The MediaTel Group has launched a new company website www.mediatelgroup.co.uk which aims to demonstrate the group’s full range of brands and products, beyond the media intelligence it is best known for.Derek Jones, managing director, said: “With the growth of the company in all areas, we introduced the MediaTel Group brand earlier this year as there… Continue reading MediaTel Group Launches New Website
According to the latest Bellwether Report from the IPA, companies reducing their advertising budgets for 2002 will be outnumbered almost two to one by those increasing their spending. The current downturn will be brief, according to those surveyed and 2002 will see the return of advertiser confidence. Of those questioned, 42% of companies setting new… Continue reading Q3 Bellwether Report Suggests Downturn Will Be ‘Brief’
The current advertising downturn is expected to be brief, but the distribution of marketing spend is changing, according the IPA’s Bellwether report, released for Q3 2001 today. It reveals that the number of companies marking up their budgets for next year outnumber those cutting back by two to one.The areas most prone to cuts were… Continue reading IPA Bellwether Says Downturn Will Be Brief
In light of US strikes on Afghanistan and the continued threat of terrorism across the States, Jack Myers has revised its US ad revenue forecasts for 2002 putting forward a best and worse case scenario. Even prior to the attacks on the US Myers forecast of -1.7% growth in total ad spending was optimistic. The… Continue reading Myers Reduces ‘Overly Optimistic’ 2002 US Ad Revenue Forecasts
The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that the national newspaper market as a whole saw a month on month increase of 3% from August to September this year. The events of 11 September led to a general increase in the demand for news boosting the industry as a whole.Sport First… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up September 2001
Online content producers that believe users will pay for their content because of its intrinsic value are wrong, according to Making Content Pay, a new report by Forrester Research, released today. The research firm claims that the user’s experience of web-based content is complementary to other media, rather than as substitute to them. For this… Continue reading Users Will Not Pay For Most Online Content, Says Forrester
Granada’s This Morning is launching an interactive TV element which will be sponsored by Learndirect.The new interactive area, which launches on ITV Digital this week, will carry the Leandirect logo and will offer This Morning‘s viewers information on Learndirect courses.ITV Digital subscribers will be able to interact with various day to day aspects of the… Continue reading Granada’s This Morning Goes Interactive
In it’s 2000 Long Term Advertising Forecasts, The Advertising Association has predicted a rise of more than 40% in advertising expenditure over the next 12 years. The report covers expenditure trends to 2012 in nine media – television, national newspapers, regional newspapers, consumer magazines, business magazines, directories, outdoor, radio and cinema – and seven product… Continue reading AA forecasts 40% growth in ad expenditure
News International is merging the online presence of the Times and the Sunday Times as part of a move towards a premium paid-for service.The new subscription-based website, called Times Newspapers Online will include content from both thetimes.co.uk and thesundaytimes.co.uk and will overseen by Keith Blackmore as online editorial director.A number of staff are thought to… Continue reading Times And Sunday Times Online To Merge
The headline rate of inflation fell by 0.4 of a percentage point to 1.7% during September, following the steep rise it saw in the previous month (see Inflation Rate In Unexpected High).Underlying inflation dropped back below the Government target rate of 2.5% during the month, down 0.3 of a percentage point compared to the previous… Continue reading Inflation Rate Subsides For September
