Postar, the roadside measurement system, is to introduce a free online pre-planning tool when it relaunches its website. The tool, called Postar Lite, is designed to give an overview of the industry’s various players, stock and innovations accessible to those who would ordinarily find the full Postar service above their requirements.Managing director Helen Tridgell explained… Continue reading Postar To Launch Free Online Pre-Planning Tool
BSkyB has completed the acquisition of British Interactive Broadcasting Holdings Ltd (BiB), giving it 100% ownership of the company which owns and operates the Open interactive TV service. The transaction has come about as a result of BT’s decision to exercise its option to exit BiB following BSkyB’s acquisition of the shareholdings of HSBC and… Continue reading BSkyB Achieves Complete Control Of Open
The Scottish Radio Holdings Group (SRH) shelved takeover talks with interested parties today, blaming recent weaknesses in the UK stockmarket.The decision to “temporarily dicontinue” talks followed the conclusion of a strategic review of the company undertaken in conjunction with its advisers Goldman Sachs International.The review highlighted the need to clarify the intentions of Scottish Media… Continue reading Scottish Radio Holdings Shelve Takeover Talks
The ongoing price war between low cost airlines generated a complaint to the ASA recently when BA’s Go Fly Ltd advertised flights to Nice in the national press with the headline “Going to Monaco for the Grand Prix? Don’t pay over the odds.”. A disc below stated “Nice from £65 rtn incl all taxes” and… Continue reading Go Fly Brought Down To Earth By ASA
BSkyB showed a modest rise yesterday of 1.52% following the announcement of its completed acquisition of British Interactive Broadcasting Ltd. Carlton showed a loss of 2.56% with Granada following suit dropping 0.9% to finish at £1.64ź for the day.Bright Station continued to climb, gaining 2.5% to finish at 10źpThe worst performance of the day was… Continue reading Sharewatch
According the first National Internet Study by Scarborough Research, 23% of online consumers said that they watch less television now than they did before they started using the internet. Although 50% of internet users reported that a tv was on in the room where the internet was used most often and 91% said that they… Continue reading TV Viewing In Decline As Net Popularity Increases
ISBA has announced the imminent launch of a Scottish Advertisers Group to provide a forum for information sharing on issues relating to the developing and increasingly independent Scottish advertising market.The group will be officially unveiled today at the Scottish IPA Advertising Effectiveness Awards and will operate as a satellite of the London-based ISBA. Pam Hyder,… Continue reading ISBA To Unveil Scottish Advertisers Group
Month on MonthNational newspaper circulation data for April 2001 has now been released. The figures reveal that the loss sustained in circulation across all titles has not been too severe in a month on month analysis, falling just 0.5% or just over 120,000.The greatest loss in terms of percentage change in circulation was at the… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – April 2001
Month on MonthNational newspaper circulation data for April 2001 has now been released. The figures reveal that the loss sustained in circulation across all titles has not been too severe in a month on month analysis, falling just 0.5%.The greatest loss in terms of percentage change in circulation was at the Financial Times, which lost… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – April 2001
Commercial radio stations continued their slump today with both Carlton and Emap showing losses. Carlton suffered a 3.2% loss with a drop of 25p finishing at £7.60. Emap followed suit showing a loss of 3.6% to finish at £7.81.Telewest was the worst performer of the day with a total loss of 7.22%. BSkyB also slumped… Continue reading Sharewatch
