ITV Partners, Carlton and Granada, were seen in focus yesterday, up 2.29% and 1.52% respectively as bullish sentiment lifted key media stocks.Elsewhere, Telewest was seen under pressure, down 14.29% on continued negative sentiment in the telecoms sector.Meanwhile, the dotcom sector was given a boost after Lastminute.com reported it was on track to make its first… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners Rise On Positive Sentiment
Guardian Media Group has agreed a deal to take full control of Trader Media Group, publisher of the car magazine AutoTrader. TMG which owns 70 publications in the UK and Ireland also has operations in Italy, Holland and South Africa. As the company is valued at £1.14 billion, GMG will pay almost £600 million for… Continue reading GMG Buys Up AutoTrader Publisher
The Advertising Standards Authority has slammed French Connection for an email campaign promoting its branded clothes and condoms.The email offered a free pack of condoms with the first 200 online orders for t-shirts, which contained the slogans “FCUK, If You Don’t Believe In Oral Sex Keep Your Mouth Shut”, “Practise Safe Sex Go FCUK Yourself”… Continue reading ASA Upholds Complaints Against Raunchy French Connection Ads
The sale of ITV’s two airtime sales houses is the most likely outcome of the Competition Commission’s ‘remedies’ for the merger of Carlton Communications and Granada, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley. The Commission has already presented a number of possible restrictions which would allay its concerns over a single ITV’s share of the television… Continue reading Divestment Of Sales Houses Will Cost ITV, Say Analysts
Figures compiled by Nielsen Media Research exclusively for NewsLine suggest that the difficult market conditions and the growing number of digital radio formats is helping to drive down advertising revenue at the UK’s most established national commercial radio stations.The data shows that Classic FM, which is the country’s most popular commercial station, with more than… Continue reading Feature: National Commercial Stations Feel The Squeeze
Vodafone and BSkyB have joined Hutchison Whampoa in bidding for the rights to show Premiership football highlights on mobile phones from next year, according to reports this week. Hutchison secured the mobile rights for £35 million back in June 2001 and is keen to retain the contract in order to popularise its third generation service… Continue reading Three-Way Battle For Mobile Football Rights
Guardian Media Group has agreed a deal to take full control of Trader Media Group, publisher of the car magazine AutoTrader.TMG which owns 70 publications in the UK and Ireland also has operations in Italy, Holland and South Africa.As the company is valued at £1.14 billion, GMG will pay almost £600 million for the 52%… Continue reading GMG Buys Up AutoTrader Publisher
The US hot-spot service market will be worth in excess of $800 million by 2007, according to a study by research firm Parks Associates. The findings are based on consumer surveys and interviews with service providers conducted for Public Hot Spots: Moving beyond Road Warriors, a recent report on the state of the Wi-Fi market… Continue reading Hot-Spot Service Revenues To Grow As Market Demand Increases
BBC Magazines has joined forces with Dorling Kindersley publishing to create a new development title for children aged between two and five.The new 24-page monthly publication, entitled My First Magazine, will be based around concepts developed in Dorling Kindersley’s pre-school range of books and will attempt to introduce young readers to the world around them… Continue reading BBC Magazines Teams With DK Publishing For New Title
ITV advertising is expected to fall by 5.0% in September and by 3.2% in the full year, according to forecasts from Morgan Stanley. Other reports predict that the total TV market will return to a slight positive growth of 0.7% in September. Commentators are talking of a continued cautiousness in the advertising market partly as… Continue reading ITV Revenues To Fall 3.2% In 2003, Says Morgan Stanley
