According to the annual survey carried out by Willott Kingston Smith on marketing services companies the top 50 companies made aggregate losses of £558m. However, after removing amounts from earlier acquisitions (£611m at Saatchi and £22m at Aegis Group, for example) the underlying trading performance of the sector showed a modest improvement. 67% of the… Continue reading Agency Financial Survey
Yesterday the ISBA 14th sponsorship conference entitled “Sponsorship – The Extra Dimension” was held at the Hilton Hotel in London.The conference was chaired by Kenneth Miles, Director General of ISBA. First to speak was Sean Jefferson, Brands Public Relations Manager of Bass Brewers. He was reponsible for the biggest ever sports sponsorship deal in Britain,… Continue reading ISBA Sponsorship Conference
The combined ITV/C4 revenue for August, based on agency estimates, came in at £115.9m – a 9.6% increase on last year and the second highest increase so far this year.The individual revenues for ITV and C4 were gauged to be £95.14m and £20.76 – a 82:18 split – representing an slight improvement on ITV’s performance… Continue reading TV ROUND UP – AUGUST
Directors of Paramount Communications officially announced yesterday that they would consider other offers in competition with the current take-over bid from Viacom of $7.5bn. (News -24/9) The QVC Network has already put a hostile bid to the Paramount Board of around $9.9bn, but since QVC are a smaller company Paramount are insisting on receiving “satisfactory… Continue reading Paramount Auction Is Official
HTV has announced interim pre-tax profits for the first half of the year improving from a loss last year of £5m to a profit of £1.6m this year.Earnings per share were 1.5p compared to previous loss of 5.4p.Advertising has maintained a 6% share of the network spend.
Radio 1’s new line – up, announced yesterday, includes a weekend slot for Danny Baker, poached from sister station Radio 5. Announcing the changes the station’s new controller, Matthew Banister, emphasised Radio 1’s commitment to live music, journalism and comedy.Three of the stations’ older DJs have announced their departure in recent weeks; Dave Lee Travis,… Continue reading RADIO 1 NEW LINE-UP
Directors of Paramount Communications officially announced yesterday that they would consider other offers in competition with the current take-over bid from Viacom of $7.5bn. (News -24/9) The QVC Network has already put a hostile bid to the Paramount Board of around $9.9bn, but since QVC are a smaller company Paramount are insisting on receiving “satisfactory… Continue reading Paramount Auction Is Official
HTV has announced interim pre-tax profits for the first half of the year improving from a loss last year of £5m to a profit of £1.6m this year.Earnings per share were 1.5p compared to previous loss of 5.4p.Advertising has maintained a 6% share of the network spend.
The combined ITV/C4 revenue for August, based on agency estimates, came in at £115.9m – a 9.6% increase on last year and the second highest increase so far this year.The individual revenues for ITV and C4 were gauged to be £95.14m and £20.76 – a 82:18 split – representing an slight improvement on ITV’s performance… Continue reading TV ROUND UP – AUGUST
Radio 1’s new line – up, announced yesterday, includes a weekend slot for Danny Baker, poached from sister station Radio 5. Announcing the changes the station’s new controller, Matthew Banister, emphasised Radio 1’s commitment to live music, journalism and comedy.Three of the stations’ older DJs have announced their departure in recent weeks; Dave Lee Travis,… Continue reading RADIO 1 NEW LINE-UP
