BSkyB saw shares fall 4.48% yesterday to close at £6.82 following news that it faced a possible “satellite dish tax” (see Spectrum Tax Speculation Hits Sky Share Price) under plans announced in the Government’s draft Communications Bill published last week (see Draft Communications Bill Relaxes Cross Media Rules).Cable & Wireless also performed poorly yesterday with… Continue reading Sharewatch
The latest ABC figures for National Newspapers show that if the many Queen Mother commemorative issues at the start of the month had any effect on circulation, it was minimal.The best performers in this analysis were titles seen as failing in the not-too-distant past. In percentage terms the biggest rise period on period was at… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – April 2002
Is the Information Super Highway as super as we once supposed? Or are we in need of some signposting? Ian Foulds, senior advertising planner at News International, sees a long road ahead.The internet – trumpeted since birth, can it do nothing wrong? For many it can, and quite often does.Quickly penned “The Information Super Highway”… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Lost in Cyber-Space
TalkSPORT has secured Chrysalis-owned Rivals Digital Media as the six-figure sponsor of its Sunday Morning Sports Breakfast Show.The deal begins this week and will see Rivals and its portfolio of sites mentioned in credits, trials and live reads on TalkSPORT for the next eight weeks. Rivals will use the airtime to promote its sporting and… Continue reading TalkSPORT Listeners To Wake Up With Rivals
Thanks to the time difference between the UK and World Cup host countries Japan and Korea, research carried out for RAB suggests that 36% of football fans will use radio to follow matches, compared to 15% during the last World Cup, as “deskbound” fans find alternative ways to TV for following the action.With the launch… Continue reading Feature: Sport On The Radio
The Football League has proceeded with its threatened legal action against the owners of ITV Digital, launching a £178.5 million claim against Carlton and Granada. The League is seeking a declaration that Carlton and Granada are liable as guarantors for payments totalling £178.5 million owed by ITV Digital (see Football League Battle With ITV Digital… Continue reading Football League Kicks Off Action Against ITV Digital Owners
JCDecaux has secured the recently launched Michelin Group subsidiary, ViaMichelin UK, as the first advertiser to use its new Cromwell Road “Pagoda” site.The site, which has both a backdrop for conventional poster advertising and a stage area for showcasing actual products, features a giant model of the Michelin Man as well as ViaMichelin representatives distributing… Continue reading JCDecaux Secures Brand For Pagoda Site
IPC Southbank has announced that its marketing director, Helen Farqhar, is to take on the additional role of business director for Marie Claire, following the departure of the magazine’s publishing director Rita Lewis last week.Farqhar came to her current role at IPC in October 2000 from Procter & Gamble, where she had been European brand… Continue reading IPC’s Farqhar To Take On Additional Marie Claire Role
Media stocks received a boost last week following the publication of the Government’s Draft Communications Bill on Tuesday (see Draft Communications Bill Relaxes Cross Media Rules).Week on week analysis shows that Carlton and Granada, which were given the go ahead by the Bill to merge into a single ITV, were among the best performers in… Continue reading Sharewatch
The break up of on- and offline media giant AOL Time Warner will not be recommended by a three-month strategic review of the company, to be presented to the Board this week, according to a report in this morning’s Financial Times. The paper says that there have been calls for the merger between America Online… Continue reading AOL Time Warner Review Will Not Recommend Break-Up, Says FT
