Revenue Total terrestrial revenue (including GMTV) rose by 17.4% year on year, according to agency estimates. Of this, ITV’s revenue rose 19.4%; Channel 4’s grew by 10.8% and Channel 5 saw its revenue rise by 19.4%.Revenue at breakfast franchise GMTV grew 11.7% and total satellite was up 37.8% in a year on year analysis.Amongst the… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – April 2000
Sport First has entered into a co-promotion deal with web-based company, Zoo Media, which will see both parties publicise the newly launched Euro 2000 fantasy league competition – ZOOfootball fantasy 2000. The competition will be promoted in the weekly sports newspaper over 12 weeks in return for placement of banner advertising throughout ZOOfootball.com.The deal, believed… Continue reading Sport First Signs Interactive Sponsorship Deal
Carlton reported interim figures which were below market expectations (see Carlton Announces Partnership With Sainsbury’s), causing an early fall. However, shares in the company recovered to end up 16½p at £7.60½.Demand began to grow again for Emap, which publishes its full year results next week. Shares ended up 57p at £10.83. BSkyB was also in… Continue reading Sharewatch
The owners of both halves of the Auto Trader magazine group are said to be nearing a deal which would unite the two. The conditions thought to be under discussion would create a jointly controlled group called Trader Media Group. This would be formed by venture capitalists BC Partners and Guardian Media Group (GMG), which… Continue reading Autotrader Deal Could Bring Two Halves Together Again
A new sponsorship website has been launched aimed at connecting would-be sponsors with organisations and companies requiring funding. UKsponsorship.com, is described as an “information hub”, detailing future and ongoing sponsorship deals.The site lists free contact details of major areas of sponsorship including the arts, sport, and cause-related sectors. A newswire gives sponsorship news updates and… Continue reading UK Sponsorship Website Launches
Southnews released its interim results yesterday, which included news that pre-tax profits were up 6% (see Southnews Reports 6% Increase In Pre-Tax Profit). Nonetheless, shares in the local newspaper publisher dropped 10p to close at £7.80.As Chrysalis Radio announced its preparations to hand over Century Radio sales to Capital (see Capital And Chrysalis Plan Century… Continue reading Sharewatch
News International last week announced plans to plough investment into a relaunch of its Times website in an attempt to transform it into the UK’s most popular online news service. Its plans coincided with a new study from Forrester Research which found that many newspaper-based internet sites are failing to use the web to its… Continue reading Study Finds Newspapers Failing On The Net
Outdoor group Maiden has announced the acquisition of HG Vasey Poster Advertising. The deal will see Maiden issuing 863,636 company shares to the outdoor contractor group, valuing it at £3.7m.Vasey’s operations take place in Yorkshire and the North East and focus on the 48-sheet outdoor sector. The acquisition will reinforce Maiden’s position in this market,… Continue reading Maiden Buys Outdoor Contractor HG Vasey
Carlton Communications is joining up with Sainsbury’s to create a definitive food and drink portal on the internet. The deal is one of a series of partnerships aimed at strengthening the media group’s online and interactive services.Carlton Food Network, and Sainsburys.co.uk will work together to promote and sell online groceries as well as specialist food,… Continue reading Carlton Announces Partnership With Sainsbury’s
Maiden Group plc expects its revenues for the first half of this year to be at least 29% ahead of the same period last year. Chairman Martin Boase made the announcement at today’s AGM. “We indicated at the preliminary results in March and in our annual report that the strong performance in the last six… Continue reading Maiden Expects To Be Bowled Over By First Half Results
