The opening of Shrek, this year’s big family success in the States, failed to prevent the UK’s cinema admissions from seeing a year on year decrease of 1.8%, despite being the top box office draw of the month. The total of 13.8m admissions for the month was nevertheless an improvement of 48% on June’s.In fact,… Continue reading Shrek Tops July Box Office
Emap have announced that David Davies is to take over from Anthony Noguera as editor of its flagship men’s title FHM.Davies will take up the position from 20 August and will report to CEO of the Emap Elan Network, Barry McIlheney and managing director of FHM International, Chris Llewellyn. He replaces Anthony Noguera who last… Continue reading Davies To Take Over As FHM Editor
Video Networks, the company behind London’s HomeChoice broadband subscription TV channel, has secured the rights to 106 Premier League matches in a deal thought to be worth £20m.The three year agreement allows Video Networks to show Premier League games on its HomeChoice video-on-demand service just 24 hours after they have been televised live.Viewers will be… Continue reading Videonet Secures Premiership Rights
New consumer magazine figures released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that new life has been breathed into the women’s monthly market with the dramatic entry of Condé Nast’s Glamour. The title smashed its original 250,000 target by achieving a circulation of 451,486 in this, its first audit. In doing so, the… Continue reading Glamour Makes Stunning 450,000 ABC Debut
New data from Jupiter MMXI reveals that traditional consumer brands are not exploiting the potential of the internet, despite a continually growing online population who are spending more and more time online each month.Jupiter analyst Staffan Engdegard says that this is because the internet lacks the mass-market reach of TV or radio and brand owners… Continue reading Brands Don’t Use Net Enough
Speculation is rife that Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP, is poised to make a counter bid for the Tempus media buying agency just a month after reports that French group Havas Advertising was to take over the agency (see Tempus Shares Soar On Havas Takeover Reports). The Havas bid of 514p-a-share values Tempus… Continue reading WPP Poised To Make Counter Bid For Tempus
Emap’s Max Power got bogged down in semantics when defending itself from a complaint against it to the ASA from rival magazine, Fast Car.The complaint concerned a catalogue called the Demon Tweeks Performance Direct Catalogue. It was included with a copy of Max Power and an advertisement on the plastic wrapping stated “Free Exclusive Demon… Continue reading ASA Slows Down Max Power
Once again Myers Reports has downgraded its media expenditure forecasts (see Forecasts) and now sees no indication of a Q4 upturn. The new numbers, described by chief economist Jack Myers as ‘ugly’, forecast that growth in 2001 will fall 4% in year on year comparisons and the picture is particularly bad for TV where comparisons… Continue reading ‘Ugly’ Numbers Prompt Bearish Outlook For US
Cordiant, which released its interim results on Monday (see Cordiant To Cut More Jobs), saw shares rise 5.02% yesterday to finish at £1.67˝, an increase of 8p on the previous day.ITV partners, Carlton and Granada, continued to see shares rise. Carlton was up 1.57% to close at £3.40ź, 5źp better off than the day before,… Continue reading Sharewatch
