Industry figures were calling for a set of guidelines for poster ads planned for tube stations following a series of campaign bans by London Underground. This week new executions from Heart 106.2, Miss Selfridge and Vintage Publishing were banned by the Underground despite having been passed by the ASA.Posters for Miss Selfridge were considered not… Continue reading Industry Calls For Guidelines Following Tube Ad Bans
Less than a week after the Popstars series reached the desired conclusion of Hear’Say entering the singles chart at number 1, ITV has already commissioned another star-making show.Pearson Television has been commissioned to make a programme which will launch a solo pop artist. Like Popstars it will hold open auditions across the country. Having whittled… Continue reading Hot On The Heels Of Hear’Say, ITV Plans Another Search For A Star
Condé Nast’s innovatively handbag-sized first venture into the mid market women’s glossy sector, Glamour (see Condé Nast Prepares To Deliver Glamour To the UK, But Will We Buy It?), has proved such a hit that an additional print run of 50,000 has had to be produced to keep up with demand.The new magazine launched on… Continue reading Handbag-Sized Glamour Proves Big Success
After Capital Radio’s profits warning yesterday (see Capital Shares Plummet As Trading Statement Warns Of Half Year Revenue Below Expectations) shook the commercial radio sector, GWR has issued a trading update in order to restore some confidence.In its pre-closed period trading update the group indicated to investors that results for the full year to 31… Continue reading GWR Issues Trading Update In Attempt To Reassure Commercial Radio Investors
Fears of a recession in the US that could spread to the UK were fuelled yesterady as stock markets around the world slipped downwards, including the FTSE 100, which saw its largest one-day fall since October 1992.The worst performer among media shares was Capital Radio, whose profits warning (see Capital Shares Plummet As Trading Statement… Continue reading Sharewatch
Confidence in TMT stocks took a dive once again yesterday, with the majority of media stocks falling in value. Reuters was particularly affected by concerns about the US economy and ended down £1.05 at £8.27.Johnston Press turned in healthy full year results yesterday (see Johnston Press Reports Pre-Tax Profit Up 20%), but investors were unmoved,… Continue reading Sharewatch
Penetration of broadband services reached 26.5% by October 2000, up 1.4 percentage points. The year was marked by a period of consolidation within the industry as the field was narrowed to just two contenders: NTL and Telewest Communications.NTL’s £8bn merger with Cable & Wireless Communications (see NTL Spends £8.2bn On Cable & Wireless Communications) was… Continue reading Annual Cable & Satellite Round-Up – 2000
Capital Radio is expecting half year revenue increases to fall below the expectations indicated in its AGM trading statement at the end of January. The prediction was made in a pre-closed period trading statement issued today in respect of the six months ended 31 March and comes as a consequence of the slowdown in the… Continue reading Capital Shares Plummet As Trading Statement Warns Of Half Year Revenue Below Expectations
Adam Singer, chief executive of cable company Telewest Communications, this morning described events in the last twelve months as the business equivalent of ‘changing jobs, getting married and giving birth all in one year.’ He was referring to Telewest’s move from analogue to digital, the merger with Flextech and the roll-out of its unmetered high-speed… Continue reading Telewest Chief Sees Rosy Future Despite £701m Losses
Scottish Media Group (SMG) has once again increased its stake in Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) with the acquisition of 150,600 shares, representing 0.5% of the company’s issued share capital, for £2.3m.This is the latest in a series of purchases of SRH stock which began last December (see SMG Builds Scottish Radio Stake To 27.7%) and… Continue reading Scottish Media Group Makes Further SRH Acquisition
