A report last week showed that Sunday newspapers have enjoyed a 10% increase in total advertising revenue over the past year, with broadsheet Sunday Business increasing from £1.5m to £2.5m, or 61%, and both the Sunday Times and the Sunday Telegraph registering a year on year increase of 16% (see Ad Revenues Up For Sunday… Continue reading Feature: Sunday Newspapers Continue To Prove Fertile Ground For High Income Advertisers
Ecast Ventures, the new media arm of GWR Group, has signed a deal with UBC Media Group who will provide entertainment content for the new internet portal, koko.co.uk. UBC already supplies content to the radio group’s 38 FM and AM radio stations.The new deal involves text, audio and video internet packages for the koko brand,… Continue reading GWR Signs New Media Deal With UBC Media
As rumours of a possible bid for Telewest Communications resurfaced (see Cable Industry Mulls Consolidation As Telewest Stock Tumbles) shares in last week’s worst media share performer rose 10p to £1.70 yesterday.Other good performers yesterday included Chrysalis, which ended up 12½p at £2.90, and Pearson which rose 59p to £19.90.On a less positive note, Cable… Continue reading Sharewatch
Paul Castro believes that blue chip advertisers have been lacking a means to reach an economy worth up to £12 billion. This is what he hopes to redress as managing director of Blackserve.com, a black news and entertainment portal which launches on Friday.“About 18 months ago, when I was at DoubleClick, BA came to us… Continue reading Blackserve Aims For Blue Chip Advertisers With Black Interest Website
The BBC is to change the name and remit of its two digital channels, BBC Choice and BBC Knowledge, so that if and when analogue switch-off occurs in 2010, the four BBC channels would each be themed for a specific audience. The change has been anticipated for some time (see E4 Forces Broadcasters To Consider… Continue reading BBC Plans Themed Future For TV Channels
Telewest’s set-top box shortage woes (see Set-Top Box Shortage Puts Telewest Three Months Behind) eased a little on Friday, as shares rose 4¼p to £1.60. However, the company was the worst performer among media shares for the week, having dropped from £1.73 at the same time last week.The market seemed unaffected by the news that… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Wednesday Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier releases its interim results.Thursday Bright Station reports its interim results today. The company was created in March this year from the remaining e-commerce and web solution assets of Dialog (see Dialog To Sell Core Services… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Revenue for commercial radio has broken the £½billion revenue threshold, showing year-on-year growth of 17.8% for the year to June 2000, an increase of £77m to a total £510m, according to the latest figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB).Quarterly figures showed even more spectacular growth. The £104.2m of national advertising revenue recorded for April… Continue reading Annual Radio Revenue Breaks The Half Billion Barrier
Flextech managing director Ashley Highfield has been poached by the BBC to direct its new media division. Highfield will take up the new position as a member of the new Executive Committee in the autumn of this year. At Flextech Interactive, he launched 14 new websites and a range of interactive TV services. Deborah Bee,… Continue reading Appointments Brief
The cable industry was under pressure to move towards further consolidation this weekend as Telewest boss Adam Singer hinted that an agreement between his company and rival group NTL may be reached. As a shortage in set-top boxes continues to plague Telewest (see Set-Top Box Shortage Puts Telewest Three Months Behind), the company was surrounded… Continue reading Cable Industry Mulls Consolidation As Telewest Stock Tumbles
