Football First saw circulation shoot up by an impressive 37.2% during August to just over the 30,000 as the start of the Premiership season lifted sales at the Sunday sports title, according to the latest ABC national newspaper results.Elsewhere, the Sunday Mirror experienced a solid 5.7% month on month rise to earn a total circulation… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – August 2004
More than three quarters of UK television viewers would support Government action to ban junk food advertising during children’s programming in an attempt to combat the growing problem of obesity amongst young people.The BBC’s Healthy Britain poll of more than 1,000 adults shows that an outright ban on junk food advertising was supported across all… Continue reading Viewers Support Outright Ban On Fast Food Commercials
O˛ customers could soon be watching On The Buses on the bus, or shopping channels in the supermarket, as the mobile giant prepares to launch a trial with NTL’s broadcast division to bring multi-channel digital television to mobile phones.The experimental broadcasts will begin in spring 2005 from nine transmitters covering 120 square kilometers around Oxford.… Continue reading NTL And O˛ To Bring Television To Mobile Phones
Broadband internet has established itself as a firm favourite in the UK, as 41% of web surfers now opt for a high-speed connection when going online.According to new research from global market research group, NOP World, the growing popularity of the internet in the UK, which now reaches 58% of the population (26.8 million), has… Continue reading UK Broadband Usage To Double In Six Months
Football First saw circulation shoot up by an impressive 37.2% during August to just over the 30,000 as the start of the Premiership season lifted sales at the Sunday sports title, according to the latest ABC national newspaper results.Elsewhere, the Sunday Mirror experienced a solid 5.7% month on month rise to earn a total circulation… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – August 2004
ITV suffered a minor dip in share price yesterday, losing 0.47% to close at 105p ahead of publication of the company’s first financial results since the merger of Carlton and Granada. The broadcaster has revealed impressive half year figures, notching up the largest revenue increase since the dotcom boom.The commercial television giant announced this morning… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Dips Ahead Of Impressive Results
French advertising group, Havas, has said its board of directors has given the green light to move forward with a bid to purchase US rivals, Grey Global Group. Havas’ bid, which will be joined by offers from UK advertising giants, WPP and private equity firm, Hellman & Friedman, will have to be submitted before today’s… Continue reading Havas Given Go-Ahead For Grey Global Bid
The long-awaited advertising recovery may have brought a feeling of optimism to the industry but it has yet to result in a significant increase in UK new business, according to figures from the AAR’s NewBizMoves database.The latest official data reveals little notable improvement in the advertising sector with a total of 198 creative account reviews… Continue reading New Business Activity Remains Subdued In First Half
Broadband internet has established itself as a firm favourite in the UK, as 41% of web surfers now opt for a high-speed connection when going online. According to new research from global market research group, NOP World, the growing popularity of the internet in the UK, which now reaches 58% of the population (26.8 million),… Continue reading UK Broadband Usage Doubles In Six Months
As the advertising upturn continues, Scottish Media Group (SMG), has seen a turnaround in its fortunes as pre-tax profits grew by 20% to £5.5 million during the first half of this year.The Glasgow-based group’s television division recorded the strongest performance of all sectors, for the period from January to June, as operating profits grew by… Continue reading Television Helps Boosts Fortunes At SMG
