Following months of wrangling and speculation WPP has conceded its efforts to withdraw from the take-over of Tempus Group and is now prepared to go through with the £434 million deal.Yesterday the Takeover Panel released a statement detailing their reasons for dismissing WPP’s appeal to withdraw their initial 555p-a-share offer and WPP followed this with… Continue reading WPP Will Buy Tempus
Youth research project ROAR is introducing new methodology this week which utilises the popularity of mobile phones with its target age group. As part of the second wave of research, SMS text diaries will be used, whereby panel members text details of “Emedia moments” to the research agency 2cv as soon as they happen. They… Continue reading ROAR Uses SMS To Research Youth
Telewest, which announced that it is rebranding to Telewest Broadband to consolidate its position in the UK broadband sector (see Telewest Announces Rebrand), was the best performer in yesterday’s media market, with shares jumping 11.80% to close at 49žp.WPP saw shares rise 9˝p to close at £6.65 as company continues with attempts to get out… Continue reading Sharewatch
BlowUp Media has signed its first airline advertiser since the events of 11 September caused big-budget flight operators to withdraw from the medium.The “Flights to the Sun” campaign for AirFrance launches this month and features Blow Up’s 800 metre square poster at the City Gateway site in London. The campaign, which was bought by French… Continue reading BlowUp Media Launches Airline Campaign
Outdoor advertising contractor, JC Decaux, has this morning announced third quarter revenue increases of 11% to E360 million thanks to a strong performance from its Street Furniture division. Revenues for the three months to September were in line with company expectations and rose on a like-for-like basis (excluding acquisitions) by 1.9%.Street Furniture revenues increased by… Continue reading JC Decaux Announces Q3 Revenue Increase
Following Sky chief executive Tony Ball’s attack on ITV Digital in last week’s Financial Times’ Creative Business supplement, in which he blamed the group’s “bad management” for its problems, in this week’s edition his opposite number at ITV Digital, Stuart Prebble, accuses Sky of abusing its control of content and appeals to the government for… Continue reading Prebble Blames Sky For DTT’s Difficulties
Granada has brought in former BSkyB senior executive, David Chance, to conduct a review into the future of the troubled pay-per-view platform, ITV Digital.Chance, who is a non-executive officer of Granada, will be looking at how ITV Digital is to be financed and how it can stem its losses. His brief is to consider “all… Continue reading Former BSkyB Exec To Review ITV Digital
Tim Bleakley, managing director of The Wireless Group’s national sales house, Impact, has quit the company.Bleakley left last Friday on “good terms” and will be replaced by Impact’s sales director, Jason Trout. Trout will oversee Impact’s 35 strong team and will take on responsibility for sales across talkSPORT and the 22 local stations affiliated to… Continue reading Bleakley Quits Impact
Condé Nast has denied that it is planning to up the price of its successful new women’s monthly title Glamour, following renewed rumours that its price is to increase from the current £1.50 to £1.80.Glamour made a spectacular entry to the market early this year, and achieved an ABC figure which beat market leader Cosmopolitan… Continue reading Glamour Denies Price Rise Claims
