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
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has today taken a step towards expanding its businesses and writing off debt by issuing £75 million worth of new shares. Just under five and a half million new shares in the company have been placed at £14 each, increasing the group’s market capitalisation to over £450 million.SRH is planning to… Continue reading Scottish Radio Raises £75m Through Shares Issue
Media group EMAP has strengthened its new media portfolio this week with the arrangement of a strategic partnership with a US-based internet automotive company. Called Carparts.com, the site is to develop e-commerce systems to run across EMAP’s auto-related sites, whilst EMAP provides content for the Carparts site.As part of the deal EMAP is to take… Continue reading EMAP Partners Internet Auto Business
Film Four , the pay-TV film channel from Channel 4, has signed up over 250,000 subscribers by the end of December 1999. These figures are 100,000 ahead of the film channel’s projected target of 150,000 subscribers by the end of last year. After its strong launch in November 1998 (see Film Four On Air) and… Continue reading Film Four’s First Year Subscriber Figures Beat Targets
ITV is to embark on a venture to improve the measurement of ads’ effect on sales. Joining forces with Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), the £5 million venture will quadruple the size of its tvSpan panel, and more effectively measure the correlation between TV viewing and product purchases.In a project worth £5m over four years, Taylor… Continue reading ITV To Spend £5m On Research Into The Effects Of Ads
Greg Dyke, the incoming director general of the BBC, has announced today that he has sold his shares in media group Granada. Dyke has faced pressure to dispose of the holding following criticisms that it represents a conflict of interest.In a statement he said: “I have today disposed of my complete shareholding in Granada Plc.… Continue reading Dyke Disposes Of Granada Shares
Shares in Reuters dropped yesterday after its 35% rise in the last week. Deutsche Bank declared the news and information group fully valued and believes next month’s trading results may disappoint. Rumours of a partial stock market floatation for its Instinet division or Greenhouse Fund continued to emerge. Prices closed down 34˝p at 991p.Despite a… Continue reading Sharewatch
Programmes December is usually a month of two halves for viewers and advertisers alike. At the start there is the customary strong line-up of programmes on ITV, then during Christmas week the channel holds back its big guns for the New Year and allows the BBC to outperform it. This is based on the premise… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – December 1999
Shares in Reuters jumped 38p to £10.25˝p on rumours that bidders were lining up to make an offer for the information group. Thomson Financial and Bloomberg were seen as the most likely predators.Independent News and Media saw its prices soar by over 12% to an all-time high of £5.25p. Interest in the group, which owns… Continue reading Sharewatch
Invites have now gone out for MediaTel Media Question Time in association with The Economist and Carlton Television. The event will take place at the BBC Radio Theatre, W1, on the evening of Monday 28 February 2000 and follows a very successful launch last year (see Newsline).Media Question Time will be chaired by BBC Radio’s… Continue reading Top Panel Lined Up For Second Media Question Time
