Capital Radio has unveiled plans for Life, a new digital station to be broadcast on the national network, Digital One. Life will begin broadcasting on 31 January and makes Capital Radio a national, and digital, broadcaster for the first time.Life will offer listeners soft adult contemporary music from the likes of Sting, George Michael, The… Continue reading Capital Launches New Digital Station On National Network
Capital Radio was one of the best performers on the FTSE 100 index on Friday. Prices rose almost 6% to close at £15.97˝p.Shares in Reuters jumped 13˝p to £10.07˝ as rumours continued to spread tha the information group is planning partial spin-offs of its hi-tech and internet interests in the hope of repositioning itself as… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly industry focus, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Tuesday The Retail Prices Index for December 1999 is released by the Office of National Statistics.Friday Director generalship of the BBC is officially handed from Sir John Birt to Greg Dyke. Birt decided to step down from the post two months early after… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has decided to establish a working party to review the Bureau’s auditing and inspections procedures following the discovery of a series of false circulation reports. In November last year the ABC found that three Birmingham Mail & Post newspapers had been reporting false circulation figures for a period of… Continue reading ABC Creates Working Party To Tighten Audit Procedures
Regional newspaper publisher, Newsquest, has this morning announced a strategic deal to take a 9.9% stake in the auction service of leading internet service provider, Freeserve.Newsquest is acquiring the holding in Freeserve Auctions in return for £10 million worth of advertising for the service across the group’s portfolio of regional papers and £2 million in… Continue reading Newsquest Takes 10% Stake In Freeserve Auctions
The total internet universe in the US increased from 97 million to 119 million US-based users during 1999, an increase of 22.7%. This is the finding of internet measurement service, Nielsen//NetRatings, which has published a report on the state of the internet market in 1999.Average time spent online also rose significantly during the period February-December… Continue reading US Internet Universe Expands 23% In 1999
The Financial Times group is investing £7.5 million in the promotion of its ftyourmoney.com personal finance brand, the initial stage of which will be the largest one-week poster campaign ever in the UK.The consumer-focused finance website, which launched this week, yesterday began the campaign, which reaches 8,500 poster sites in the UK. This equates to… Continue reading FTYourMoney Gets £7.5m Poster Campaign
Maiden Outdoor has become the market leader in the shopping malls poster market after acquiring a further 16 contracts. Its portfolio for the sector now stands at 58 malls and includes nine of the top 20 UK malls in a market estimated to be worth £2 million.Shopping malls are increasingly becoming both the preferred retail… Continue reading Maiden Takes First Place In Shopping Malls Poster Market
The Ipsos-RSL Business Readership Survey is to extend to Latin America and then the US. The syndicated print survey is currently available in Europe as EBRS, in Asia as ABRS and in Japan as JBRS. It hopes to provide a one-stop shop for international marketers looking at the business elite, with data available by the… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue for December 1999 (including GMTV) came in at £185.8 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, the ITV Network’s slice was 6.6% lower than the same month last year; Channel 4’s revenue was up 1.9% and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue grew annually by 27.4% year on year in… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – December 1999
