Telewest, which last week reportedly demanded the resignation of its chief executive, Adam Singer (see Telewest Chief Executive Removed In ‘Boardroom Coup’), was one of the worst performers in yesterday’s media market. Shares were down 12.5% to close at 1žp, a loss of źp on the day before.Trinity Mirror, which announced last week that pre-tax… Continue reading Sharewatch
The fallout from the unsuccessful court action against Carlton and Guardian today resulted in the resignation of both the chairman and the chief executive of the Football League. Keith Harris and David Burns had come under fire following the failure to recoup £131 million from Carlton and Granada’s defunct pay-TV venture, ITV Digital.“At all times… Continue reading League Bosses Pay The Price For ITV Digital Defeat
Channel 4 is launching a SMS text message campaign as part of its “Indian Summer” season of cricket coverage.Cricket coverage has been the jewel in C4’s sporting crown. The channel is hoping to use its “Indian Summer” season of events and themed programs to appeal to a younger 16-34 year old audience. C4 previously secured… Continue reading Channel 4 Launches SMS Campaign
Media communications and market research network, Aegis Group, has acquired Sample Surveys, one of the largest independently owned custom market research agencies in the UK. Aegis will pay an initial £5.4 million cash, with a deferred consideration of up to £1.8 million, subject to the performance of Sample Surveys over the next three years. The… Continue reading Aegis Acquires UK Market Research Firm
Rivals Digital Media, the company that houses popular football sites Rivals.net and Football 365 is to re-launch its online SMS services.The new updated services will be launched on August 17th to coincide with the start of the Premiership.Steve Clarke, director of Business Development for Rivals said: “By revamping our online SMS offering and altering the… Continue reading Rivals Re-launches SMS Services
The fallout from the unsuccessful court action against Carlton and Guardian today resulted in the resignation of both the chairman and the chief executive of the Football League. Keith Harris and David Burns had come under fire following the failure to recoup £131 million from Carlton and Granada’s defunct pay-TV venture, ITV Digital (see League… Continue reading League Bosses Pay The Price For ITV Digital Defeat
World market information group, Taylor Nelson Sofres, has acquired Svenska Gallup, a market information business in Sweden. Svenska Gallup provides customised market information across all industry sectors, as well as opinion and social research and employee related studies. Svenska Gallup turnover for the year ended 30 June 2002 was SEK28.5 million (£1.9 million) and net… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Sofres Expands Into Sweden
Carlton and Granada, which were hit last week by news that Bertelsmann had abandoned its plans to take a larger stake in the US television market, saw shares fall yesterday. The former was down 7.97% to close at £1.58ž, whilst the latter slipped 5.57% to finish at 80˝p, a loss of 4žp on the day… Continue reading Sharewatch
US adspend is forecast to show a slight comeback in the second half of the year, with moderate gains continuing through to 2006, according to a new industry report from Veronis Suhler Stevenson as reported by Mediapost. Growth of 2.9% is predicted for 2002, following the 6.2% decline of last year. Most of this is… Continue reading US Ad Forecasts From Veronis Suhler
With the media industry still trying to digest the Joint Scrutiny Committee’s report on the draft Communications Bill, ISBA’s director of public affairs, Ian Twinn, examines the Committee’s recommendations on the issue of self-regulation for broadcast advertising.Understandably, the media focus on the Puttnam Committee report, published last week on the Communications Bill, was on their… Continue reading NewsLine Column: A Step Towards Self-Regulation
