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The continuing advertising deterioration which has severely hit the television sector, is also having an impact on the radio industry, according to broker ABN Amro. Analysts there have just cut their forecasts for radio, with the adjusted figures predicting an 8.6% decline in 2001 and growth of just 0.3% in 2002. As radio revenue data… Continue reading Radio Forecasts Downgraded As Ad Slowdown Squeezes Tighter

Zenith Media has launched a damning attack on ITV’s decision to press on with the investment in its digital terrestrial TV service, ITV Digital. According to the MediaGuardian website today, the media buying agency – one of ITV’s biggest customers – has said in a report that nothing short of ‘divine intervention’ will save the… Continue reading Zenith Report Scorns ITV’s Digital Plans

According to IDC‘s third annual Email Usage Forecast And Analysis report, published this month, the number of email mailboxes globally is set to increase from 505 million in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2005. This suggests a compound annual growth rate of 138% which, according to IDC, is due to three factors: Web services, wireless… Continue reading Web Based Mail Will Boost Mailbox Total To 1.2 Billion By 2005

Havas Advertising has this morning announced that it will allow its offer for Tempus to lapse after the next deadline, Monday 24th September, has passed. Earlier this week the group extended the period for acceptance of its original offer but resisted the opportunity to make a higher bid. Now Havas says that it will let… Continue reading Havas Will Not Renew Tempus Offer

The mood of the UK stock market darkened yesterday with the worsening outlook taking its toll on media stock.RTL, which confirmed the difficult market conditions in its interim results earlier this week (see RTL Postpones Float; Results Hit By Ad Slowdown), saw shares plunge 43.10% to finish at £20.87, a loss of £15.81 on the… Continue reading Sharewatch

Media industry magazine Media Business has been revamped and will appear on 1 October in a new smaller size format and with new editorial features including an increased number of news stories.The Haymarket title, which launched in 1999 under the title Campaign Media Business, targets media agency decision makers in the UK. It claims to… Continue reading Media Business Revamps

The number of text messages sent each month in the UK has broken the 1 billion mark for the first time, according to figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA).According to the MDA, 35 million person to person text messages were sent each day throughout August, an increase of almost 50% on the same… Continue reading Text Messaging Breaks Billion Barrier

The programmes for the European Television and Radio Symposiums, to be held in Brussels from the 14 to the 16 November, have been released.Beginning on 15 November this year’s Television Symposium will consider how television as an advertising medium is redefining itself. The two day event will examine how smart TV devices like personal video… Continue reading Brussels Symposia Programme Announced

Visitors to this week’s London Fashion Week witnessed more than the latest collections, as the first ever wireless TV advertisement was broadcast to hand held devices.Selected guests were offered the chance to be able to view live broadcasts of the fashion shows on handheld and palm-sized PCs, along with archived footage of previous shows and… Continue reading Fashion Week Goes Wireless

Havas Will Not Renew Tempus OfferHavas Advertising has this morning announced that it will allow its offer for Tempus to lapse after the next deadline, Monday 24th September, has passed. Earlier this week the group extended the period for acceptance of its original offer but resisted the opportunity to make a higher bid. Now Havas… Continue reading Havas Will Not Renew Tempus Offer