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Dixons, the electrical superstore, said yesterday its sales had slowed and warned margins would come under pressure in the run up to Christmas as consumer spending seems to have lost pace in the past few weeks. The festive period, which is traditionally the busiest for retailers, seems to have been stunted by recent interest rate… Continue reading Slow Down Of Electrical Goods May Hit Sky’s Subscriber Targets

Media regulator, Ofcom, has laid out phase two of its new telecommunications guidelines as the market moves from analogue to digital and has warned telecoms giant British Telecom (BT) that it must let rivals have ‘real equality of access’ to BT phone lines. As BT currently owns the majority of the telephone and broadband lines… Continue reading Ofcom Urges BT To Open Up Its Monopoly To Rivals

Scottish Radio Holdings saw its share price creep up yesterday, adding 1.62% to close at 940p. This morning saw the company announce preliminary results for the year to 30 September, revealing a rise in turnover of 15% to £96.3 million,with like-for-like revenues climbing by 9%.The company also stated that group operating profit had risen by… Continue reading Sharewatch: Scottish Radio Up Ahead Of Positive Results

Dixons, the electrical superstore, said yesterday its sales had slowed and warned margins would come under pressure in the run up to Christmas as consumer spending seems to have lost pace in the past few weeks.The festive period, which is traditionally the busiest for retailers, seems to have been stunted by recent interest rate rises… Continue reading Slow Down Of Electrical Goods May Hit Sky Subscriptions

ITV Sales has secured computer games giant Nintendo for a five week promotion on its CITV website, bringing ‘Mario Month’ to the children’s portal and providing the games giant with a highly targeted audience for promotion of its products.The promotion will see Nintendo using www.itv.com/citv to promote Mario Golf: Advance Tour for its Game Boy… Continue reading ITV Signs Nintendo For Month-Long Website Promotion

Trinity Mirror has announced a landmark deal with the Guardian Media Group to share a £45 million investment in new printing equipment, a move which will see Trinity take on a 15-year contract to print GMG’s regional titles in the North West, starting in early 2006.The GMG titles, published by subsidiary firm Greater Manchester Newspapers,… Continue reading Trinity Mirror To Print Guardian Media Group Titles

Global advertising giant WPP has succeeded in winning the highly lucrative rights to electronics firm Samsung’s world-wide media account, worth around £380 million, following a closely fought battle with incumbent agency, Omnicom.The win brings to a close seven months of contest between WPP, pitching against Publicis, and previous contract-holder Omnicom.Samsung’s account will now be divided… Continue reading WPP Clinches Samsung Account After Seven-Month Wrangle

Future Publishing has announced the appointment of David Fernando as the sales director of its London advertising operation with immediate effect.A new face at Future, Fernando joins from technology publishers IDG Communications where he was publishing director, with over 15 years experience in commercial publishing, having previously been on the board at Premier Magazines, now… Continue reading Future Appoints Fernando As New Sales Director

Scottish Radio Holdings has this morning reported record results for the past year, as group revenues grew by 14%, beating the group’s expectations of 9%.For the period ending 30 September 2004, turnover was up 15% to £96.3 million, spurred on by strong revenue growth in both the radio and press divisions which was up 20%… Continue reading SRH Exceeds Expectations With Record Results

Radio group Chrysalis put in a strong performance yesterday to undo its previous dip in share price, adding 6.40% to close at 174˝p. Speculation amongst traders over a high profile deal between the broadcaster and Virgin or the Guardian Media Group fuelled the price rise.Specifics of any impending deal are unclear, however earlier this week… Continue reading Sharewatch: Chrysalis Bounces Back On Speculation