Paragon Publishing is launching a new home entertainment, billed as being “DVD Review meets Heat“. It’s On DVD will launch on 8 November, priced at £1.90 and will feature celebrity gossip, film reviews and movie guides. GE Magazines has shut down its two consumer titles Garden Inspirations and Inspirations for your Home, having seen significant… Continue reading Launches Brief
Telewest, which announced that it is rebranding to Telewest Broadband to consolidate its position in the UK broadband sector (see Telewest Announces Rebrand), was the best performer in yesterday’s media market, with shares jumping 11.80% to close at 49žp.WPP saw shares rise 9˝p to close at £6.65 as company continues with attempts to get out… Continue reading Sharewatch
BlowUp Media has signed its first airline advertiser since the events of 11 September caused big-budget flight operators to withdraw from the medium.The “Flights to the Sun” campaign for AirFrance launches this month and features Blow Up’s 800 metre square poster at the City Gateway site in London. The campaign, which was bought by French… Continue reading BlowUp Media Launches Airline Campaign
Outdoor advertising contractor, JC Decaux, has this morning announced third quarter revenue increases of 11% to E360 million thanks to a strong performance from its Street Furniture division. Revenues for the three months to September were in line with company expectations and rose on a like-for-like basis (excluding acquisitions) by 1.9%.Street Furniture revenues increased by… Continue reading JC Decaux Announces Q3 Revenue Increase
Following Sky chief executive Tony Ball’s attack on ITV Digital in last week’s Financial Times’ Creative Business supplement, in which he blamed the group’s “bad management” for its problems, in this week’s edition his opposite number at ITV Digital, Stuart Prebble, accuses Sky of abusing its control of content and appeals to the government for… Continue reading Prebble Blames Sky For DTT’s Difficulties
Granada has brought in former BSkyB senior executive, David Chance, to conduct a review into the future of the troubled pay-per-view platform, ITV Digital.Chance, who is a non-executive officer of Granada, will be looking at how ITV Digital is to be financed and how it can stem its losses. His brief is to consider “all… Continue reading Former BSkyB Exec To Review ITV Digital
RAJAR has announced the extension of its contract with research contractor Ipsos-RSL for a further two years from January 1, 2003, and revealed progress in its plans for an electronic data collection method.Jane O’Hara, managing director of RAJAR, which released third quarter radio listening figures last month (see BBC Retains Lead In RAJAR Results), explained:… Continue reading RAJAR Renews Ipsos-RSL Contract
The Advertising Association has backed proposals to deregulate the advertising of gambling products. The recommendation to lift the remaining bans and restrictions on advertising gambling products and premises formed part of the Gambling Review Report, published by the Gambling Review Body. However, the AA has voiced its opposition to the proposal that advertising regulation for… Continue reading AA Backs Gambling Ad Deregulation
The Wireless Group (TWG) is to finance the repayment of its remaining bank debt through the sale of Wave 105 FM to Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) for £18.0 million. Following the disposal, TWG will be left with a cash balance of £1 million.The move follows the £25.5 million sale of Scot FM to the Guardian… Continue reading Wireless Offloads Wave 105 In Debt Clearance
