Coca-Cola has signed a deal worth £50m to sponsor ITV’s coverage of Premier League football highlights for the next three years. The company emerged as the winner after the deadline for sealed bids was reached on Monday (see Deadline Runs Out For ITV Football Sponsorship Deal)The £50m spent by the soft drinks brand over three… Continue reading Coca-Cola Signs Up To Sponsor Premier League Coverage On ITV
One large and one small player dominated the performances of media shares yesterday. Bright Station appeared to pull back from the brink, its 1¼p rise to 9p per share translating to a 16% rise compared to the previous day. Meanwhile RTL’s rise of over £9 was a 23% increase on Tuesday’s closing price, bringing the… Continue reading Sharewatch
EMAP is to acquire a 50% stake in French publishing group, Media Nature, from its joint venture partner Bayard Group. EMAP will pay FF175.2 million (£16.0 million) for the stake, giving it full ownership of the outdoor titles publisher. Media Nature produces a number of established outdoor titles in France covering the hunting, fishing and… Continue reading EMAP Takes Control Of French Magazine Group
Crispin Davis, chief executive of Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier, this morning outlined how the company is increasing its momentum in the online publishing sector. Speaking at Merrill Lynch’s annual TMT conference in London, Davis talked about how Reed Elsevier has moved away from print publishing to digital information services in its science, legal and… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Gains Online Momentum, Says CEO
United Business Media (UBM) has this morning described how the worsening hi-tech advertising market is affecting its CMP Media publishing division. During April advertising page volumes across the market were 25.6% lower than the previous year; against this CMP’s titles recorded a 14.8% decrease. The group has also increased its market share year on year,… Continue reading UBM Feels Tech Advertising Slump
The current head of press and publicity at BBC Wales, Huw Rossiter, is to join the Independent Television Commission (ITC) as head of public affairs. In his new role Rossiter will manage the press office team and information centre and help implement the organisation’s publicity and lobbying plans.Rossiter joined the BBC in 1982 as publicity… Continue reading ITC Appoints New Head Of Public Affairs
ITV has announced that its £10m reality TV show Survivor (see Review: Survivor) is to be reduced to just one episode a week as viewing figures continue to dwindle. Currently Survivor airs four times a week with one hour shows on Monday and Thursday at 8pm and thirty minute shows on Tuesday and Friday. Next… Continue reading Only The Strong Survive: Bad News For ITV Reality Show
Big Brother has beaten ITV’s Survivor in the battle for audience ratings for the first time, according to unofficial overnight figures just released. 4.1m viewers tuned in to Big Brother on Channel 4 at 10pm last night while only 3.9m watching Survivor on ITV at 8.30pm.More analysis to follow on Newsline…Channel Four: 020 7396 4444… Continue reading Big Brother Beats Survivor In Audience Size For First Time
Adshel has won what it claims is the single largest street furniture advertising contract ever, a 15 year deal for Singapore worth around US$500m, or just over £350m. Roger Parry, CEO of parent company Clear Channel International described it as a “highly strategic win”.The contract awarded is for over 4,000 advertising faces, which will give… Continue reading Adshel Claims Largest Ever Street Furniture Contract Win
Following yesterday’s news that it is to close failing lifestyle title Sky (see Emap To Axe Sky While IPC Says ‘See You’ To Later), Emap has not only announced an acquisition and a launch, but hinted that more are to come.The group is to purchase the 50% interest in outdoor magazine group Media Nature currently… Continue reading Emap Announces Plans For Expansion In France And In The Future
