Monday MediaTel’s weekly industry focus, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Cable company NTL is releasing its final financial results.Tuesday The latest national newspaper readership figures are released by the National Readership Survey (NRS). A Round-Up will be available on Newsline and in the Press features list shortly afterwards.The Independent Television Commission will be… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Kelvin MacKenzie is preparing to list his Wireless Group radio network on the London Stock Exchange in a float which could value the company at up to £200 million. West LB Panmure has been appointed to broker to the float, set to take place in June.The Wireless Group was formed by MacKenzie, its chief executive,… Continue reading Wireless Group Set For Floatation
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is to review its rules on comparative advertising and denigration. The regulatory body has issued a consultation paper on proposed amendments to its code in the light of the adoption by the UK of the EC directive on comparative advertising.Comparative advertising has been allowed on UK television for many years… Continue reading ITC To Review Rules On Comparative Advertising
Revenues for internet advertising more than doubled in the first half of 1999, according to a report published by the Internet Advertising Bureau. During this period web advertising in the UK grew by 122% from £7.9 million to £17.3 million, compared to the same period in 1998.The study, compiled for the industry association by PricewaterhouseCoopers,… Continue reading Net Advertising Revenues Double
Magazine publisher Future Network has announced the appointment of Jessica Burley to its board. Former publishing director of Pearson’s FT business magazines, Burley will take responsibility for the launch of Business 2.0, the group’s US internet title due to launch in the UK in May 2000.The group also intends to expand its online activities and… Continue reading Future Network Strengthens Its Board Ahead Of Launch
After a slump during the first six months of 1999, outdoor advertising is back on track with the latest estimates for revenue growth in 2000 showing a mini-boom in the industry. Optimedia’s latest report predicts a growth of 8% during 2000, double the growth rate in 1999, and 3% higher than that predicted for total… Continue reading Feature: Mini-boom Predicted For Outdoor Advertising
Digital One, the consortium which holds the UK’s sole national commercial digital radio licence, has launched an ad campaign to promote awareness of the new medium. The ads use legends from the fields of sport, rock and classical music to push the enhanced sound quality of digital radio.The ads will target different audiences over three… Continue reading Digital One Launches Awareness Campaign
Andy Sutcliffe, managing director and co-founder of Cabal Communications, has left the publishing company. It is believed he left for personal reasons and has no replacement job in the pipeline. Sutcliffe founded Cabal with Sally O’Sullivan in September 1998 (see Interview – Andy Sutcliffe, Managing Director, Cabal Communications); previously the pair were partners at IPC… Continue reading Cabal Loses Director
Shares in Dialog fell 22˝p yesterday as Thomson Corporation was confirmed as the buyer of the software and computing group’s Information Services Division (see Thomson Confirmed As Dialog Buyer). Prices closed at 140p.Telewest stock was recommended after the group announced the launch of a new high-speed internet service (see Telewest And Flextech Report Losses Ahead… Continue reading Sharewatch
Interactive digital television (iDTV) will reach 80 million European homes by 2005, according to a recent report by Forrester Research. The “walled garden” system currently available on interactive platforms will fall, allowing full internet access through TV screens.There are currently 7 million subscribers to interactive television systems throughout Europe. This will double to 14 million… Continue reading Online Services Will Be Driven By TV, Says Forrester
