Carlton.com was the top online TV advertiser for July, gaining exposure among 942,000 unique individual users throughout the month, the site commanded a 6.7% digital reach of the total UK at home internet audience and averaged 3.5 page impressions per user. Sky.com occupied third position with visits from 747,000 users in July, the site achieved… Continue reading New Media Round-Up
RevenueYear on year analysis showed that, year on year, TV revenue fell across the board during August, with the exception of Satellite revenue which rose by 10%.Total terrestrial TV revenue showed a fall of 9.3% year on year, as the advertising downturn continued to cast gloom over the industry. Channel 5 was the worst hit… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – August 2001
RTL Postpones Float; Results Hit By Ad SlowdownPan-European free-to-air broadcaster, RTL, yesterday released interim financial results in line with expectations, saying that core businesses are ‘performing strongly in difficult advertising market conditions’. Nevertheless, analysts at ABN Amro are expecting to downgrade their full-year 2001 forecasts for the group, given the poor advertising visibility in the… Continue reading RTL Postpones Float; Results Hit By Ad Slowdown
The licences of London News Radio and Galaxy Radio Manchester have been automatically renewed for a further eight years by the Radio Authority, as the broadcasters are or will be providing digital sound programmes for local multiplexes. However, the Greater London licence currently held by London Christian Radio is being re-advertised from this week.London News… Continue reading LBC and Galaxy Get Licence Renewals
Over 3.5 million homes across the UK now subscribe to cable TV, an increase of 8.8% on the same period last year, according to the Independent Television Commission’s (ITC) cable statistics report for the second quarter of 2001.According to the figures 15% of UK TV households now have cable TV, which has increased its penetration… Continue reading Over 3.5 Million UK Homes Now Have Cable
The ASA allowed Emap’s Q music magazine to get away with the use of “outdated cliches” in an ad campaign, despite the fact that one complainant failed to appreciate the irony.The posters in the campaign, devised by Mother, were in the style of car maintenance manuals, showing labelled drawings of a limosuine and a van.… Continue reading ASA Lets Off Q
The UK stock market stabilised yesterday as Wall Street showed signs of recovery, however the UK media market was again shrouded in gloom as fears over the future of the advertising industry increased.Shares in ITV partners, Carlton and Granada tumbled yesterday as analysts again downgraded forecasts in the expectation of a further downturn in advertising… Continue reading Sharewatch
According to reports in the national press the BBC is today expected to announce that former Labour party member Gavyn Davies, will replace Sir Christopher Bland as the next chairman of the corporation.Any further developments will be reported on NewsLine.BBC: 020 8743 8000 www.bbc.co.ukSubscribers can access ten years of media news and analysis in the… Continue reading BBC To Announce New Chairman
ITV Digital has admitted to a piracy problem, whereby users are avoiding paying more than a basic subscription by obtaining pirated smartcards in order to watch premium services.Stuart Prebble, ITV chief executive, has acknowledged that the problem is there and has said that an investigation is underway.Adam Singer, executive chairman of Telewest, has also expressed concern… Continue reading Pirates Target ITV Digital
US journalist Michael Woolff said at this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival that, thanks to the internet “No one can ever make a living selling headlines again”. Bad news for newspapers, which sell headlines sometimes hours after the event went live online or on screen.What is true (and bad news for advertisers) is that… Continue reading Feature: Read All About It
