RevenueIndustry estimates of January 2001’s TV revenue figures did not bring much good news for the terrestrial channels, which saw a year on year fall of 6.9% overall. The largest drop was seen at ITV, down 9.8% on January 2000. Channel 4 managed a tiny 0.1% increase, while Channel 5 decreased 4.2%. Only GMTV, which… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2001
The coincidence of a slowdown in the US economy and the fall-out from the dotcom marketing boom that occurred at this time last year is forcing media groups to tighten their belts and warn investors of slackening revenues. Advertisers are being cautiously prudent with their budgets in fear that economic conditions in the States might… Continue reading Monthly Ad Revenue Update: Climate To Remain Chilly For Advertising In Coming Months
RevenueIndustry estimates of January 2001’s TV revenue figures did not bring much good news for the terrestrial channels, which saw a year on year fall of 6.9% overall, dropping to £207.7m. The largest drop was seen at ITV, which at £140m was down 9.8% on January 2000’s £156m. Channel 4 managed a tiny 0.1% increase,… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2001
EasyEverything and WPP have joined forces to create EasyEverything media sales (ee-ms). The joint venture will be responsible for all online, poster and instore advertising in EasyEverything cafes, allowing global brands to access a young net-savvy audience.EasyEverything has 21 internet cafes open 24 hours a day across Europe and the US. The group owns its… Continue reading WPP Forms Sales House With EasyEverything
BlowUP Media UK have installed what they believe is the largest outdoor site in the country on the A40 Westway road which connects Heathrow with central London. The 1100 square metre site is on Westway’s BDM building, head on to traffic leaving the capital for Heathrow and the West.A 225 square metre site has also… Continue reading BlowUP Installs Giant Poster Site On London’s Westway
Virgin Radio has been named the highest ranking radio station in the US-based Arbitron Infostream listening figures for internet radio during November 2000, having grown its online listening by 40% since the end of 1999. Arbitron’s figures suggest that Virgin achieved a listener total of 237,000 aggregated tuning hours from the UK and abroad, by… Continue reading Virgin Radio Sees Workplace Listening Boost Online Audience
WPP, the world’s largest advertising group, has appointed Philip Lader, the outgoing US ambassador to the UK, as its new chairman. He will replace Hamish Maxwell who is retiring from the company. SMG has announced the appointment of a new executive director. George Watt, who has filled the position of group finance director in an… Continue reading Appointments Brief
‘Beauty Parades’ as a method of agency pitching in the modern media world are looking as anachronistic as Miss World does in the age of post-feminism, according to leading industry figures. The question of whether the process was “anachronistic and out of date” was put to the panel of Media Question Time on Monday night… Continue reading Should The Beauty Parade Agency Pitch Be Pensioned Off?
Two media companies released full year results yesterday, to differing reactions from the market. SMG announced the record pre-tax profits that analysts had anticipated, despite a year of heavy investment (see SMG Reports Record Pre-Tax Profits, Looks To Future Opportunities). However, shares ended the day at £2.40, the same as Monday’s closing price.United Business Media… Continue reading Sharewatch
Despite an initially positive reaction from the market following its financial results yesterday, stock in United Business Media (UBM) had begun to fall this morning, down by 22½p to 726p by 1:00pm. Strong profits in a fairly cautious statement pushed demand for UBM shares up in the first instance, but a mixed broker and press… Continue reading United Business Media Financial Results: Reaction
