BSkyB has announced that it has acquired a 49% stake in Music Choice Europe with a view to providing music audio channels across its digital platform.Sky Music Choice will offer subscribers as many as 60 channels of music, 24 hours a day. The channels will contain neither DJs nor commercials as is Music Choice Europe’s… Continue reading BSkyB Plans Sky Music Choice Audio Channels
Only 36% of people knew what digital TV was, according to a new survey by Pace, the manufacturer of digital set-top boxes.Unsurprisingly, the group most familiar with the concept were males under the age of 55 and from the higher socio economic groups. Women (25% compared with 48% of men) and people over the age… Continue reading Digital TV Awareness Low, Report Finds
Former Tory MP Matthew Carrington and former Express Newspapers research and development director Iain McLellan have been appointed as the new heads of the Outdoor Advertising Association (OAA).Carrington, the new OAA chairman, was MP for Fulham from 1987 to 1998 and served on the Treasury Select Committee from 1994 to 1996. McLellan, the OAA’s new… Continue reading Outdoor Advertising Association Appoints Heads
Myatt McFarlane, publisher of titles such as Fun For Kids and Classic American , has bought Home & Life magazine from XL Communications, the company which went into receivership last week (subscribers see XL Calls In The Receivers).It is, as yet, unclear what the future of XL’s other titles will be, which include trade journals… Continue reading Home & Life Magazine Bought
Consumer interactive services markets in the UK will be transformed by the advent of digital TV, but the Internet will also be unrecognisable by 2002, according to a new report from Datamonitor, Consumer Interactive Services in the UK.The report says that interactive services will be the major differentiator in the digital TV markets. For example,… Continue reading Interactive Services To Be Revolutionised By 2002
With the exception of Auto Trader the motoring magazines were fortunate enough not to suffer much with year on year losses being recorded. It was mostly good news for this sector. Significantly, where Auto Trader lost out Exchange & Mart (rising by 20.43%) and Auto Express (up 23.97%) made large gains. Title Jul 96 –… Continue reading July-December 1997 ABCs – Motoring Sector
Most of the titles in this sector have experienced a drop in circulation compared to the same period in the previous year. The European Championship probably helped boost figures back in 1996 and with the World Cup just around the corner the next few months will probably see a pick up in circulation for the… Continue reading July – December 1997 ABCs- Football Magazine Sector
The men’s lifestyle sector again performed very well, with almost all the titles showing good increases. Again Loaded and FHM were very successful, showing year on year increases of 37% and 76% respectively. Title Jul 96 – Dec 96 Jul 97 – Dec 97 Actual Change % Change Arena 86,850 86,922 72 0.08 Bizarre n/a… Continue reading July-December 1997 ABCs – Men’s Lifestyle Sector
Howell Henry Chaldecott Lury has been identified as the best profit making company in the ad industry, according to a report by Plimsoll. With a pre-tax profit margin of 14.9% HHCL was closely followed by Maiden Outdoor with a 14.8% profit margin and S R Communications with a 13.8% margin.The Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis also points… Continue reading HHCL Is ‘Best Profit Making’ Agency, According To Report
The pressing question of how (and why) to audit websites was addressed at the MRG meeting last night by Richard Foan from ABC //electronic and Mike Reed from BPA International. Both non-profit-making companies are using their history and knowledge of auditing print media in developing what they hope will be a ‘common currency’ for the… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting: Website Auditing
