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US adspend rose by more than 5% during 2003, according to the latest data from Nielsen Media Research, with local media showing the greatest increases throughout the year. Nielsen Monitor-Plus, the advertising information arm of the research company, has reported that all major media categories showed a growth in adspend during the year, and each… Continue reading US Adspend Tops 5% During 2003, Says Nielsen

Embattled cable group Telewest held firm yesterday sticking at 1žp despite the announcement that group managing director, Charles Burdick, will step down with immediate effect after just two years at the helm of the company (see Burdick Steps Down As Telewest Managing Director).Financial Times owner, Pearson, rose 6.29% settling at 633˝p while United Business Media… Continue reading Sharewatch: Telewest Holds Firm Despite Resignation

Van Wagner UK has appointed Jordan Schaps to the role of chief executive officer with responsibility for leading the expansion of the outdoor contractor’s business across the country.Schaps, son of the company’s world-wide chief executive, replaces the outgoing Charles B Hamlin, who recently returned to the United States to take the leadership of newly acquired… Continue reading Van Wagner UK Names Schaps As New Chief Executive

BLM has announced plans to launch a dedicated sports marketing division to be headed by Andy Clilverd and Robin Clarke.The new division, which aims to be fully operational by September, claims to provide a client first approach to commercial dealings and rather than simply matching budgets to events will exploit the role that sports play… Continue reading BLM Launches Dedicated Sports Marketing Division

Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier today posted increased pre-tax profits for 2003 but said it expects growth to slow in the coming year as the continued economic downturn takes its toll.Pre-tax profits were up 9%, from £927m to £1.01 billion. Reed said the figure would have reached 10% if adjusted at full year currency rates… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Sees 2003 Profits Rise But Predicts Dip

BSkyB is understood to have poached Five’s deputy chief executive, Nick Milligan, to take up a newly created role at its advertising sales operation.Unconfirmed reports suggest that Milligan, who has occupied a number of senior positions at Five, is set to take up a high-level role at Sky Media overseeing such operations as the sale… Continue reading BSkyB Poaches Five’s Milligan To Join Sales Division

Beleaguered cable operator Telewest has announced the resignation of its group managing director, Charles Burdick, after less than two years at the company’s helm.Burdick, who steps down with immediate effect, will stay on as a consultant to the company until the completion of its financial restructuring, but will then relinquish his directorship to pursue other… Continue reading Burdick Steps Down As Telewest Managing Director

ITV Sales has announced the appointment of Gary Knight as head of sponsorship and branded content following the completion of Carlton and Granada’s multibillion pound merger earlier this month.Knight takes up the position at the newly created company with immediate effect after having moved from Granada Enterprises, where he has been executive director of commercial… Continue reading ITV Sales Appoints Knight To Lead Sponsorship Division

Proposals by Ofcom to introduce a range of new community radio stations across the UK are being met with criticism from commercial radio companies and industry bodies.The new super-regulator plans to launch a number of not-for-profit stations that will be funded by Government grants and advertising revenue. The community radio projects will provide services for… Continue reading Ofcom Out Of Tune Over Community Radio Proposals

The US market for set-top boxes with integrated PVR’s (personal video recorders) will grow six-fold between now and 2008, according to new data from Park Associates. The standalone PVR market will be supplanted by set-top recorders provided by television service operators, along the lines of Sky+ in the UK, and will reach 25m US homes… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Integrated PVR’s To Boom In The US