Both Emap and Natmags have launched their long-awaited teen offerings, Cosmo Girl! and Elle Girl this week, into a market which had more teenage kicking than teenage kicks in the last ABCs (see Newsline), when market leader, Attic Futura’s Sugar saw year on year decrease in circulation of over 11%, in line with the sector… Continue reading New Teen Titles Launch
UK Internet Advertising FallsThe number of internet advertisements in Great Britain fell slightly month on month for July, by 2.1% from 13,719 to 13,433, according to Lemonad. The number of advertisers and campaigns also declined slightly according to the figures.Since December last year the number of internet ads has declined by 5.4%. There was a… Continue reading UK Internet Advertising Falls
Cable & Wireless issued its second profits warning in seven months yesterday. The resultant 12% drop in stock value brought the price of shares in the company to a nine-year low of £2.75.The negative mood continued more or less across the board of media stocks, including a 13% drop at SMG and an 11% fall… Continue reading Sharewatch
Hamish Pringle is proving quick to implement change at the IPA, only a month after taking up his position as director general. He has announced changes to the IPA secretariat affecting areas of membership and communication, as well as increasing the level of commitment to creatives.“The IPA doesn’t do enough for the creative people in… Continue reading IPA Makes More Creative Moves
RevenueYear on year analysis showed that TV revenue fell across the board during August, with the exception of Satellite revenue which rose by 10%.Total terrestrial TV revenue showed a fall of 7% year on year, as the advertising downturn continued to cast gloom over the industry. Channel 5 was the worst hit with revenue dropping… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – August 2001
Gavyn Davies, chief economist with Goldman Sachs and former Labour party member, has been confirmed as the new chairman of the BBC.The decision to appoint Davies, who still has strong links with the Labour party, has been heavily criticised by the Conservatives, who have accused the BBC of cronyism.Conservative party chairman, David Davis, spoke out… Continue reading Davies Announced As New BBC Chairman
Carlton.com was the top online TV advertiser for July, gaining exposure among 942,000 unique individual users throughout the month, the site commanded a 6.7% digital reach of the total UK at home internet audience and averaged 3.5 page impressions per user. Sky.com occupied third position with visits from 747,000 users in July, the site achieved… Continue reading New Media Round-Up
RevenueYear on year analysis showed that, year on year, TV revenue fell across the board during August, with the exception of Satellite revenue which rose by 10%.Total terrestrial TV revenue showed a fall of 9.3% year on year, as the advertising downturn continued to cast gloom over the industry. Channel 5 was the worst hit… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – August 2001
RTL Postpones Float; Results Hit By Ad SlowdownPan-European free-to-air broadcaster, RTL, yesterday released interim financial results in line with expectations, saying that core businesses are ‘performing strongly in difficult advertising market conditions’. Nevertheless, analysts at ABN Amro are expecting to downgrade their full-year 2001 forecasts for the group, given the poor advertising visibility in the… Continue reading RTL Postpones Float; Results Hit By Ad Slowdown
The licences of London News Radio and Galaxy Radio Manchester have been automatically renewed for a further eight years by the Radio Authority, as the broadcasters are or will be providing digital sound programmes for local multiplexes. However, the Greater London licence currently held by London Christian Radio is being re-advertised from this week.London News… Continue reading LBC and Galaxy Get Licence Renewals
