A positive day’s trading amongst media stocks saw the UK’s radio companies bounce back from a week of decline yesterday, with all but GWR seeing an increase in share price.GWR recently announced the details of its merger with Capital Radio, a move which will create a broadcaster worth £711 million controlling more than 40% of… Continue reading Sharewatch: Positive Trading Gives Boost To Radio
IPC Media is to extend the syndication of its most famous brands with the creation of a new division dubbed IPC+ to handle the licensing of its operations world-wide.The new division has been created from the company’s Content & Licensing division and is dedicated to building IPC’s brands through commercial partnerships. IPC+ will encompass brand… Continue reading IPC Focuses On Syndication To Boost Brand Power
Emap’s weekly teen magazine Sneak unveils a new look this week following in-depth research carried out over the summer to boost circulation.The revamped title will carry a new design and logo aimed at making it more eye catching on the shelf, as well as a range of new content specially tailored to appeal to its… Continue reading Emap Sneaks In Redesign Of Weekly Teen Title
The rumours surrounding a merger between Channel Four and Five were given another boost when RTL boss and majority owner of Five said the group would be ‘prepared to go in to a minority position’ if the television broadcasters decided to team up. RTL, which owns two-thirds of Five and United Business Media, which owns… Continue reading RTL Expresses Interest In C4 and Five Merger
Chrysalis Radio’s flagship Heart 106.2 recently revamped its image and hiked up its adspend by around 20% in an attempt to knock arch-rival Capital 95.8 off the top spot in London. The station’s head of marketing, Tina Finch, explains the strategy behind the decision…The past decade has seen the UK’s radio industry go from strength… Continue reading NewsLine Column: A Brand New Heart
During September, a number of advertising forecasts for 2004 and 2005 were revised as solid recovery in Europe and the US kicked in. Carat, the world’s largest independent media agency network, grew its 2004 forecast from 5.3% to 5.7%, while 2005 was increased from 4.4% to 5.0%. The UK’s Advertising Association (AA) also revisited previous… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – September 2004
Cambridge has become the latest area of Britain to benefit from locally broadcast DAB digital radio content following the creation of a new multiplex by NOWdigital.The multiplex will offer local residents a range of radio services, including existing stations such as Q103, Classic Gold, Vibe FM and BBC Radio Cambridgeshire in digital quality, as well… Continue reading Boost To DAB Radio As Cambridge Gets Local Multiplex
DSL, the world’s most popular broadband technology, added more than 30 million global subscribers in the past year, taking the global total to 78 million. The growth in DSL subscribers, according to the latest data from industry analyst Point Topic, was more than double that of the other broadband access technologies in the same year.… Continue reading DSL Maintains Global Broadband Dominance
Interactive advertising channel Zip TV has secured Five as the latest commercial broadcaster to use its services, which allow brands to run interactive campaigns across multiple channels without changing the format or design of commercials.The deal follows an identical agreement between Zip and IDS earlier this year and allows viewers to jump from Five’s digital… Continue reading Five Joins Zip TV For Interactive Advertising
ITV’s Fantasy Football has escaped censure from media super-regulator Ofcom following a series of complaints concerning the series’ sexual content and references to the nationalities and religions of presenters and guests.The series, hosted by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and following this year’s European Championships, was criticised by viewers for its depiction of England coach… Continue reading Fantasy Football Dodges Ofcom Over Complaints
