groupe Taitbout, the French publisher of Pleine Vie. The deal is the latest move in EMAP’s international expansion, following the acquisition of US groups Petersen in December 1998 (see EMAP Makes £720m US Move) and General Media’s automotive group in January (see EMAP Augments US… Continue reading EMAP Acquires French Publisher
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint from ONdigital about a national press advert by BSkyB. In the ad, Sky claimed that it was the only broadcaster whose digital signal covers the whole of the UK. ONdigital pointed out that reception and coverage were not the same thing and that therefore the ad was… Continue reading ‘Coverage and Reception Are Not The Same Thing’ ASA Tells BSkyB
Online sales specialist, Real Media, has been appointed by News International to handle the sales for all of the Times Internet websites. Under the deal, Real Media will represent, on an exclusive basis, times-money.co.uk, the-times.co.uk, sunday-times.co.uk and times-sport.co.uk.Real Media brings to Times Internet Open AdStream, an ad management and targeting system. Open AdStream handles all… Continue reading News International Signs Real Media For Internet Ad Sales
Ten long months after being on the wrong end of a thrilling climax to leave them trailing the MRG by two matches to one, Richard Poustie’s BMRB XI finally had the opportunity to gain revenge yesterday evening. And they were given an early boost with the news that the two Nicks, Wiggin & Hiddleston, who… Continue reading Cricket: Result Sets Up Vital September Clash
Both Cable & Wireless and its subsidiary, Cable & Wireless Communications, enjoyed rises in their share prices yesterday. Cable & Wireless jumped 21p to 852p, and CWC climbed 9p to 620p. Earlier in the week C&W purchased internet technology company, Internet Network Services (INS). CWC began trials of its cable digital television service at the… Continue reading Sharewatch
The National Magazine Company has announced the closure of its parenting title – M – only a year after its launch. The quarterly title went on sale in May last year with an initial print run of 150,000 and was aimed at parents of children aged one to ten (see Newsline). Managing director Terry Mansfield… Continue reading Natmags Gives Parenting Magazine The Chop
David Pugh, chief executive of poster contractor Mills & Allen, has been fired, along with two other directors, by the group’s new owners JC Decaux (see Decaux To Become World’s Largest Outdoor Group With Havas Acquisition). Sales director Lawson Muncaster and finance director Helen Enright have also left the company at the behest of Jean-Francois… Continue reading Newsline Brief
