Lord Puttnam, the chairman of the Joint Committee on the draft Communications Bill, is to deliver this year’s Worldview Address at the Guardian International Television Festival (GEITF).Puttnam will be replacing Thomas Middelhoff, the now ex-chairman and chief executive of Bertelsmann AG.GEITF advisory chair and joint MD of Tiger Aspect Productions, Charles Brand, said: “In the… Continue reading Lord Puttnam Replaces Sacked Bertelsmann CEO At GEITF
The Guardian Media Group, which publishes the Guardian and the Observer newspapers, has announced a fall in profits for the year to March but claims that the advertising market is showing signs of recovery.Pre-tax profits at GMG totalled £9.8 million in the first three months of 2002, down from £67 million for the same period… Continue reading GMG Reports Fall In Profits
US online advertising fell by 18.0% to $1.55 billion in the first quarter of 2002, according to a new report from the Internet Advertising Bureau. The figures, produced in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers, showed that online advertising revenues were down 6.5% when compared with Q4 2001. However, the IAB has played this down, claiming that the… Continue reading US Internet Adspend Continues To Slide
US consumer spending on online content increased to $675 million last year, almost double the amount spent in 2000, according to the Online Publishers Association (OPA). Although a number of newspapers, notably the Wall Street Journal, have been able to justify charging users, subscriptions have generally been regarded as a death knell for websites. In… Continue reading Online Content Becoming Viable Revenue Source, Says Report
Mobile phones which incorporate a camera are among the new generation of devices set to invigorate the worldwide telecoms market. According to Strategy Analytics, sales are expected to exceed 16 million in 2002 and surge to 147 million by 2007. In the short term, prohibitive pricing and large form factors will preclude high take-up in… Continue reading Consumers To Snap Up Camera Phones
UK television revenues are set to hit £3.1 billion this year, representing a 3.1% growth over 2001, according to forecasts from buying agency Carat. Growth is expected to rise to 4.7% in 2003, with longer term forecasts currently predicting 4.0% growth each year thereafter until 2007. By this time UK TV revenue will total around… Continue reading Long-Term UK TV Revenue Forecasts From Carat
ITV revenues are set to show positive growth for the rest of the year, bar a predicted dip in December, according to the latest forecasts from media buying agency Carat. July is expected turn in a growth of 3.7%, whilst August jumps up to 6.3% higher than the same month in 2002. Growth is then… Continue reading ITV Revenues Look Positive For Remainder Of 2002, Say Carat TV Forecasts
Carlton and Granada, which yesterday won their high court battle with the Football League (see League Loses ITV Digital Battle), saw shares fall yesterday. The former slipped 3.61% to close at £1.73˝p, while the latter was down 5.51% to finish at 90p, a loss of 5źp on the day before.BSkyB, which announced earlier in the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Clear Channel’s acquisition of Score Outdoor from Scottish Radio Holdings has been approved by the Office Of Fair Trading allowing the creation of a third national force in the billboard advertising market.American-owned Clear Channel plans to merge Score Outdoor with its own poster contractor, More O’Ferrall and the new combined company will launch a series… Continue reading OFT Approves Clear Channel’s Acquisition Of Score Outdoor
Following yesterday’s release of RAJAR data for the three-month period ending June 2002, figures from Nielsen Media Research show that national speech-based sports radio station, TalkSPORT saw revenue increase by over £1 million period on period during the second quarter of this year, despite seeing its weekly reach decline by 1% during the same three-month… Continue reading RAJAR Follow-Up Report – Revenue At Selected National Commercial Radio Stations
