Richard Desmond, owner of Express Newspapers and Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail & General Trust could be ruled out for the race to buy the Telegraph Group amid concerns they could face investigation by competition authorities.Both newspaper groups have shown an interest in the owner of the Telegraph titles, which is expected to be put up… Continue reading Big Guns Could Be Ruled Out Of Race For Telegraph Titles
Revenues at the Wireless Group have risen by 24% during September, October and November, with the company’s flagship talkSPORT jumping by 28%, 42% and 38% respectively.In a trading statement released this morning, the company said that the local radio stations saw revenues up by 11% in September, 23% in October and 19% in November. These… Continue reading Positive Outlook From Wireless Group And UBC
The development of the UK’s digital audio broadcasting sector is gathering pace, according to radio station and programme production company, UBC Media. The group today predicted that sales of DAB digital radios will have more than doubled over 2002’s 175,000 by the end of this year.Also On MediaTelINSIGHT Today….US Television Revenues Rise By 0.8% In… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT: UBC Puts Faith In Digital Radio
IPC Media is launching a radio advertising campaign to encourage consumers to consider magazine subscriptions as Christmas gifts.The campaign launches later this week on Magic FM with two separate executions featuring the voice of Lucy Gaskell from ITV1’s Cutting It drama series. One ad will drive consumers to IPC’s subscriptions website www.xmasmagazines.com and the other… Continue reading IPC Promotes Magazine Subscriptions As Christmas Gifts
Richard Desmond, owner of Express Newspapers and Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail & General Trust could be ruled out for the race to buy the Telegraph Group amid concerns they could face investigation by competition authorities. Both newspaper groups have shown an interest in the owner of the Telegraph titles, which is expected to be put… Continue reading Big Guns Could Be Ruled Out Of Race For Telegraph Titles
Week on week analysis of the media sector brought good news to Scottish Radio Holdings, which rose 2.7% week on week following a strong set of financial results.The radio group announced that like for like broadcast revenues were up by 6% during the year to September, with national advertising up 9% and local up 3%… Continue reading Sharewatch: Scottish Radio Surges Following Results
Revenues at the Wireless Group have risen by 24% during September, October and November, with the company’s flagship talkSPORT jumping by 28%, 42% and 38% respectively. In a trading statement released this morning, the company said that the local radio stations saw revenues up by 11% in September, 23% in October and 19% in November.… Continue reading Wireless Group Shares Rally On 24% Revenue Growth
BT has teamed with Philips to launch of a new broadband-enabled music service that will allow consumers to listen to downloaded music anywhere in their home.The special package combines the Philips Streamium MC-i250 stereo system with the BT Voyager 2000 wireless modem. It uses a broadband connection to stream MP3 files and online radio stations… Continue reading BT Extends Broadband Package With Philips Link-Up
UBC Media, the UK radio group, says that advertising revenues have shown a marked improvement in the last few months of its first half, but claims that trading conditions remain challenging despite a stronger performance since September. The group managed to reduce its pre-tax losses for the six months 30 September from £1.0 million last… Continue reading UBC Media Sees Ad Revenue Improvements As Losses Fall
UK web technology group, Mirago, has launched a new day-parting service to allow advertisers to choose what times their search listings are displayed.The new service will allow the company’s UK pay-per-click advertisers to select the time of day, week and month that their listings are displayed, allowing them to better target their campaigns and maximise… Continue reading Web Group Launches Day Parting Service
