Brokers responded yesterday to recent low advertising figures for ITV. Several reduced their stance on both Carlton and Granada. As a result, Carlton shares ended the day down 6½p at £4.15½. Granada showed signs of weakness early on in the day, but managed to finish with a small increase of 1¼p to reach £1.82¼p.Bright Station… Continue reading Sharewatch
Reed Elsevier’s acquisition of Harcourt General is to be allowed by the Department of Justice in the US, the company announced this morning.Outside the United States, the acquisition has already received clearance from the competition authorities in Germany, Austria and Ireland and now awaits regulatory clearance only from the UK’s Competition Commission.The Anglo-Dutch publisher is… Continue reading US Clears Reed’s Harcourt General Acquisition
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has released its first quarter Trends in Television for 2001. It reveals that while overall viewing figures are a little higher than the normal seasonal level, all the major channels achieved a lower patronage than in the same quarter last year. Channel 5 and the non-terrestrial channels, meanwhile,… Continue reading IPA’s Trends In Television Report Reveals Main Channels’ Decreasing Patronage
Bright Station went into a spectacular tailspin over the week, thanks to funding fears (see Bright Station Seeks Funds As Cash Runs Out) which more than halved its share value. By the close of Friday’s trading, shares were worth 9½p, compared to 21p the previous week.By contrast, another media company accustomed to heavy losses, Future… Continue reading Sharewatch
Tuesday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Media Business.The Periodical Publisher’s Association (PPA) holds its 2001 Magazines and B2B conference and exhibition at Grosvenor House. Continues Wednesday.Dotcom success story Lastminute.com releases interim results which are expected to show the business to be heading towards the black.Wednesday BSkyB releases interim financial… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera may have signed record-breaking ad deals last month but it was real people who came out on top in a recent ad chart. In Propeller’s “Ads That Make News” survey Halifax’s campaign featuring members of its own staff achieved more picture stories in the national press than any other advertiser… Continue reading ‘Real’ People Come Out On Top In Recent Ad Survey
Emap is said to be well advanced in its plans to turn its successful celebrity magazine Heat into a TV show within a year. The news was announced by chief executive Keith Hand at the annual PPA Magazine and B2B conference today.Heat’s turnaround from a failing entertainment and listings magazine to a top selling celebrity… Continue reading Emap Plans To Turn Heat Into TV Show
April’s digital TV viewing figures showed that the non-terrestrial channels increased their average weekly share of viewing year on year. BBC1 also managed an increase. The largest loss in viewing share was at BBC2 which dropped from an average 12% weekly share of viewing in all homes to 10.6%BBC2 was the only non-terrestrial channel not… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – April 2001
08.05.01Reed Elsevier’s acquisition of Harcourt General is to be allowed by the Department of Justice in the US, the company announced this morning.Outside the United States, the acquisition has already received clearance from the competition authorities in Germany, Austria and Ireland and now awaits regulatory clearance only from the UK’s Competition Commission (see City News).The… Continue reading US Clears Reed’s Harcourt General Acquisition
The Daily Telegraph is set to become the first broadsheet to publish a separate sports supplement every day of the week. From 15 May the paper will launch a eight-page stand-alone supplement from Tuesday to Friday.The Telegraph was the first UK newspaper to introduce a separate sports supplement, when it launched a Monday edition in… Continue reading Telegraph Gets Daily Sports Supplement
