Capital 95.8 FM leads the London radio market with an average three million listeners each week, according to Q1 1999 radio listener figures, released by RAJAR this afternoon. The station takes a majority share of listening of 12.2% in London. Capital’s ‘indie/alternative’ station, Xfm, now reaches 354,000 people in London each week, a share of… Continue reading Capital Radio Leads London Market
Beeb.com, the BBC’s commercial web service, has joined forces with Scottish Telecom to provide a free ISP called FreeBeeb.net. The service is to be available from the summer, and will enable users to gain free access to the internet and email.Scottish telecom, which owns Demon Net, will provide the technology and infrastructure behind the web… Continue reading Beeb Joins Up With Scottish Telecom To Launch Free ISP
Latest data from the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) shows that April 1999 admissions were down 17.5% year on year, from 12.1 million to 10.0 million. However, this is slightly higher than March’s 9.9 million admissions. Average weekly admissions for April were 2.34 million, according to the CAA.The most popular film in April was The Rugrats… Continue reading April Cinema Admissions Down 17.5% Year On Year
BBC Radio 1 remains the most listened to station in the country according to new radio audience figures, released by RAJAR this afternoon. Radio 1 had an average weekly reach of 10.8 million listeners during the first quarter of 1999. This is followed by Radio 2, with 9.7 million and Radio 4 with 9.5 million.… Continue reading Radio 1 Still The UK’s Favourite Station
The radio stations Key 103 and Magic 1152 have attracted complaints in the Advertising Standards Authority’s latest bulletin.A poster campaign for the Emap Radio-owned stations featured the heads of the footballers Jamie Redknapp and David Beckham superimposed on to very muscular bodies. Redknapp’s solicitors complained that the posters implied that Jamie endorsed the radio stations,… Continue reading Emap Radio Ads Get Thumbs Down From Advertising Watchdog
The Bank of England has cut interest rates by a quarter point to 5%. After keeping rates unchanged at its last meeting in May (see Newsline), the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided that low inflation allowed it to give the UK economy another boost.
The Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), owner of the Mail and Evening Standard newspapers, has this morning reported an increase in pre-tax profit of 11.8% to £83.4 million. For the six months ended 4 April 1999, turnover at the group was up by 14.7% to £754.1 million.The group’s Associated Newspapers division reports a strong… Continue reading Strong Newspaper Revenues Aid DMGT Profits
The advertising and marketing group WPP has acquired NoHo Digital (ND), the UK new media agency. ND will be combined with one of WPP’s subsidiaries – OgilvyOne. The founder of Noho Digital, Tim Carrigan, will oversee the merger of ND with OgilvyInteractive, and the resulting company will have combined revenues of £1.5 million.WPP has also… Continue reading WPP Purchases New Media Agency
Granada has issued results for the six months until 27 March 1999 today, with pre-tax profit increasing 15% to £315 million. The group, which has interests in both media and leisure, also reported a 6% increase in turnover to £1.98 billion. Overall, diluted earnings per share for the group were up by 14% to 23.8p… Continue reading Granada Reports Double Digit Earnings Growth In First Half Results
Bristol United Press (BUP), publisher of Bristol Evening Post, has released its results for the year ended 31 March 1999. The group reported a 26% increase in operating profit to £14.3 million (1998: £11.3 million), and pre-tax profit was up by 16.2% to £16.8 million.BUP underwent some reshaping last year, when it disposed of its… Continue reading Bristol Press Increases Profit To £14 Million
