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A report in yesterday’s Sunday Business which suggested that SMG was soon to be broken up in order to satisfy creditors has been dismissed as ‘complete nonsense’ by SMG. The report claimed that SMG was in breach of the loan agreement made with its bankers and would soon be forced to ‘radically restructure’, separating its… Continue reading SMG Dismisses Break-Up Rumours

BT Openworld is launching a multimillion pound integrated marketing campaign to drive broadband uptake in the UK.The three-month campaign is launching on the back of the BT Openworld’s new Plug & Go broadband product, which was unveiled last week and includes the company’s first ever consumer TV advert for broadband. From April a series of… Continue reading BT Openworld To Promote Broadband Uptake

SMG Dismisses Break-Up RumoursA report in yesterday’s Sunday Business which suggested that SMG was soon to be broken up in order to satisfy creditors has been dismissed as ‘complete nonsense’ by SMG.The report claimed that SMG was in breach of the loan agreement made with its bankers and would soon be forced to ‘radically restructure’,… Continue reading SMG Dismisses Break-Up Rumours

Cable company NTL has signed a multi-million pound contract with Samsung Electronics for the supply of digital cable set-top boxes. The deal may represent a threat to NTL’s other supplier, Pace Micro, which is already in financial trouble.Stephen Carter, managing director of NTL, said: “Having two suppliers rather than one is great for our business.”… Continue reading NTL Signs Set Top Box Deal With Samsung

Total magazine advertising revenue for the month of March closed at $1.4 billion, a 1.7% decrease on last year, according to the latest data from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). Advertising pages for March were 19,350 – down 10.0% from last year. Year-to-date (January-March) advertising revenue decreased 6.3%, closing at $3.3 billion and ad pages… Continue reading US Magazines Revenue Decline Slows In March

The BBC has launched another bid to find and develop new talent for its TV and radio stations. The third annual BBC Talent campaign will include a Big Brother-style competition to find new children’s TV presenters.Alan Yentob describes the scheme, which will also look for radio and interactive presenters, film makers, sports, science and wildlife… Continue reading BBC Launches Talent Search

Business to business (B2B) e-commerce revenues worldwide will reach $2,367 billion by 2004, according to forecasts from eMarketer. The online research company has aggregated a number of forecasts for worldwide B2B revenues, which are shown here. Averaged, the industry is forecast to be valued at $3,608 billion by 2004 and $5,866 billion by 2005. B2B… Continue reading Worldwide B2B E-Commerce Revenue Forecasts Comparisons

BMPtvi, the interactive TV agency owned by BMP DDB, is transferring its focus from creative to media planning and buying on interactive platforms and is relaunching as OMDtvi.The agency, which is shifting over to BMP’s main media agency OMD, will focus on developing interactive TV campaigns with existing clients such as Rimmel and will continue… Continue reading BMPtvi Relaunches With Interactive Focus

Total US magazine advertising revenue for the month of February came in at $1.1 billion, an 8.2% decrease from year on year, according to Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). Advertising pages by volume for February were 15,326, down 16.3% from last year. Year-to-date, advertising revenue decreased 9.7%, at $1.9 billion, and ad pages were 27,233, down… Continue reading US Magazines Revenues Dip 8.2% In February

Contract publisher Citrus has announced plans to merge its business with John Brown Publishing.A spokesman for Citrus, which publishes Vivid magazine for Wella and the consumer magazine for Granada Men and Motors, today confirmed that a deal was taking place.Citrus, which is the sixth largest contract publisher in the UK, has been hit recently by… Continue reading Citrus Set To Merge With John Brown