Digital One, which operates the only national commercial digital radio network in the UK, is set to make another assault on the as yet unconvinced UK buying public this summer, with incentives being offered both to consumers, for buying digital radio equipment and retailers, for selling them.No concrete figures have yet been put on either… Continue reading Digital One Offers Free Holidays To Boost Digital Radio Purchases
IPC has defied the Advertising Association’s forecast of 2.1% growth in consumer magazine advertising revenue by revealing year on year growth of 6.9% for the last two quarters.In what chief executive Sly Bailey described as a “Solid set of interim results”, net profit before tax for the half year to March 2001 was reported at… Continue reading IPC Defies Ad Revenue Expectations With 6.9% Growth
Over 2.5m people have watched Big Brother live over the internet since the website went live last Friday.The fly on the wall site, which received over 200m hits last year (see Big Brother Website Makes It Into August Top Ten), saw 350,000 people down loading live footage from the house on its opening day, with… Continue reading 2.5 Million Watch Big Brother Online
Emap’s results may have led to the resignation of its chief executive yesterday (see Emap Releases Full Year Results In Line With Expectations), but being in line with expectations, they did not cause a negative effect in the market, with shares in the company ending up 24½p or over 3% at £8.30.Fellow magazine publisher Future… Continue reading Sharewatch
It is time to rethink the attitude towards online advertising- this was the message hammered out during two seminars for the media last week. The media owners at Total Publishing’s Online Revenue conference on 24 May were anxious to dispel the myth that online ad spend is falling- last year saw an increase of 203%… Continue reading Conference Reports: Rethinking The Online Attitude
One of the key political battlegrounds in the approach to the 7 June general election has been the extent to which the UK should be in (and indeed out of) Europe. Whilst a number of committed EU nations are saying goodbye to their old coins and notes and beginning to embrace the Euro, the UK… Continue reading Feature: UK Leads In Europe…In Media At Least
Channel 4’s Big Brother returned to our screens on Saturday attracting an average of 3.3m viewers, with a peak of 3.6m, according to unofficial overnight figures, coming close to last year’s debut episode with an 18% share, twice the channel’s average.The second show in the nine week run which aired on Monday at 10pm, is… Continue reading Channel 4 Doubles Average Viewing Share With Opening Big Brother Episodes
The top radio stations in terms of revenue have seen a decline in the amount spent on radio advertising year on year. Despite its audience being restricted to London, Capital 95.8fm continues to attract a larger share of advertising revenue than any other local or national station. However, figures from ACNielsen MMS show that for… Continue reading Top Radio Stations See Year On Year Slide In Ad Revenue
Kevin Hand, chief executive of Emap, has resigned with immediate effect from his position at the company. It is thought that he feels his position untenable due to the company’s ill-fated investment in US company Petersen.Hand will be replaced by Robin Miller, currently chairman of Emap and previously CEO from 1985-1998. He will take on… Continue reading Emap Chief Executive Resigns
Virgin Radio’s new media division, Ginger Online, has been renamed Virgin Radio New Media and has gained a new managing editor in the form of James Cridland. The name change has been made to align the division more closely with what the station sees as its core activities. Cridland’s responsibilities will include the expansion of… Continue reading Virgin Radio To Boost Online Division With Changes To Name And Management
