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A slowing of demand in the UK’s digital television market has caused sales at set-top box manufacturer, Pace Microtechnology, to fall by 41% over the last year to just 1.3 million units. Announcing its year-end financial results this morning, the group reported revenues down by 52.6% to £166.6 million for the twelve months to 31… Continue reading Pace Sales Dip 40% As UK Digital TV Market Stabilises

Month on month analysis of the latest ABC circulation figures for July revealed a mixed picture of newspaper circulation, which rose by 1.6% to just over 26.5 million.July proved to be a positive month for the tabloid market as the so-called summer silly season got into full swing. Richard Desmond’s recently launched Daily Star Sunday… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up- July 2003

UK publishing group Highbury House Communications (HHC) has made a £32 million offer for Paragon Publishing, which produces magazines in the videogames, personal computing and internet and home entertainment sectors. Highbury says that the deal will create one of the UK’s leading special interest consumer publishers and the third largest publicly-quoted consumer magazine publishing group.… Continue reading Highbury House To Buy Paragon Publishing For £32m

Month on month analysis of the latest ABC circulation figures for June reveals a mixed picture of the national newspaper market, which saw overall circulation slip to just over the 26 million mark, as the so-called summer silly season kicked in.The majority of titles saw circulation decline with the notable exception of the Sunday Times,… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – June 2003

Advertising and marketing conditions in the second quarter are shaping up to be similar to Q1, with positive trends in the US whilst elsewhere remains mixed and quite weak, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. Indications are of an upward momentum, with improved trading at the media companies likely to be followed by a similar… Continue reading Merrill Lynch Tweaks Advertising Forecasts

The Advertising Association has stepped up its opposition to a Private Member’s Bill proposing a complete ban on all food advertising aimed at children under the age of six.The Bill was first tabled earlier this year by Labour MP, Debra Shipley, who has gained the support of the National Heart Forum and the Parent’s Jury,… Continue reading Advertisers To Block Ban On Advertising Food To Children

The online music sector will experience only limited growth in the near future, due to the lack of co-operation between broadband service providers (BSPs) and the recording industry, according to a new report. A survey by Jupiter Research has found that 43% of consumers are still not convinced of the need to pay for internet… Continue reading Music Industry Must Embrace The Net, Says Study

UK publishing group Highbury House Communications (HHC) has made a £32 million offer for Paragon Publishing, which produces magazines in the videogames, personal computing and internet and home entertainment sectors.Highbury says that the deal will create one of the UK’s leading special interest consumer publishers and the third largest publicly-quoted consumer magazine publishing group. The… Continue reading Highbury House To Buy Paragon Publishing For £32m

Current pricing plans for multimedia messaging services (MMS) could cannabilise revenues from the popular SMS text messaging sector, leaving mobile operators in the lurch in the short-term. This is according to analyst and consulting company Ovum, which says that if operators do not revise their pricing strategies they face a potential revenue ‘time bomb’. According… Continue reading Mobile Operators Could Cannabilise Their Own Revenues, Warns Ovum

Yahoo! UK and Ireland has restructured its sales division in an attempt to improve relations with media planning and buying agencies.The move combines two new appointments with a number of promotions and newly created internal roles to strengthen the sales team, which is separated into four divisions under the leadership of sales director, Alison Reay.The… Continue reading Yahoo! Restructures Sales Team With Greater Agency Focus