Channel 4’s Big Brother returned to our screens on Saturday attracting an average of 3.3m viewers, with a peak of 3.6m, according to unofficial overnight figures, coming close to last year’s debut episode with an 18% share, twice the channel’s average.The second show in the nine week run which aired on Monday at 10pm, is… Continue reading Channel 4 Doubles Average Viewing Share With Opening Big Brother Episodes
Two recent reports from IDC have forecast a healthy outlook for ecommerce over coming years. In the first, IDC forecast that almost 1 billion people around the world will be using the Internet by 2005 and that this growth will drive ecommerce revenues to over $5 trillion by 2005, up from $354 billion in 2000.… Continue reading Positive Outlook For eCommerce, Says IDC
The top radio stations in terms of revenue have seen a decline in the amount spent on radio advertising year on year. Despite its audience being restricted to London, Capital 95.8fm continues to attract a larger share of advertising revenue than any other local or national station. However, figures from ACNielsen MMS show that for… Continue reading Top Radio Stations See Year On Year Slide In Ad Revenue
According to a recent report by Jupiter Media Metrix, online advertising prices will continue to fall for six months to come keeping media buyers in their strong buying position. Over the past year, prices have already fallen by 30%. In June 2000, advertisers were paying an average of e30 for 1000 page impressions, currenly they… Continue reading Online Ad Prices Still Dropping, Says Jupiter
Kevin Hand, chief executive of Emap, has resigned with immediate effect from his position at the company. It is thought that he feels his position untenable due to the company’s ill-fated investment in US company Petersen.Hand will be replaced by Robin Miller, currently chairman of Emap and previously CEO from 1985-1998. He will take on… Continue reading Emap Chief Executive Resigns
Carlton Communications has today confirmed press reports that its chief executive Gerry Murphy has accused Granada of ‘hysterical scaremongering’ in its attempt to influence the Government over the media ownership rules. Responding to Granada’s letter to the prime minister (see Granada Warns Of ‘Potential Disaster’ For ITV) Murphy said: “We disagree fundamentally that a slippage… Continue reading Carlton Chief Hits Back At Granada’s ‘Scaremongering’
This week saw the latest Big Mac Index (BMI) from The Economist. The survey, launched in 1986, is described as ‘a way to make exchange-rate theory a bit more digestible ‘and is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), in simple terms the idea that a dollar is a dollar wherever you happen to… Continue reading Burgernomics? The Economist’s Unique Take On The Currency Market
This week, leading representatives of the UK radio, TV and outdoor markets have been reporting on their successes and failures in recent months and looking to the future with varying degrees of optimism. On Tuesday, GWR released their full-year results which fell within expectations. Revenues from flagship station Classic FM were reported to be up… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Mixed Outlook For Old Media
Future Publishing has announced plans to implement structural changes following the resignation of its managing director Mike Frey.The main push of the restructure will see the UK subsidiary of Future Network (see Future Acquires Four New Titles From Dennis) reorganise its operations into three divisions, each focusing on a specific consumer sector. The divisions will… Continue reading Future Publishing Restructured As Managing Director Resigns
Planning group Outdoor Connection has announced the launch of a new division called Local Connection in a bid to target local advertisers. Operating from the group’s London office the new branch will attempt to increase outdoor advertising’s market share in areas that do not see it as a primary medium and opt instead for local… Continue reading Outdoor Specialist Makes Local Connection
