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Publishing group Highbury House Communications says it has successfully completed the acquisition of a portfolio of business titles from Reed Business Information. The RBI Portfolio consists of ten titles in the electrical, transport and retail sectors and generated revenues of approximately £9 million and a profit contribution of approximately £0.8 million in the year ended… Continue reading Highbury Completes RBI Titles Purchase

European internet and mobile sports data provider, Sports.com, has bought the Daily Star website, MegaStar, from United Business Media (UBM) for an undisclosed sum. MegaStar has over half a million unique users and 14 million page views per month, according to Sports.com. Its audience is primarily UK-based 18-45 year old males. MegaStar was launched in… Continue reading UBM Sells MegaStar Site To Sports.com

A recent series of commercials for McDonalds received 40 complaints from members of the public. The Independent Television Commission (ITC) upheld the complaints about the ads, which it said were misleading.The campaign advertised a one-week McDonalds “buy one get one free” sales promotion. The series of commercials were run over three days; the first one… Continue reading ITC Upholds Complaints Against “Misleading” McDonalds Ads

European internet and mobile sports data provider, Sports.com, has bought the Daily Star website, MegaStar, from United Business Media (UBM) for an undisclosed sum. MegaStar has over half a million unique users and 14 million page views per month, according to Sports.com. Its audience is primarily UK-based 18-45 year old males.MegaStar was launched in 1997… Continue reading UBM Sells MegaStar Site To Sports.com

ITV has unveiled its line-up for coverage of the General Election. ITN coverage is to be backed up with four midweek election specials hosted by Jonathan Dimbleby, and leader profiles on Tonight With Trevor McDonald, while News at Ten will be extended during the campaign in order to carry in-depth reports on the main issues.… Continue reading ITV Reveals Plans For Election Coverage

Channel 4 has launched its new commercial arm, 4 Ventures, and said it will continue to spend heavily on digital and online projects. More than £200m has been set aside for new media investment.Details of the new company were unveiled yesterday as the group released its annual report and accounts for 2000. Chairman Vanni Treves… Continue reading Channel 4 Increases New Media Investment

Cable’s position as the platform of choice for the broadband revolution has never been in doubt. Offering bundled telephony and TV services it is ideally placed as the system through which television, internet, interactive and telephonic services can be delivered.But roll-out of cable networks has stalled while satellite continues its domination of the emerging markets.… Continue reading Feature: Cable Tipped To Regain Momentum Despite Dip In TV Share

Bright Station lost nearly a quarter of its share price once again yesterday, as its funding crisis appeared increasingly serious (see Bright Station Seeks Funds As Cash Runs Out). Shares ended the day down 3¾p at 11½p.SMG found market favour yesterday, after featuring positively in an analyst publication. Shares in the broadcaster rose 9½p to… Continue reading Sharewatch

Whilst many US media companies are seeing an improvement in their businesses, it is not the beginning of a true advertising recovery and merely marks a ‘crawling out of the hole dug in 2001’. This is according to an analysis of current advertising and media conditions in the States by analysts at Merrill Lynch. The… Continue reading Media Companies Begin To ‘Crawl Out Of The Hole’, Says Merrill Lynch