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
Tim Bleakley, managing director of The Wireless Group’s national sales house, Impact, has quit the company.Bleakley left last Friday on “good terms” and will be replaced by Impact’s sales director, Jason Trout. Trout will oversee Impact’s 35 strong team and will take on responsibility for sales across talkSPORT and the 22 local stations affiliated to… Continue reading Bleakley Quits Impact
Condé Nast has denied that it is planning to up the price of its successful new women’s monthly title Glamour, following renewed rumours that its price is to increase from the current £1.50 to £1.80.Glamour made a spectacular entry to the market early this year, and achieved an ABC figure which beat market leader Cosmopolitan… Continue reading Glamour Denies Price Rise Claims
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
BSkyB, which released its third quarter results on Friday showing a 24% increase in revenues and net subscriber growth of 190,000 (see Sky Reports Revenue Increases), saw stock rise 0.51% in week on week analysis. Shares closed at £7.94, an increase of 4p on the previous week.Telewest, which has rebranded as Telewest Broadband (see Telewest… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Government has reportedly shelved plans to pay for millions of people to switch to digital TV fuelling speculation that the current 2006-2010 deadline for the digital switchover will not be met.A report in today’s Financial Times claims that a scheme enabling millions of UK households to go digital was abandoned by the Government last… Continue reading Digital Deadline May Be Threatened
Telewest and its regional subsidiaries are rebranding as Telewest Broadband in a move intended to strengthen the company’s position in the UK broadband market.The rebranding includes Yorkshire Cable, Cable London and Cable Birmingham, which will be united under a new corporate logo designed to represent Telewest’s combined telephone, internet and broadband services.Managing director of Telewest’s… Continue reading Telewest Announces Rebrand
