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Carlton and Granada have announced a 7% increase in ITV1’s network programme budget after the Government cleared the way for their £4.2 billion merger. The £57 million year on year increase to £849 million for the current financial year, from 1 October to 30 September 2004, could increase once cost savings from the merger a… Continue reading ITV Merger Leads To Increase In Programme Budget

Independent News & Media has announced the sale of its stake in a Portuguese newspaper group as it continues to dispose of non-core assets. The publisher has sold its 19.1% stake in Lusomondo Media to the Lisbon-based Cofina Group for £17 million. Cofina owns several of the biggest titles in Portugal including Correio da Manha,… Continue reading INM Accepts Offer For Portuguese Stake

ITV has unveiled a wide-ranging seven point plan for growth that will help it stave off any American take-over through the launch of a series of new digital channels and a new commitment to produce more format-based television programmes. The strategy has been unveiled in an interview in the Sunday Times with Charles Allen and… Continue reading ITV Unveils Growth Plan And Vows To Fight Off Takeover Bid

Last week’s big movers were ITV partners, Carlton and Granada, which both shot up following the Department of Trade and Industry’s decision to allow their £4 billion merger to go ahead without the divestment of their sales houses (see ITV Cleared To Merge With Sales Houses Intact).The group also unveiled its management board last week… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners Surge On Merger Decision

Tony Wheble, former commercial director of Flextech, has been appointed to the role of managing director at Active International, the company that trades surplus goods for advertising airtime.Wheble will report to Active International’s board director, David Gallaher, with a brief to boost the profile of corporate trade at the company, which is the tenth largest… Continue reading Former Flextech Director Joins Active International

The latest ABC figures for September brought impressive news to The Business, which saw circulation increase by a massive 83.6% month on month to 207,423. However, media buyers will have their eye on the fact that the paper’s increased circulation has been driven by a rise in bulk sales and overseas circulation.Reports suggest that title’s… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – September 2003

Almost half of media industry professionals believe that the research currently used to measure the effectiveness of advertising is inadequate, according to the latest poll from the MRG.The study of Media Research Group members shows that just 14% of respondents think the current tracking studies, such as Millward Brown, are sufficient to measure the effectiveness… Continue reading Research Claims Ad Effectiveness Measures Are Inadequate

The latest ABC figures for September brought impressive news to The Business, which saw circulation increase by a massive 83.6% month on month to 207,423. However, media buyers will have their eye on the fact that the paper’s increased circulation has been driven by a rise in bulk sales and overseas circulation.Reports suggest that title’s… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – September 2003

BBC Radio 1 has signed Channel 4 presenter, Vernon Kay, to host a new weekly entertainment programme as part of the station’s revamped weekend line-up.Kay will join the station in January next year and will front a new Sunday show covering the week’s entertainment and showbiz news, with Kay giving his own particular take on… Continue reading Radio 1 Secures Kay To Complete New Weekend Line-Up

The latest ABC figures for September brought impressive news to The Business, which saw circulation increase by a massive 83.6% month on month to 207,423. However, media buyers will have their eye on the fact that the paper’s increased circulation has been driven by a rise in bulk sales and overseas circulation.Reports suggest that title’s… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – September 2003