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ITV advertising could be down as much as 20% in April, according to reports from media buyers, in contrast to analysts ABN AMRO’s forecast of a 10% fall. If the 20% prediction turns out to be true, it will reduce ABN’s full year growth rate prediction from -1.3% to -2.3% and, given that last year… Continue reading Further ITV Revenue Slump Expected In April

Radio First has this morning suspended its shares from trading on AIM. The directors of the radio group have taken the decision following recent press and bulletin board speculation regarding a potential agreement with a major media broadcasting company.

BSkyB is believed to be on the verge of announcing a deal which would see it take a minority stake in Radio First. This would be the first step in creating a national digital network based around Premiership football clubs and would see Radio First secure carriage for its planned network of football “fan radio… Continue reading Sky May Take Stake In Digital Football Radio Network

Guardian Newspapers Ltd (GNL) has announced the appointment of Simon Waldman, head of Guardian Unlimited, and Derek Gannon, head of IT, to the Guardian Newspapers Ltd (GNL) Board. Their titles change to director of digital publishing and IT director respectively and Waldman and Gannon will join the eleven strong GNL Executive Board with immediate effect.… Continue reading Appointments Brief

ITV advertising could be down as much as 20% in April, according to reports from media buyers, in contrast to analysts ABN AMRO’s forecast of a 10% fall. If the 20% prediction turns out to be true, it will reduce ABN’s full year growth rate prediction from -1.3% to -2.3% and, given that last year… Continue reading Further ITV Revenue Slump Expected In April

The Advertising Association has released new forecasts for UK advertising growth during 2001. While TV, radio, outdoor and regional newspaper estimates have been downgraded, the market as a whole is forecast to grow by 3.9% due to healthy expectations for national newspapers and business magazines.These downgrades reflect the situation in the US where the Dow… Continue reading AA Downgrades Ad Spend Forecasts But Predicts Healthy Growth For Nationals

Cable company NTL is looking forward to a strong, consolidatory year as its recent acquisition of rival group Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) starts to bear fruit. The company believes it is on target to achieve its 2001 financial targets of £2.6 billion in revenues and £385 million of EBITDA. The group achieved record quarterly… Continue reading NTL Looks To Reap Benefits Of Investments

Cable company NTL is looking forward to a strong, consolidatory year as its recent acquisition of rival group Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) starts to bear fruit. The company believes it is on target to achieve its 2001 financial targets of £2.6 billion in revenues.The group achieved record quarterly revenues of £586 million and total… Continue reading NTL Looks To Reap Benefits Of Investment

The MRG held an evening meeting on Tuesday to introduce the changes which will occur when the new BARB contracts are introduced in January 2002. Introducing the speakers, Caroline McDevitt, BARB’s chief executive, promised that the organisation was “reviewing outmoded practice” and introducing change which was perhaps overdue.This will naturally create problems and concerns as… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting: The New BARB Contracts

Fears of further fall-out in the dotcom sector re-emerged yesterday when Yahoo! issued its second profits warning in as many months. The internet company said it expects revenues for the first quarter of 2001 to be $170-180m compared to its previous target of $220-240m.The group blamed the revision to its forecasts on a “weakening economic… Continue reading Yahoo! Issues Further Profits Warning