The Chrysalis Group has announced pre-tax profits of just under £1m for the year ending 31 August 2000. This moves the company back into black, as last year it recorded a loss of just under £6m. The growth was led by profits from the radio division, which increased its turnover at over twice the rate… Continue reading Chrysalis Into Profit But Restructuring TV Division
Ulster Television (UTV), one of the smallest of the remaining ITV franchisees, is to add radio interests to its portfolio with the acquisition of County Media, a radio broadcasting business based in Cork, Eire for IRE£28.5m.John McCann, managing director of UTV commented: “The acquisition of County Media is an important strategic development for UTV, which… Continue reading Ulster Television To Acquire Irish Radio Stations
The internet boom has brought mixed fortunes for marketing services companies, with an increase in business but a decrease in profitability. According to the latest quarterly findings of Marketing Monitor, research undertaken by Willott Kingston Smith, the drop in profits is mainly caused by the increased cost of employing staff with the skills to deal… Continue reading Internet Brings Business Boom With High Price For Marketing Services Industry
Clients were given a chance to voice their opinions on the final morning of the MRG Conference and David Crawley, director of media at Scottish Courage, was first at the podium.He began by dividing advertisers into two categories: the haves and have nots. Some operate within a genuine research culture and play an active role… Continue reading MRG Conference: David Crawley on Being a Client
The Express Newspaper group has been sold to Northern & Shell, the publishers of various soft porn titles and weekly celebrity magazine OK!. The deal signed is thought to value the group at £125m.Chairman of Northern & Shell, Richard Desmond said today; “The Express newspaper titles represent a vital part of Britain’s press heritage and… Continue reading Gossip And Girlie Publisher Takes On Express And Star
BARB has announced that from today it is introducing a measurement system for viewing of channels carried on the digital cable platform, completing its schedule for the introduction of measurement to all the digital platforms.In the absence of access to the platform’s service information through set top boxes, BARB is using a picture matching technique… Continue reading BARB Introduces Separate Measurement For Digital Cable Platforms
On Friday’s afternoon session at the MRG Conference, the Telegraph Group’s Tim Jones, head of research and strategy and Steve Millington, advertisement research manager, addressed what the future role of the media researcher in the one-to-one economy would be.Jones began by tracking how media consumption is evolving from a one-to-many model into a one-to-few one… Continue reading MRG Conference: The Future Role Of The Media Researcher
ITV announced its schedule for the Christmas and Winter season yesterday (see Traditional Tales And Traditional Faces In ITV’s Winter Schedule 2001), and there was some comfort and joy for the major ITV companies on the stock market, as Carlton rose 17½p to end at £5.35½ while Granada gained 1p to end at £3.78½.The recovery… Continue reading Sharewatch
The monopoly on bus-side advertising held by TDI has been broken with the loss of the Oxford Tube route to new rival Nationwide Advertising. From 1 January 2001, Nationwide will offer advertising opportunities on all 88 Stagecoach buses operating on the route between London’s West End and Oxford, via the A40, M40 and A41.Nationwide Advertising… Continue reading TDI Loses Monopoly On Stagecoach Bus-Side Advertising
The Express Newspaper group has been sold to Northern & Shell, the publishers of various soft porn titles and weekly celebrity magazine OK!. The deal signed is thought to value the group at £125m. Chairman of Northern & Shell, Richard Desmond said today; “The Express newspaper titles represent a vital part of Britain’s press heritage… Continue reading Gossip And Girlie Publisher Takes On Express And Star
