E-commerce is seen by many as the key to unlocking the full financial potential of the internet, including ad revenue. Its growth in the UK and Europe received a boost this week with two appointments. Firstly, the European E-commerce Association (EAA), an e-business consortium, named its chairman, Ian Williams. Williams is adviser to the board… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Recent figures from the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) and CIA MediaLab show that, while cinema occupies only a small corner (around 1%) of annual media adspend, both spending and admissions for cinema have shown a healthy increase year on year for the last decade.Cinema is traditionally regarded by advertisers as a young person’s medium and… Continue reading Feature: Will Little Kids Be The Next Big Thing For Cinema Advertising?
Trinity Mirror’s Scottish title the Daily Record continues to command the largest share of advertising revenue among Scotland’s newspapers, with more than twice as much as its nearest rival, SMG’s Glasgow Herald. New figures from CIA MediaLab show that both of the top titles achieved year on year increases in revenue (Daily Record 1%, Glasgow… Continue reading Scotsman’s Efforts To Modernise Rewarded With Ad Revenue Increase
Granada Media received a positive rating from brokers Morgan Stanley Dean & Witter yesterday, ahead of the completion of its demerger from catering group Granada Compass (see Granada Rises On Positive Ratings). Shares were buoyed by this and ended the day’s trading up 10p at £3.85.A broker’s downgrade for BSkyB had the opposite effect on… Continue reading Sharewatch
Forrester Research has gone against the tide of ad revenue slump predictions by forecasting a 74% growth in European dotcom advertising during this year. Despite the month on month fall in online spending during December, the research company is expecting adspend in this sector to reach the equivalent of £750m this year, up from £437m… Continue reading Forrester Goes Against Adspend Gloom Predictions, Forecasts Growth For Dotcom Sector
Confirmation that the BBC has signed a deal with Lennox Lewis to show his next bout in April is expected soon. This morning reports suggested that the arrangement with the world heavyweight boxing champion had been finalised, but the Corporation has since insisted that signatures were yet to be inked.Lewis is due to meet the… Continue reading BBC Sport May Scoop Lewis Fight From Sky
ITV has yet to come up with a web presence to rival the sucess of bbc.co.uk, but talks are now thought to be in progress to combine the internet assets of Carlton and Granada, creating one of the largest UK-based online offerings (see Granada And Carlton To Unite Online Assets). Carlton shares responded well to… Continue reading Sharewatch
Confirmation that the BBC has signed a deal with Lennox Lewis to show his next bout in April is expected soon. This morning reports suggested that the arrangement with the world heavyweight boxing champion had been finalised, but the Corporation has since insisted that signatures were yet to be inked. Lewis is due to meet… Continue reading BBC Sport May Scoop Lewis Fight From Sky
Stock in Granada Media rallied this morning following an upgrade from US broker Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Granada Media will complete its demerger from the Granada Compass hospitality business this Friday. As a result its free float will increase from 20% to 100% and its FTSE weighting will increase from 0.08% to 0.39% following the… Continue reading Granada Rises On Positive Ratings
Radio group GWR is holding a seminar today for fund managers and analysts as part of its ongoing investor relations programme. The company will report radio revenues up 12% on a like for like basis for Q4 2000 – in line with expectations. GWR expects strong revenue growth this year following continued audience increases for… Continue reading GWR Q4 Revenues Up 12%
