Emap has announced that Brian Page will be the new programme director at RockFM/Magic 999.Prior to joining Emap, Page worked as programme controller at Wave 102 which is part of the Wireless Group. He has also worked within Scottish Radio Holdings, where he began his career as a presenter, before climbing the ladder to become… Continue reading RockFM/Magic 999 Announces New Programme Director
The MRG’s newly relocated Media Planning Course took place on 23rd-25th October 2002 at Moor Hall in Cookham – the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s HQ.Over 30 delegates from a wide range of agencies, media owners and research companies gathered to hear industry experts imparting their knowledge on various aspects of media planning over the first… Continue reading MRG 3-Day Course: Media Planning
ABC Electronic has announced Capital Radio Group will be the first broadcaster to publish audited data on streaming.Capital will publish figures detailing how many unique users were listening to the radio streams and the duration of listening. A spokesperson for ABC Electronic told NewsLine: “Capital feel the need to offer clarity and transparency to their… Continue reading ABC Electronic To Measure Online Radio Listening
The publisher of The Wall Street Journal Europe, Dow Jones, has announced it is to cut a further 230 jobs by the middle of November.In a memo to staff, Peter Kann, the company’s chief executive, cited “the harsh economic climate in which we’re operating” as well as “depressed” global markets for financial services, technology and… Continue reading Advertising Recession Hits Financial Media
UK display advertising is set to grow by 1.8% in Q3 this year, after which growth should steadily, if not dramatically, rise. This is according to the latest set of forecasts from the Advertising Association (AA). The figures show increases in quarterly growth throughout 2003, followed by a gentle dip moving into 2004. Throughout the… Continue reading Advertising Association Long-Term And Quarterly UK Ad Forecasts
New figures from GartnerG2 have established that SMS is now more popular than email and it is claimed that the industry is missing a trick by ploughing so many of its resources into 3G technology. The latest consumer research was presented at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Cannes. In particular, it was found that 62% of… Continue reading Mobile Industry Too Obsessed With 3G, Says GartnerG2
BSkyB’s increasingly dominant position in the UK pay-television market looks all set to strengthen, as this Friday’s first quarter results are forecast to show a net rise in subscribers of 205,000 (see Good Growth Expected In Sky’s Q1 Results). This will take the number of customers to its digital satellite service to 6.3 million. If… Continue reading BSkyB Takes Increasingly Dominant Position In UK Pay-TV Market
BSkyB is expected to post a 205,000 net subscriber gain in its first quarter results, taking the number of customers for its digital satellite service to 6.3 million, according to Lehman Brothers. The broadcaster had 6.1 million subs as at June this year (see BSkyB Results Beat Expectations With 6.1m Customers Now Signed) and the… Continue reading Good Growth Expected In Sky’s Q1 Results
Revenues at News International’s UK titles have plunged 50% in the last three months as a result of the high profile tabloid tussle with Trinity Mirror. Figures out today show that The Sun lost more than £20 million in revenues after cutting its cost nationwide in a bid to compete with the Daily Mirror. “Slightly… Continue reading Price War Drives Down News International Income
The European Commission has cleared the way for RTL Group to complete the acquisition of a 47.3% stake in German news broadcaster n-tv. Back in August, RTL agreed to buy the TV and radio assets of publishing group Georg van Holtzbrinck, including the stake in n-tv, for E170 million (see RTL Acquires German Media Group).… Continue reading RTL Cleared For N-TV Acquisition
