Emap Performance is preparing to launch Smash Hits Radio on Emap’s digital multiplexes across the North of England and London.With inspiration for content said to come from Kiss 100 FM, the station will broadcast pop music and celebrity gossip 24 hours and day, seven days a week from Monday 27 May to a potential audience… Continue reading Digital Radio Extension For Smash Hits Brand
Twelve new FM commercial radio licences will be issued next year, the Radio Authority has announced. The licences, for areas including Cornwall and the West Midlands are likely to be the last issued by the authority before its powers transfer to the new communications regulator, Ofcom.The new licences are likely to be advertised at the… Continue reading Radio Authority To Offer 12 New FM Licences In 2003
The Independent will publish four extra supplements in addition to its usual six section package this Saturday, thanks to a series of sponsorship deals worth over £600,000 to the newspaper. One section will include the largest advertising site seen in a national newspaper, in the form of an 8 page broadsheet double gatefold for Renault.The… Continue reading Independent Strikes £600,000 Of Supplement Deals
There are small signs of recovering confidence amongst advertisers in the US, but they have yet to translate into any significant recovery in media spending, Aegis chairman Lord Sharman told the company’s AGM today. He added that market research spending is showing a modest improvement, helping to reduce the pressure felt on Aegis’ US market… Continue reading Aegis Cautious On Media Recovery, Europe Remains ‘Depressed’
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has agreed to sell Score Outdoor, its outdoor advertising division, to Clear Channel UK (CCUK) for a minimum of £33.5m.Stevie Spring, chief executive of Clear Channel UK said, “It has always been our ambition to build the best billboard business in the UK and this deal is a core strand in… Continue reading Score Outdoor Sale To Create Third Force In Market
Integrated marketing services company New Media Industries (NMI) has been appointed to handle the UK launch of new technology that allows video and media rich messages to be sent via email and GSM networks.The new tool called Oplayo allows consumers to receive stream-free video footage direct to their PCs or mobile phones without the need… Continue reading NMI To Handle Launch Of New Video Messaging Tool
TEAMtalk has today confirmed that it is holding talks with a number of parties interested in acquiring either the whole or parts of the radio and media group.Last week TEAMtalk Media, which owns national talk-based radio station TEAMtalk 252, rejected a take-over bid from UKbetting that valued the group at around £10.2 million. However, TEAMtalk,… Continue reading TEAMtalk In Take-Over Discussions
Adshel has launched the latest addition to its range of street furniture in the form of two branded kiosks under rental contract from the Derby Daily Telegraph.The kiosks, located in the centre of Derby, will provide protection from the elements for the newspaper vendors, storage for the newspapers and space to display newspaper posters. The… Continue reading Adshel Adds Newspaper Kiosks To Street Furniture Range
Thomas Middelhoff, the chairman and chief executive of Bertelsmann AG, is to close this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF), delivering the Worldview Address on 25 August.GEITF advisory chair 2002, Tiger Aspect Productions’ joint MD Charles Brand, commented: “While the industry speculate on which US major will buy ITV, and when Rupert Murdoch will… Continue reading Bertelsmann Chief To Present Worldview At GEITF
The underlying rate of inflation remained unchanged in April compared to the previous month, at 2.3%. The news countered fears from economists that rising fuel prices would push inflation higher.The headline rate rose, 0.2% to 1.5%, but this was a smaller increase than expected.The Retail Prices Index for April was 175.7.Subscribers can access RPI trends… Continue reading Inflation Rate Steadies During April
