More Uk articles

Emap Communications has today announced that it has purchased the event that hosts the advertising world’s ‘Oscars’ – the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival – for £52.5 million.The festival, which has been acquired from WJB Chiltern Trust, is the largest yearly gathering in the marketing world and each June over 8,000 advertising and marketing professionals… Continue reading Emap Acquires Oscars Of Advertising World For £52.5 Million

Cinema and movie fanatics will soon be able to download the latest blockbusters direct to their living room, as satellite giant Sky prepares to offer a pay-per-download purchase option for those desperate for the latest Hollywood releases.It is understood that the new scheme will be unleashed by Sky to combat the growing popularity of video-on-demand… Continue reading Sky To Sell Cinema By Satellite To Movie Buffs

Global holdings group, Interpublic, has saw revenues jump 3% during the second quarter of 2004, with organic revenue moving out of the red for the first time since 2001. As organic revenue, which has been adjusted for acquisitions and dispositions, scraped in to the positive with a 0.3% increase, operating profits rose 3.8%, a slight… Continue reading Slow Improvements Continue At Interpublic

GWR’s, Local Radio Group, has today announced it will purchase the remaining 67% stake of Two Boroughs Radio Limited from Johnston Press, to become sole-owner of the Burnley based station. The total purchase price, which includes the previously acquired 33% share of Two Boroughs Radio, is reported to be just over £2.2 million. In June,… Continue reading Local Radio Group Snaps Up Remaining Stake Of Two Boroughs

The online research market in the UK will more than double in 2004 and rake-in a massive £160 million over the year, according to a marketing information agency. The report Online Surveys and Research – A Buyer’s Guide, published by E-Consultancy, says the UK will be using the web to conduct research as frequently as… Continue reading UK Online Research Market To Double In 2004

The majority of media stocks showed healthy growth yesterday, recovering from Wednesday’s disastrous performance, sparked by investor uncertainty in satellite broadcaster BSkyB.Sky managed a 3.07% rise in share price yesterday, seemingly performing a u-turn on its massive 18.94% dip earlier this week, sparked by news that the company had failed to meet its target subscriber… Continue reading Sharewatch: Media Stocks Bounce Back But Sky Still Sore

Researching and shopping online has become even more popular in the United States thanks to a stronger economy and growing consumer confidence says, Dieringer Research Group (DRG). The American Interactive Consumer Survey, which involved 3,000 US adults, revealed that three out of five regularly go online, with the majority using the internet for shopping and… Continue reading US Buys Into Online Shopping

Channel 4 has announced the sponsorship of several comedy shows at the forthcoming Edinburgh Festival, underlining the broadcaster’s commitment to new talent and the next generation of British comedy stars.In addition to the show sponsorships, Channel 4 will produce a one page satirical free-sheet entitled Edinburgh Fun with articles and commentaries by new and established… Continue reading Channel 4 To Sponsor Best Of Edinburgh Comedy

The number of WAP pages being viewed by mobile phone users is on the increase, with the total for June seeing a considerable increase of 42% year on year, according to the latest figures released by the Mobile Data Association.A Total of 4 billion WAP pages were viewed during the second quarter of 2004, traditionally… Continue reading WAP Usage Growing As User Choice Increases

The online research market in the UK will more than double in 2004 and rake-in a massive £160 million over the year, according to a marketing information agency.The report Online Surveys and Research – A Buyer’s Guide, published by E-Consultancy, says the UK will be using the web to conduct research as frequently as the… Continue reading UK Online Research Market To Double In 2004