Viacom Outdoor has announced the appointment of Rashim Abraham to the newly created role of engineering and Technical Director. His brief will include working alongside the XTP team, once a new project supplier is secured and liaising with London Underground regarding technical matters. He will also take charge of new product and site development across… Continue reading Viacom Reiterates Commitment To New Technologies
The Financial Times has secured Renault Trucks as the sole advertiser for its new tabloid supplement, The Premiership.The 16-page colour supplement, which launches today, will be published with Thursday’s FT and will include analysis and interviews with the Premiership’s top players and managers, as well as reports from other European football leagues.Euan Harron, marketing director… Continue reading FT Signs Renault Trucks For New Football Supplement
Future Publishing is extending its portfolio of gaming titles with the launch of 101 PC Games for the pre-Christmas period.The bi-monthly title, which is aimed at hardcore and occasional gamers, will feature a DVD-ROM of 101 playable computer game demos in every issue. The magazine is designed to compliment rather than compete with existing PC… Continue reading Future Extends Gaming Portfolio With 101 PC Games
ITV’s advertising revenues are looking set to be up by 6.0% in August, better than Merrill Lynch analysts’ expectations, which had put the growth at 3.0%.Early figures for September show ITV up 0.5% in a strong TV market which will be up by 7.0% to 9.0%. ITV says that it had very few cancellations following… Continue reading Second Half Forecasts Put ITV Revenue Down 1.4% In 2002
Director of the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), Paul Bolt, has reportedly criticised the BBC for showing too many programmes that are “humdrum, over-familiar and formulaic”.In today’s Financial Times, Bolt criticises a number of BBC programmes including police drama, Mersey Beat and hospital series, Holby City, saying: “One begins to wonder what really is the point… Continue reading BSC Director Criticises BBC Programming
H Bauer is set to launch a new monthly women’s magazine called “Spirit & Destiny” next month.The saddle-stitched, 132-page magazine will be priced between £2.50 and £3.00 with an initial print run of 250,000. It will focus on new age therapies, astrology alongside the traditional staples of women’s glossies; beauty, fashion and health. The magazine… Continue reading H Bauer Launches New Women’s Monthly Magazine
Unlicensed file sharing services will continue to thrive until record labels allow internet users to download music legitimately, according to a new report from The Yankee Group. Consumers aged 14 and above downloaded 5.16 billion audio files in the US via unlicensed file-sharing services such as KaZaa, Morpheus and LimeWire in 2001. This is set… Continue reading Unlicensed Music Downloads To Peak In 2005, Says Yankee Group
The 2002/2003 World Magazine Trends report from FIPP/Zenith Optimedia, to be released next month, offers an assessment and outlook of magazine publishing industries in key markets around the world. Regional summaries are given here. Europe Europe’s magazine ad market fell in 2001, and is likely to fall again in 2002, but overall it should suffer… Continue reading World Magazines Outlook From FIPP/Zenith
Despite the well documented failures of ITV Digital and Quiero, European consumers will spend E13.4 billion on digital and interactive television services in 2002, an increase of 31% over last year, according to Strategy Analytics. Interactive Digital TV Market Forecast – Europe is produced by the Broadband Entertainment Strategies (BES) service of SA and examines… Continue reading Advanced Television Services Set To Take Off
Male internet users in Britain are twice as likely to pay for online content than females, according to a new study by the service provider, BT Openworld. In the survey, over 50% of male respondents admitted to buying online content, compared to just 26% of women. Men in the 20 to 30 age group are… Continue reading UK Men More Willing To Pay For Online Content
