Bristol United Press rose 5p to 502˝p yesterday. The group releases it yearly financial results today for 1998 and reports a 16.2% increase in pre-tax profit. More details will be available on Newsline shortly.Granada also releases its interim results today, for the six months to March 1999. It reported a turnover of £1.98 billion for… Continue reading Sharewatch
Following publisher Mollin Group’s previous association with Weider Publications (see Newsline) in the fitness sector, comes a new launch in the health magazine market.The distinctive front cover is the most immediate point of attention when considering the first edition of Men’s Fitness . It certainly breaks the usual conventions of a men’s health magazine cover… Continue reading First Issue Review – Men’s Fitness
Score Digital – the digital radio group owned by Scottish Radio Holdings – has emerged as the sole bidder to the Radio Authority for the Glasgow local digital radio multiplex, advertised in February (see Newsline). The licence will deliver programme and data services to a potential audience of 1.8 million and the closing date for… Continue reading Score Digital Is Sole Bidder For Glasgow Digital Radio Licence
The first quarter of 1999 has seen the rise in cable TV take-up continue, with 12.4% of all UK homes now receiving their TV through cable, according to the latest report from the Independent Television Commission. This compares to 11.9% in the ITC’s previous report (see Cable Take-Up Continues To Rise).Of the 12.1 million households… Continue reading Cable TV Take-Up Rises
The Scottish Media Group (SMG) has announced the acquisition of UK cinema advertising contractor, Pearl & Dean, for £22.2 million. SMG purchased Pearl & Dean from French cinema ad company Mediavision (45.1%) and private investors (53.5%). The further 1.4% will be retained by Circuit A, another of France’s cinema advertising companies.Pearl & Dean has more… Continue reading SMG Acquires Pearl & Dean For £22m
Reed International’s second profit warning of the year (see Online Competition Forces Second Profit Warning From Reed), and the third in six months, yesterday caused its shares to fall 5.7% (27˝p) to close at 453˝p. The company is still without a chief executive and this is thought to be one reason for its floundering performance.Yesterday’s… Continue reading Sharewatch
Freeserve, the free internet service provider (ISP) provided by Dixons, is joining forces with publisher Haymarket to create a special Freeserve series of Haymarket’s new monthly magazine, The Net, due out on 18 June (see Newsline).The Net In Association With Freeserve will be be for sale in Dixons, Currys, The Link, PC World and Jakarta… Continue reading Freeserve Joins Haymarket In Internet Mag Launch
ITV’s promise of uninterrupted films in the new evening schedule has been branded inaccurate by the Independent Television Commission (ITC). The TV watchdog received 23 three complaints, including one from rival broadcaster BSkyB, that ITV’s series of promotions, which claimed uninterrupted films, was misleading.ITV argued that in the context of the highly publicised move of… Continue reading ITV Pulled Up Over ‘Uninterrupted’ Films Promise
The telephony and cable company NTL has invested £40 million in the launch of a new brand identity and ad campaign.The campaign will run for the next ten weeks on terrestrial and satellite TV, national and regional press and radio and regional poster sites. The creative work was put together by JWT and carries the… Continue reading NTL ‘Tames Technology’ In New £40m Ad Campaign
