Women’s portal iVillage UK has been confirmed as the leading women’s website in the UK, following its first ABCe audit.The site, which is a joint venture between supermarket chain Tesco and iVillage Inc, gained 541,596 unique users in the month ended January 31 2002 and registered 6.9 million page impressions. The figures are higher than… Continue reading ABCe Puts iVillage At Top Of Women’s Web
Flextech Television Sales has launched as an independent business and will now be known as ids – interactive digital sales.ids managing director Mark Howe said that the launch would expand the scale and reach of the group’s sales proposition, therefore adding value for customers. “By establishing ourselves as an independent company we will reap the… Continue reading Flextech Television Sales Gains Independence
Reuters was the worst performer in the FTSE 100 yesterday, falling 23˝p to £4.59˝ from an already low footing. Another media major suffering a downturn in share price was WPP which had recently benefited from rising confidence in the media market. Yesterday, shares fell 20p to £7.35 over a convertible bond issue.A more positive performance… Continue reading Sharewatch
Daily Mail Forecasts ‘Satisfactory’ 2002, Despite Tough TimesIn what is considered to be an upbeat trading statement this morning, DMGT stated that although the advertising market remains ‘soft’ the outlook is optimistic. During Q4 2001, advertising revenue at Associated Newspapers was showing declines of around 15% on the previous year, DMGT says that this margin… Continue reading Daily Mail Forecasts ‘Satisfactory’ 2002, Despite Tough Times
Johnston Press, which announced yesterday it was paying £560m to Candover Investments for Regional Independent Media (see Johnston Completes RIM Acquisition), was one of the best performer’s in yesterday’s media market. Shares improved 6.99% to close at £3.67˝p, an increase of 24p on the day before.Cable & Wireless fell 3.80% yesterday to finish at £2.28… Continue reading Sharewatch
An analysis of TV revenue estimates from agencies for the first month of this year does not bring good news for the terrestrial channels. Year on year, a decline of 13.5% was seen overall, with the largest channel, ITV1, seeing the heaviest fall. Channel 4 suffered while Channel 5 got off relatively lightly, only seeing… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2002
Digital TV does nothing if not throw up new questions for the industry. Highlights of the existing list of questions included: Is the 2006-10 deadline still a possibility? and Is giving away set top boxes a sustainable strategy? In recent weeks these have been joined by: Will the BBC ever convince the DCMS that an… Continue reading Feature: Multichannel TV Reaches Milestone
The Government has reiterated its intention to relax the cross-media ownership regulations in the forthcoming Communications Bill.Speaking at the culture, media and sport select committee yesterday, Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell confirmed that the Government intended to raise the threshold that prevents any one ITV company from having more than 15% of the total audience share.… Continue reading Government Reiterates Cross-Media Relaxation Plans
Shopfront Media has added a new network of sites to its portfolio, situated outside pet shops. Nestlé Purina’s Bonio and Winalot brands have become the first to sign up for the outdoor point-of-sale opportunities, which launch next week.The sites offered comprise double sided posters with illuminated panels attached to the stores’ facsias. Panels face oncoming… Continue reading Shopfront Adds Pet Stores To Portfolio
BBC chairman, Gavyn Davies, has criticised the Government’s decision to further delay the launch of BBC3, claiming that it could delay plans for the digital switchover.Speaking at a meeting of the Westminster Media Forum yesterday, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, said that she would not approve BBC3, the digital channel aimed at 16-34 year-olds, until she… Continue reading Davies Hits Back At BBC3 Delay
