The Daily Mail and General Trust has announced profits of £41 million for the half year ended 31 March. This is an increase of 7% over last year’s results. Trading profit increased by £1.2 million to £39.5 million, a 3% increase, despite an increase of 28% in newsprint prices.Advertising revenues among the national newspapers over… Continue reading Channel One Revenues Disappointing
Granada’s interim results for the 26 weeks ended 30 March showed that profit before tax had risen by 19% to £183m.The media arm of the group performed well: profits from Granada Television and London Weekend Television rose by 16% to £83.5m on turnover of £309.8m, up 5% on last year. Laser, Granada’s broadcast sales house,… Continue reading Granada Profits Rise 19%
Today’s Retail Price Index, released this morning, shows inflation in May was at 2.2%, the lowest figure since September 1994.The figures show the annual rate down by 0.2 % points on April’s figures. For RPI trends, see MediaTel’s Encyclomedia section.
The IPA has announced the results of its IPA Media Policy Group elections: Adrian Birchall The Media Centre Alan Brydon AMV.BBDO Mark Craze TMD Carat Graham Duff Zenith Media Phil Georgiadis Initiative Media London Trista Grant Universal McCann Marc Mendoza WCRS Derek Morris BMP DDB Needham Mike Wood JWT The newcomers to the group are… Continue reading IPA Media Policy Group Election Results
IPC has announced a series of promotions within its Music and Sports Group. Keamus Setna has been promoted from assistant advertisement manager to advertisement manager of the IPC Football titles. As part of the Music ad sales team, Siobhan Fitzpatrick has been promoted from assistant advertisement manager of the IPC Music Group to advertisement manager… Continue reading IPC Appointments
A conference aimed at “Fully Exploiting Your Commercial Presence on the Internet” is to be held on 16th and 17th September this year, at the Hilton Hotel, London.Subjects covered include the commercial potential of the Internet, and strategies and practice of advertising and marketing on the Internet. Among the speakers are Nick Lewis of BMW,… Continue reading Fully Exploiting Your Commercial Presence on the Internet
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The BBC has asked the Government to ensure that television viewers are not the losers in a hardware war as broadcasters take advantage of digital technology.In response to the Government’s consultation paper on Digital Terrestrial Television, the BBC is asking the Government to ensure digital television set-top decoder boxes are capable of receiving all digitally… Continue reading BBC Issues Digital Warning To Government
Warner Bros Cinemas has confirmed the completion of a deal to sponsor the ITV programme, Movies, Games and Videos.With the exception of Granada and Scottish TV, the series will be shown across the network on Saturdays, around midday. The deal runs for six months and is due to start in July. The programme previews new… Continue reading Warner Brothers Sponsors Movies Games and Videos
This Sunday sees the launch of the UK’s newest Sunday national newspaper The Planet On Sunday (see Newsline). The 48-page tabloid will have an environmental slant and cost 65p.A source at the paper told MediaTel that the paper will carry around 10% advertising, though ads would not provide the main revenue. This would come instead… Continue reading Planet Ready For Launch
CIA MediaLab has released the findings of its first annual Sensor Tracking Study which quizzed over 13,000 adults on their opinions and attitudes towards media and advertising issues. Key findings include the fact that 20% of all adults in the UK would buy a car over the telephone, over 26% would buy financial services by… Continue reading First Sensor Tracking Study Released
