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Revenues at WPP, the world’s third largest communications group, exceeded £1 billion in the third quarter as the global advertising recovery gathered momentum. The company said today that revenues, in constant currencies, rose 10% to £1.03 billion reflecting the acquisition of Cordiant Communications (see WPP Completes Cordiant Acquisition) and the weakness of the dollar. On… Continue reading WPP Enjoys Healthy Third Quarter

Emap Performance has secured a deal with F2P Games that will bring its range of digital radio stations to gaming fans.Players of F2P Games on the Freeview platform will be able to access a drop down menu to select which digital radio service they want to tune into whilst they play.Users will be able to… Continue reading Emap Brings Digital Radio Stations To Gaming Fans

Improving market conditions are encouraging advertisers to increase spending with the result that WPP, one of the world’s leading communications services groups, is “climbing further out of the bath”, the company said today. WPP announced record third quarter revenues in excess of $1 billion and intimated that the second half of the year is looking… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Sorrell’s Bath Taking Shape

A senior executive at Carlton is understood to have been appointed to oversee the company’s £4.5 billion integration with Granada to create a single ITV company.The move will serve to reassure some Carlton employees that the deal remains a merger, rather than a take-over by Granada, which is the largest shareholder of the new ITV… Continue reading Senior Carlton Executive To Oversee ITV Integration

Almost 900 million page impressions were made on WAP phones during September as mobile internet services continued to increase in popularity, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association. The latest figure represents a rise of 14 million on the previous month and takes the daily average number of WAP impressions to 30… Continue reading WAP Figures Top 30 Million Per Day In September

Channel 4 has promoted Anmar Kawash to become the new managing director of the group’s commercial arm, 4 Ventures.Kawash will take over from Rob Woodward, who became Channel 4’s commercial director last year. He will take over operational responsibility for the 4 Ventures’ businesses reporting to Woodward. Previously Kawash was chief operating officer for 4… Continue reading Channel 4 Appoints New Managing Director Of 4 Ventures

Traditional media advertising is the worst performing marketing discipline when it comes to proving return on investment with network television seen as the most unreliable channel, according to a new American study.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Western Europe Plugs Into Home NetworksThe growth in broadband connections is helping to raise the profile of home networking in… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT: Network TV Fails To Deliver Proof Of ROI

Granada chief executive, Charles Allen, could follow Carlton’s Michael Green in being forced out by rebel shareholders unless he succeeds in improving the financial fortunes of the merged ITV over the coming months. Allen has been earmarked to become chief executive of the ITV company that will result from the £4.5 billion merger of Carlton… Continue reading Investors Pressure Allen To Improve Fortunes At ITV

Revenues at information group Reuters continued to fall in the third quarter of 2003 but the company says it is delivering ‘according to plan’, despite unfavourable market conditions. Reuters said that core revenues were down 12% to £658 million in the three months to 30 September, slightly ahead of forecasts. Recurring revenue from subscription products,… Continue reading Reuters Results Better Than Expected

Traditional media advertising is the worst performing marketing discipline when it comes to proving return on investment with network television seen as the most unreliable channel, according to a new American study. Together with the backing of the Association of National Advertisers, Advertising Age commissioned a survey of top US marketers that was carried out… Continue reading Network TV Fails To Deliver Proof Of ROI, Says Study