RevenueJuly saw falls across the board in TV revenue. A year on year analysis showed that total terrestrial revenue fell 12.2%. Channel 5 was worst hit, dropping 19% to less than £13m, while ITV saw a heavy fall of 14.5%.Satellite revenue showed an unusual fall, dropping 3.2% in a year on year analysis, against its… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up June 2001
BBC Worldwide is to launch a new pre-school title called BBC Toybox Teach Me aimed at introducing children to language, literacy and maths.The magazine, which launches on 1 October, will feature BBC pre-school characters such as Bob the Builder and the Tweenies and will have a cover price of £1.50. It will be supported by… Continue reading BBC Worldwide Launches Pre-School Mag
ITV is to rethink its sports highlights show, The Premiership, after complaints that the first programme contained too little action.ITV’s head of sport, Brian Barwick, confirmed that changes were being considered after complaints that the first programme, shown last Saturday, contained less than half an hour of on the pitch action.He said: “The programme will… Continue reading ITV Rethinks The Premiership
RevenueJuly saw falls across the board in TV revenue. A year on year analysis showed that total terrestrial revenue fell 12.2%. Channel 5 was worst hit, dropping 19% to less than £13m, while ITV saw a heavy fall of 14.5%.Satellite revenue showed an unusual fall, dropping 3.2% in a year on year analysis, against its… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up July 2001
Internet Kiosk provider NWP Interactive has launched a range of kiosks across the UK allowing advertisers to combine offline and online marketing.The company is offering advertisers the opportunity to give their external campaigns an instant online element with a range of branded internet kiosks.NWP’s director of internet services, Daniel Grey, said: “Advertisers can pay to… Continue reading Poster Advertising Goes Interactive
EMAP is consider acquiring some of the magazine assets currently up for sale by Vivendi Universal, according to a report in French newspaper La Tribune this morning (see Reed Elsevier Is Likely Buyer Of Vivendi Publishing Arm). The report claims that specialist titles Le Moniteur and Exposium are likely to be of greatest interest to… Continue reading EMAP May Be Interested In Vivendi Specialist Mags
Hong Kong’s financial secretary, Antony Leung Kam-chung, forecast that there will be a rebound in the economy there by next year, although companies are likely to continue slashing jobs, according to a report in the South China Morning Post‘s website. Chief secretary, Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, also predicted the economy would “eventually find its legs and… Continue reading Hong Kong Sees Economic Rebound By Next Year
Shares in Reed and United Business Media continued to fluctuate yesterday after VNU’s interim results, released on Wednesday (see VNU Gloomy About Trade Journal Market), showed pessimism for the coming year. Reed saw a modest rise with shares climbing 0.94% to finish at £6.47˝, an increase of 6p on the previous day, while United Business… Continue reading Sharewatch
Ice Publications is launching a new title into the men’s lifestyle market despite recent ABC results which fuelled speculation that the sector is already overcrowded (see Newsline).Ice, which describes itself as “a magazine that recognises that men are not easily categorised,” will launch on 30 August with a cover price of £3 and target men in… Continue reading Men’s Sector Hots Up With Ice
Global publishing and market research company VNU confirmed the difficulties faced by the market yesterday when it released interim results with headline profits of £252m which were below analyst forecasts.The company demonstrated its caution for the coming year by lowering its earning per share figure, blaming the tough advertising market, where a decline in revenue… Continue reading VNU Gloomy About Trade Journal Market
