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It is thought that talks will be initiated this week regarding the integration of Carlton and Granada’s new media divisions. Simon Shaps, managing director of Granada Broadband and Duncan Eaton, marketing and strategy director at Carlton Interactive are expected to meet with Stuart Prebble, chief executive of ITV to discuss the structure of ITV.com. Plans… Continue reading Carlton And Granada New Media Departments To Plan ITV Web Presence Boost

Cable giants NTL and Telewest are to merge their sales operations after NTL announced that it will be signing up to Flextech, the sales arm of Telewest, for all its internet, interactive and broadband advertising sales.Launching on July 1st, advertisers will for the first time be able to buy a single campaign across the entire… Continue reading NTL Signs Up With Flextech Sales

The lead enjoyed by Capital 95.8 FM among the London stations was retained for this quarter, despite slight declines for the station in both reach and share, period on period. Meanwhile the fight for second place continues, with the heavy marketing campaigns of Heart and Magic beginning to bear fruit.Capital remains a dominant force when… Continue reading Capital Continues London Domination Despite Falls In Share And Reach

The March 2001 RAJAR figures for local commercial radio show that weekly reach has decreased quarter on quarter from 26.2m to 26.1m or 1% quarter on quarter, now standing at 54%. Local commercial radio’s share of listening has risen for the same period, by 0.4 percentage points to 38.3.The following tables show the best and… Continue reading March 2001 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations

Political, business and current affairs title, the Economist, part of the Pearson group, has undergone its first major redesign since 1987, which includes the introduction of full colour to all its pages.At over 150 years old, the title’s circulation shows no sign of needing a facelift, however, editor Bill Emmott pointed out that new readers… Continue reading Economist Goes Full Colour In Latest Redesign

The March 2001 RAJAR figures for local commercial radio show that weekly reach has decreased quarter on quarter from by 1%. Local commercial radio’s share of listening has risen for the same period, by 0.4 percentage points.The following tables show the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of… Continue reading March 2001 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations

As the latest RAJAR figures revealed that commercial stations continue to slip in share and reach (see Newsline), radio owners’ share prices took a dive. Capital was the worst affected, slipping over 5.5% or 47½p to £8.10 by the end of the day. Emap dropped 5p to £8.35 while GWR lost 12½p to end at… Continue reading Sharewatch

The lead enjoyed by Capital 95.8 FM among the London stations was retained for this quarter, despite slight declines for the station in both reach and share, period on period. Meanwhile the fight for second place continues, with the heavy marketing campaigns of Heart and Magic beginning to bear fruit.Capital remains a dominant force when… Continue reading Capital Continues London Domination Despite Falls In Share And Reach

Once again this was a bad quarter for national commercial radio, which saw a decline in reach across all its stations. Like the previous quarter, worst hit were Atlantic 252, which dropped 21.2% and Virgin AM, which fell 34.3% in a year on year comparison.The BBC stations did not do very much better, with Radio… Continue reading Rajar Figures Show Another Tough Quarter For Commercial Stations

Commercial radio has fought back in the fight for share of listening, according to RAJAR figures released this morning. All Commercial saw a quarter on quarter increase in percentage share of 0.6 percentage points, bringing it to 46.6%, while All BBC saw a drop of 0.8 percentage points.Local Commercial also had a healthy quarter in… Continue reading RAJAR: Quarterly Gains For Commercial Radio