News that Waheed Ali is to quit Carlton Communications, where he headed up production, has prompted a reshuffle in the company’s TV and media businesses. Carlton TV’s chief executive Clive Jones is to head a channels division which will house Carlton’s ITV franchises and its 50% stake in OnDigital. Carlton Productions and Carlton International will… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Capital Radio has unveiled a new brand image for Capital Gold, which it says will “remove any perceptions of ‘old’ from ‘Gold’”. A new logo has been created by Design Motive and a heavyweight bus back campaign on 850 London buses will launch today and run on throughout 2001.The campaign will feature images of 12… Continue reading Capital Gold Revamps Image To Take ‘Old’ Out Of ‘Gold’
Those who thought that the News at Ten debate would be put to an end when the ITC came to an agreement with ITV in September (see News At Ten To Return To ITV) have been proved very wrong. The BBC’s decision to move its 9pm week night bulletin to the 10pm slot, ahead of… Continue reading News At Ten Debate Looks Set To Continue As BBC Calls For ITC Turnaround
Neil Shepherd-Smith sees that the ideal readership survey must be absolute, to facilitate media planning and to give it value as a currency. To produce this the right methodology is vital and at present, he claims, the replication of NRS data distorts the currency.The four areas he considered to need investigation are advertising exposure, multiple… Continue reading MRG Conference Report: The Ideal Readership Survey
On the second day of the 2000 MRG Conference Marc Sands,marketing director of Guardian Newspapers, was first to take the floor, with a challenge to researchers to unravel the increasingly complex behaviour of consumers.Using The Guardian as an example, Sands illustrated how the information revolution has altered the consumption of media, having moved from having… Continue reading MRG Conference: Using Research as a Navigational Tool in the 21st Century
Media training organisation Media Circle has launched a website as part of its ongoing project to attract UK university and college graduates towards positions in the commercial side of the media industry.Terry Wheeler, Media Circle’s general secretary said, “Our members want to attract the best graduates to work for them and we decided to extend… Continue reading Media Circle Aims To Attract Graduates With Launch Of Career Website
Cable & Wireless’ new strategy of concentrating efforts on becoming the “leading global provider of internet protocol solutions to business customers” appears to be showing its worth, as interim results for the six months to 30 September have shown pre-tax profit jump by 33% to £4.6bn.£4.2bn of this consisted of the net cash generated by… Continue reading Cable & Wireless Sees New Strategy Deliver Profit Above Expectations
Cable & Wireless releases its interim results today (report to follow on Newsline). The market appeared confident of good news, as the company’s share price rose nearly 5%, ending up 40p at £8.50.Results also had a good effect on WPP shares, although the company itself was not releasing them. Instead, the financial performance of one… Continue reading Sharewatch
Over the last ten years total national newspaper sales have fallen by around 8%, according to trends from the ABC. The bulk of this decline has come from the popular tabloid papers (see previous Media Track), which have seen combined circulation fall by 21% from 17.6 million to 13.9 million. The mid-market sector – the… Continue reading Feature: Broadsheets Buck The Trend Of Falling Circulations
The cross-border e-marketplace will be worth $408 billion by 2004, with global online exports totalling $1.4 trillion, according to a new report from Forrester Research. Western Europe, which will account for $692 billion of online exports by 2004, will lead the boom; the US will account for $210 billion and the Asia-Pacific region for $219… Continue reading Western Europe To Lead Boom In Online Exports
