Revenue The combined terrestrial TV revenue for May, according to agency estimates, came in at £193.31 million which is a drop of 3.83% year-on-year. ITV’s revenue fell 5.7% year on year to £148.81m while Channel 4’s rose 2.2% to £46.5m. The ratio between ITV and C4 revenue for May was 76:24. It is also estimated… Continue reading TV Round-Up – May
Primesight plc, the outdoor advertising company, has announced details of its flotation on the London Stock Exchange. 2,820,750 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company are being placed, primarily with institutional investors at 135p. At the Placing Price, the Company will have a market capitalisation of £13.55 million. Dealing is expected to commence on… Continue reading Primesight Prices Flotation
Ford will be sponsoring the ITV broadcast of the 1997 Royal Tournament. The car manufacturer has sponsored the show in part for the last five years and the new full sponsorship deal was negotiated by Sally Blackburn at Laser and James Papworth at the Network on behalf of Ford.As well as sponsoring the opening, Ford… Continue reading Ford To Sponsor Royal Tournament
http://www.beeb.comThe Beeb’s long awaited commercial web-site has finally arrived. The bold site achieves the almost impossible, the clever design manages to give the busy pages a spacious quality. The information does not overwhelm the viewer. Lead your mouse around the page for a casual dip into any area that interests you.Sports fanatics will welcome Scorewatch;… Continue reading Web-Site Of The Week – Beeb
Emap has named its new sales and marketing operation as Emap On Air. Headed by Tom Toumazis (subscribers see EMAP Radio Launches Sales House) the new operation will be responsible for the sales and marketing of all of Emap’s broadcast interests which include 19 radio stations and the cable channel The Box. It will have… Continue reading Emap Names New Sales House
Mike McCormack, chief executive of AMRA Ltd, has been elected chairman of the Publicity Club Of London; he takes over from Peter Howard-Williams, managing director of Pearl & Dean.The Club has over 300 members drawn from all areas of marketing, media and related industries and organises training and social events. McCormack aims to broaden the… Continue reading McCormack In The Club
Digital Television Network, the group who lost its application for the digital multiplex licences B,C and D to British Digital Broadcasting, has issued a joint-statement following the result. James Gatward, chairman of DTN and Barclay Knapp, president and chief executive of NTL, the cable and broadcasting services group who own DTN, said: “We are disappointed… Continue reading DTN Responds
Leo Burnett has scooped the Grand Prix award at this year’s Cannes International Advertising Festival. The agency won the award in the Press and Posters section for its Mercedes-Benz campaign entitled ‘Skidmarks’.Also in the Press and Posters section, Almap/BBDO won the gold award for the UK for its work with Autan Insect Repellant in the… Continue reading Leo Burnett Takes Grand Prix At Cannes
MAGtrack, the media research company, is launching NETtest next week.NETtest is a product that allows publishers with Web magazines to evaluate the visitors who are accessing their sites. Unlike the auditing tools provided by bodies such as BPA and ABC which quantify the total number of ‘hits’, NETtest will provide information on what types of… Continue reading The Net Test
Football’s Premier League has been advised to set up its own television broadcast service when its current contract with BSkyB ends in 2001.According to the Financial Times media consultancy firm Oliver & Ohlbaum has told the League that if it was to arrange its own television service it would double the revenue it currently receives… Continue reading Premier League Advised To Ditch BSkyB
